Science and Research

Monitoring somatic levels and physical activities of children and youth

Primary prevention and health education (Olomouc Health Days, Festival of Health, Healthy Back Project, World Oral Health Day, AMONG US Project)

The issue of adult and aging population in relation to lifestyle and socio-economic conditions

Disease in socio-cultural relation

The socio-cultural context of human sexuality

Lifestyle in specific social/cultural communities

Multiculturalism in contemporary society

Mentoring in the concept of “Evidence-Based Healthcare” and “Evidence-Based Education”

Study of biodiversity and phylogenesis of selected groups of organisms (e.g. cyanobacteria and algae, bryophytes, dendrology, insect, birds)

Conservation genetics

Paleontology and Paleoecology of Upper Tertiary (Mollusca and foraminifera)

Didactics of Biology (research on quality of natural science and biology teaching at elementary schools and grammar schools, research on learning tasks in natural science study books and workbooks)

cyber bullying, cyber stalking, cyber grooming, hoax and spam, sexting

social engineering in the online community

the risk of sharing personal data in social networks environment

issues in disinformation and fake news in public domain and other hazardous communication phenomena

Linguodidactic, linguistic and literary-cultural topics in English and German language, in particular:

Developing communicative competence in foreign language

Acquiring foreign language, cognitive linguistics

Foreign language learning methods at elementary schools, including pupils with special education needs

Digital technology in learning foreign languages

Intercultural competence and communication

Education of foreign language teacher and FLT competence

Role of learning materials in foreign language learning

Translation as a didactic tool in foreign language learning

Fundamental research areas

Language of teenagers in spoken and written form

Communication specifics of teenagers with emphasis on e-communication forms (instant messengers, social networks, virtual environment, online games, online addictive behavior)

Perception and production of media messages by children

Risky communication forms of children and adults with emphasis on e-communication

Communication models of children and adults as tools for prediction of safe and risky communication

Differences in perception of ordinary and electronic texts

Trends in word-stock of selected social (or interest, professional, etc.) groups

Trends in word-stock of a selected dialect

Methodology

Quantitative analysis of linguistic messages (analysis of frequency/density etc.)

Qualitative analysis of linguistic messages (using Atlas.ti)

 Analysis of case studies (e.g. risky communication forms of children and adults)

Music teaching for secondary and elementary schools

Music theory and pedagogy

Mathematic literacy and pre-literacy of pupils and students (at different education level)

Digital technology in mathematics education

Digital literacy and informatic thinking within the scope of mathematics education

Modern trends in mathematics education

Child transition support from kindergarten to elementary school and subsequent support of its progress on early elementary school level with the emphasis on risk elimination in context of equal opportunities in education

Trends in pre-primary and primary education

-       Pedagogical and social aspects of the inclusion

-       Constructivist concept of educational process and personality-oriented approach to child and pupil

-       Creation and support in practice community

-       Issues in reflective practice – using aspects of vocational learning and peer cooperation in post-secondary education and practice for increasing effectiveness in educational process

Reader´s (pre)literacy – stimulation and cultivation of reader´s (pre)literacy

Pedagogical diagnostics – building and strengthening teacher´s diagnostic competence and emphasis on his/her proactive behavior – utilizing tools of pedagogical diagnostics as a source for particularization of objectives in class management

Motor skills – motor skills of children and pupils and primary motor skills in context of physical activities/ PE

Natural science education – research-oriented learning

Initial reading and writing – development of prerequisites for reading and writing in follow-up to diagnostics of school maturity and preparedness in particular in the field of graphomotorics and visual perception (level of visual perception using the Edfeldt reversal test)

Cognitive and informative level of pupils´ knowledge about the pubescence

Transformation of pedagogical communication

Conformity of children and teenagers

Bullying and mobbing at workplace – causes, consequences and solution prospects

Obligatory and optional issues in counselling – prospects of their solution

Relativity of diagnostic outcomes – analysis of causes

Advantages and obstacles of teacher´s diagnostic work – analysis of causes

Psychosocial aspects of academic functioning – academic success, academic stress

Issues in values and value orientation

Contentment in life, meaning of life, quality of life

Issues in stress and stressful situations in educational environment – including attachment to personality variables

Risk and protective factors of teachers´ health in context of biopsychosocial health model

Means of support for healthy lifestyle and mental hygiene

Issues in school maturity, school success of elementary school pupils

Issues in economic socialization – follow-up on school education

Psychosocial factors in relation to issues in using social networks

Drama therapy, expressive therapy and diagnostics

Interdisciplinary cooperation of special-needs education with other subjects

Culture-linguistic specifics and communication

Quality of life for the disabled and people looking after them

Speech therapy, communication impairments, communication ability

Perception and imagination of individuals with visual impairments in context of neuroscience

Communication pragmatics

Early intervention for children with special education needs

Family – disabled child – parenting and education

Special education andragogy

Special education for mentally disabled, people with behavioral and emotional disorders, with multiple disabilities, impaired hearing, somatic disorders, visual impairments

Specific (developmental) learning disabilities

Musicotherapy research focused on development of people with special needs

Research on educating people with impaired communication skills and hearing-impaired children

Research on inclusion of individuals with special needs

Research on specific parameters of communication and aberrations in orofacial processes in context of the logopedic diagnostics and therapy using qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods

Citizenship education

What we offer schools:

Shared workshops for education in subject Technology, including methodical, material and personal back-up

Guidance in introducing subject Technology into schools (school educational program, workshop furnishings, methodology, etc.)