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Research paper thumbnail of Ethical Competences of Trainers Continuing Professional Development

The New Educational Review, 2021

The aim of the study was to determine the level of ethical manifestations in trainers of teacher ... more The aim of the study was to determine the level of ethical manifestations in trainers of teacher continuing education and to compare trainers' self-evaluations with their evaluations by teachers. The same was measured also in trainers of other adult professional training and participants of that type of education. Research involved 262 participants, and ethical competencies were measured using the Questionnaire of Trainers' Ethical-Humanistic Manifestations by Pavlov and Skúpa (2018). It was found out that the overall level of ethical competencies was high above-average and comparable in both groups of trainers. Trainers of teacher continuing education statistically significantly overestimated themselves in comparison with how teachers perceived them as participants of the continuing professional development. A similar phenomenon was observed also in trainers of other professional training, although less significant. From the point of view of trainees, trainers of teacher continuing development were evaluated in some measured aspects worse than trainers of other professional training.

Research paper thumbnail of Grasping the Concept of Inclusive School in Slovakia and England - Q Study

The New Educational Review, 2021

The aim of the study was to identify how education actors of two historically and culturally diff... more The aim of the study was to identify how education actors of two historically and culturally different countries-Slovakia and England-thought about the concept 'inclusive school'. The Q-methodology was used for this purpose, yielding 7 descriptions of inclusive school. The results indicated two facts: 1) there is a jointly shared semantic field that can be interpreted as a consequence of globalization trends in education, and 2) perceptions of inclusive education are influenced by the history of educational systems in the countries studied. Research findings confirm that despite a certain convergence trend, a local discourse still remains the crucial determining factor of the conceptual grasp of this issue.

Research paper thumbnail of Competences of University Teachers: Systematic Literature Review

Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2022

The transformation of tertiary education faces challenges that go hand in hand with growing requi... more The transformation of tertiary education faces challenges that go hand in hand with growing requirements on the competences of university teachers. Quality assessment of teachers when it comes to their competences and competence approaches in general is of key importance in this process. However, teachers’ competence profiles are not unified even now, not to mention the absence of competence assessment criteria. The aim of the study is to offer a literature review on university teachers’ competences, with consideration of research methods and tools used. Altogether, through the Scopus and Web of Science electronic databases we summarised 35 studies, 15 theoretical and 20 empirical. Our analysis shows that over the past 10 years studies have primarily focused on digital competences, with the majority of research projects being of quantitative nature using original questionnaires due to the absence of standardised measurement tools in the field. Received: 31 October 2021 / Accepted:...

Research paper thumbnail of Výber Romantického Partnera U Adolescentov – Qštúdia Selection of Romantic Partner in Adolescents – Q-Study

Cieľom studie bolo skumať výber romantickeho partnera u adolescentov. Pri merani preferencii smep... more Cieľom studie bolo skumať výber romantickeho partnera u adolescentov. Pri merani preferencii smepoužili Q-metodologiu (Stephenson, 1953). Zostavili sme sadu 57 položiek – významných charakteristik pri výberepartnera z pohľadu adolescentov. Online testovanim preslo 219 participantov vo veku od 14 do 22 rokov.Identifikovali sme sesť významných strategii výberu partnera: preferenciu oddaneho, bohemskeho, hraveho, zreleho,obohacujuceho a pohodoveho typu. Najviac zastupena bola preferencia oddaneho typu. Tito adolescenti preferovaliobetaveho a starostliveho partnera, ktorý je ochotný zdieľať silne emocne puto a voľný cas výhradne s touto osobou– nežiaduca bola preferencia rizika a experimentovania.

Research paper thumbnail of Connection Between Continuous Evaluation and Reflexive Techniques During PHD Studies

ICERI2018 Proceedings, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Využitie Hand Testu Pri Vybraných Poruchách Správania

Prispevok je venovaný overovaniu schopnosti Hand Testu odlisiť žiakov bez poruch spravania od žia... more Prispevok je venovaný overovaniu schopnosti Hand Testu odlisiť žiakov bez poruch spravania od žiakov s poruchami spravania – a teda zdorazneniu jeho diagnostickeho potencialu v praxi. Hand Test bol administrovaný 85 žiakom vo veku od 11 do 14 rokov, a to konkretne žiakom s ADHD, zaskolakom a žiakom bez problemoveho spravania. Kvantitativna analýza odpovedi Hand Testu odhalila statisticky významne rozdiely medzi žiakmi s poruchami spravania a žiakmi bez poruch spravania v odpovediach naklonnosti (AFF), agresivity (AGG), pasivity (PAS), napatia (TEN), zlyhania (FAIL), v popisných odpovediach (DES), interpersonalnych odpovediach (INT), maladjustivnych odpovediach (MAL), v odpovediach odstupu (WITH), v skore agresivneho zjavneho spravania (AOS) a patologie (PATH). Medzi žiakmi s ADHD a zaskolakmi sa zistili významne rozdiely v odpovediach ziskavania (ACQ), aktivity (ACT), v enviromentalnych odpovediach (ENV) a v skore patologie (PATH). Pri sledovani rozdielov medzi dievcatami a chlapcam...

Research paper thumbnail of Various Perceptions of Inclusive School: Q Methodological Study

Journal of Educational and Social Research

Although inclusive education has become a global norm, it cannot be said that there is a universa... more Although inclusive education has become a global norm, it cannot be said that there is a universal definition of it. Namely, the ideas of what inclusive education is are formed in a local context under the influence of societal, political, economic and cultural forces. This is confirmed also by results of the research the subject of which was examination of perceptions of inclusive school formed in the Slovak socio-cultural context. The aim of the research was to find out how education actors (teachers, school headmasters, teaching assistants, specialists providing support to pupils, parents) think about the concept "inclusive school". For this purpose, the Q-methodology was used that produced eight various descriptions of inclusive school. They uncovered various contexts in which education actors´ ideas about inclusive school were formed. Some are wider, others refer to socio-cultural specifics of the country; others are more personal, reflecting personal experience, inne...

Research paper thumbnail of Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction

Sustainability

Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of w... more Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction with data from 7178 participants representing 33 different countries. The results showed that sex, age, religiosity, economic status, education, and cultural values were related, to various extents, to marital satisfaction across cultures. However, marriage duration, number of children, and gross dom...

Research paper thumbnail of Slovak Primary Education Teachers’ Views about and Attitudes towards Contents of Work and Technical Education

The New Educational Review

The contribution is aimed at study of views and attitudes towards the contents of Technical educa... more The contribution is aimed at study of views and attitudes towards the contents of Technical education from the perspective of elementary school female teachers in Slovakia. Their measurement was carried out by a self-designed questionnaire which was a part of the research methods used (content analysis of curricular documents, international comparison, interview and observation). The originally designed questionnaire included items aimed at finding out views (evaluation of the importance of contents of education) and attitudes (cognitive, affective and conative components) of primary education teachers towards the contents of Technical education in the 4th form of elementary school. The research sample consisted of 334 female teachers. According to results of analysis, teachers considered such themes as traditions and crafts or catering to be more important than themes connected with the use of technical materials and design and they also had more positive attitudes to such themes. Another conclusion is that explanations of the views on the importance of the preferred themes were accounted for mainly by the affective component of teachers' attitudes.

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Thinking in Initial Teacher Education: Secondary Data Analysis from Ahelo GS Feasibility Study in Slovakia

The New Educational Review

The study presents a secondary analysis of the "Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes,... more The study presents a secondary analysis of the "Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, Generic Skills Strand", the international study of critical thinking skills (OECD, 2012). National secondary analyses include a comparison of student teachers (n = 110) and students of other study programmes (n = 413) in critical thinking and investigates a potential relation of contextual characteristics with their critical thinking performance. Performance Task and Multiple Choice Questions were used to measure critical thinking skills and a Contextual Questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data, and subjectively evaluated characteristics related to test-taking motivation and coursework. The main results showed that student teachers scored lower in critical thinking performance than students of other study programmes.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Representations of Inclusive School from the Point of View of Slovak Education Actors

The New Educational Review

Th e aim of the study was to identify social representations of inclusive school from the point o... more Th e aim of the study was to identify social representations of inclusive school from the point of view of Slovak education actors. Q-methodology (Stephenson, 1953) was used for the purpose of mapping. A set of 57 items was compiled, representatively representing associations with the meaning "inclusive school". Th e items were sorted by 32 participants aged from 25 to 58. Five signifi cant factors were identifi ed, which represented various inclusive school representations linked to: 1) tradition of integration, 2) institutional processes of education quality assurance, 3) priority in declaration of pro-inclusive setting, 4) community coexistence , and 5) needs of a modern society. Preliminary interpretation of the representations from the viewpoint of participants' additional characteristics is described in the discussion.

Research paper thumbnail of Marital Satisfaction, Sex, Age, Marriage Duration, Religion, Number of Children, Economic Status, Education, and Collectivistic Values: Data from 33 Countries

Research paper thumbnail of Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2017

Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the ... more Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set ( N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). We attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures. Our study indicates that individual characteristics (age and gender) influence interpersonal space preferences and that some variation in results can be explained by temperature in a given region. We also present objective values of preferred interperso...

Research paper thumbnail of The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary Between and Within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic t... more Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which couples live influences how their coping behavior affects their relationship satisfaction. In contrast to the theoretical assumptions, a recent meta-analysis provides evidence that neither culture, nor gender, influences the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, at least based on their samples of couples living in North America and West Europe. Thus, it is an open questions whether the theoretical assumptions of cultural influences are false or whether cultural influences on couple behavior just occur in cultures outside of the Western world. Method: In order to examine the cultural influence, using a sample of married individuals (N = 7,973) from 35 nations, we used multilevel modeling to test whether the positive association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vari...

Research paper thumbnail of Fluctuating perception of selected risk situations with respect to hormonal changes during menstrual cycle

Research paper thumbnail of Global study of social odor awareness

Chemical senses, Jan 27, 2018

Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in wh... more Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in which people often rely on their sense of smell in the social context. The importance of the sense of smell and its role can however vary inter-individually and culturally. Despite the growing body of literature on differences in olfactory performance or hedonic preferences across the globe, the aspects of a given culture as well as culturally universal individual differences affecting odor awareness in human social life remain unknown. Here, we conducted a large-scale analysis of data collected from 10,794 participants from 52 study sites from 44 countries all over the world. The aim of our research was to explore the potential individual and country-level correlates of odor awareness in the social context. The results show that the individual characteristics were more strongly related than country-level factors to self-reported odor awareness in different social contexts. A model includi...

Research paper thumbnail of Ethical Competences of Trainers Continuing Professional Development

The New Educational Review, 2021

The aim of the study was to determine the level of ethical manifestations in trainers of teacher ... more The aim of the study was to determine the level of ethical manifestations in trainers of teacher continuing education and to compare trainers' self-evaluations with their evaluations by teachers. The same was measured also in trainers of other adult professional training and participants of that type of education. Research involved 262 participants, and ethical competencies were measured using the Questionnaire of Trainers' Ethical-Humanistic Manifestations by Pavlov and Skúpa (2018). It was found out that the overall level of ethical competencies was high above-average and comparable in both groups of trainers. Trainers of teacher continuing education statistically significantly overestimated themselves in comparison with how teachers perceived them as participants of the continuing professional development. A similar phenomenon was observed also in trainers of other professional training, although less significant. From the point of view of trainees, trainers of teacher continuing development were evaluated in some measured aspects worse than trainers of other professional training.

Research paper thumbnail of Grasping the Concept of Inclusive School in Slovakia and England - Q Study

The New Educational Review, 2021

The aim of the study was to identify how education actors of two historically and culturally diff... more The aim of the study was to identify how education actors of two historically and culturally different countries-Slovakia and England-thought about the concept 'inclusive school'. The Q-methodology was used for this purpose, yielding 7 descriptions of inclusive school. The results indicated two facts: 1) there is a jointly shared semantic field that can be interpreted as a consequence of globalization trends in education, and 2) perceptions of inclusive education are influenced by the history of educational systems in the countries studied. Research findings confirm that despite a certain convergence trend, a local discourse still remains the crucial determining factor of the conceptual grasp of this issue.

Research paper thumbnail of Competences of University Teachers: Systematic Literature Review

Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2022

The transformation of tertiary education faces challenges that go hand in hand with growing requi... more The transformation of tertiary education faces challenges that go hand in hand with growing requirements on the competences of university teachers. Quality assessment of teachers when it comes to their competences and competence approaches in general is of key importance in this process. However, teachers’ competence profiles are not unified even now, not to mention the absence of competence assessment criteria. The aim of the study is to offer a literature review on university teachers’ competences, with consideration of research methods and tools used. Altogether, through the Scopus and Web of Science electronic databases we summarised 35 studies, 15 theoretical and 20 empirical. Our analysis shows that over the past 10 years studies have primarily focused on digital competences, with the majority of research projects being of quantitative nature using original questionnaires due to the absence of standardised measurement tools in the field. Received: 31 October 2021 / Accepted:...

Research paper thumbnail of Výber Romantického Partnera U Adolescentov – Qštúdia Selection of Romantic Partner in Adolescents – Q-Study

Cieľom studie bolo skumať výber romantickeho partnera u adolescentov. Pri merani preferencii smep... more Cieľom studie bolo skumať výber romantickeho partnera u adolescentov. Pri merani preferencii smepoužili Q-metodologiu (Stephenson, 1953). Zostavili sme sadu 57 položiek – významných charakteristik pri výberepartnera z pohľadu adolescentov. Online testovanim preslo 219 participantov vo veku od 14 do 22 rokov.Identifikovali sme sesť významných strategii výberu partnera: preferenciu oddaneho, bohemskeho, hraveho, zreleho,obohacujuceho a pohodoveho typu. Najviac zastupena bola preferencia oddaneho typu. Tito adolescenti preferovaliobetaveho a starostliveho partnera, ktorý je ochotný zdieľať silne emocne puto a voľný cas výhradne s touto osobou– nežiaduca bola preferencia rizika a experimentovania.

Research paper thumbnail of Connection Between Continuous Evaluation and Reflexive Techniques During PHD Studies

ICERI2018 Proceedings, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Využitie Hand Testu Pri Vybraných Poruchách Správania

Prispevok je venovaný overovaniu schopnosti Hand Testu odlisiť žiakov bez poruch spravania od žia... more Prispevok je venovaný overovaniu schopnosti Hand Testu odlisiť žiakov bez poruch spravania od žiakov s poruchami spravania – a teda zdorazneniu jeho diagnostickeho potencialu v praxi. Hand Test bol administrovaný 85 žiakom vo veku od 11 do 14 rokov, a to konkretne žiakom s ADHD, zaskolakom a žiakom bez problemoveho spravania. Kvantitativna analýza odpovedi Hand Testu odhalila statisticky významne rozdiely medzi žiakmi s poruchami spravania a žiakmi bez poruch spravania v odpovediach naklonnosti (AFF), agresivity (AGG), pasivity (PAS), napatia (TEN), zlyhania (FAIL), v popisných odpovediach (DES), interpersonalnych odpovediach (INT), maladjustivnych odpovediach (MAL), v odpovediach odstupu (WITH), v skore agresivneho zjavneho spravania (AOS) a patologie (PATH). Medzi žiakmi s ADHD a zaskolakmi sa zistili významne rozdiely v odpovediach ziskavania (ACQ), aktivity (ACT), v enviromentalnych odpovediach (ENV) a v skore patologie (PATH). Pri sledovani rozdielov medzi dievcatami a chlapcam...

Research paper thumbnail of Various Perceptions of Inclusive School: Q Methodological Study

Journal of Educational and Social Research

Although inclusive education has become a global norm, it cannot be said that there is a universa... more Although inclusive education has become a global norm, it cannot be said that there is a universal definition of it. Namely, the ideas of what inclusive education is are formed in a local context under the influence of societal, political, economic and cultural forces. This is confirmed also by results of the research the subject of which was examination of perceptions of inclusive school formed in the Slovak socio-cultural context. The aim of the research was to find out how education actors (teachers, school headmasters, teaching assistants, specialists providing support to pupils, parents) think about the concept "inclusive school". For this purpose, the Q-methodology was used that produced eight various descriptions of inclusive school. They uncovered various contexts in which education actors´ ideas about inclusive school were formed. Some are wider, others refer to socio-cultural specifics of the country; others are more personal, reflecting personal experience, inne...

Research paper thumbnail of Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction

Sustainability

Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of w... more Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction with data from 7178 participants representing 33 different countries. The results showed that sex, age, religiosity, economic status, education, and cultural values were related, to various extents, to marital satisfaction across cultures. However, marriage duration, number of children, and gross dom...

Research paper thumbnail of Slovak Primary Education Teachers’ Views about and Attitudes towards Contents of Work and Technical Education

The New Educational Review

The contribution is aimed at study of views and attitudes towards the contents of Technical educa... more The contribution is aimed at study of views and attitudes towards the contents of Technical education from the perspective of elementary school female teachers in Slovakia. Their measurement was carried out by a self-designed questionnaire which was a part of the research methods used (content analysis of curricular documents, international comparison, interview and observation). The originally designed questionnaire included items aimed at finding out views (evaluation of the importance of contents of education) and attitudes (cognitive, affective and conative components) of primary education teachers towards the contents of Technical education in the 4th form of elementary school. The research sample consisted of 334 female teachers. According to results of analysis, teachers considered such themes as traditions and crafts or catering to be more important than themes connected with the use of technical materials and design and they also had more positive attitudes to such themes. Another conclusion is that explanations of the views on the importance of the preferred themes were accounted for mainly by the affective component of teachers' attitudes.

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Thinking in Initial Teacher Education: Secondary Data Analysis from Ahelo GS Feasibility Study in Slovakia

The New Educational Review

The study presents a secondary analysis of the "Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes,... more The study presents a secondary analysis of the "Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, Generic Skills Strand", the international study of critical thinking skills (OECD, 2012). National secondary analyses include a comparison of student teachers (n = 110) and students of other study programmes (n = 413) in critical thinking and investigates a potential relation of contextual characteristics with their critical thinking performance. Performance Task and Multiple Choice Questions were used to measure critical thinking skills and a Contextual Questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data, and subjectively evaluated characteristics related to test-taking motivation and coursework. The main results showed that student teachers scored lower in critical thinking performance than students of other study programmes.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Representations of Inclusive School from the Point of View of Slovak Education Actors

The New Educational Review

Th e aim of the study was to identify social representations of inclusive school from the point o... more Th e aim of the study was to identify social representations of inclusive school from the point of view of Slovak education actors. Q-methodology (Stephenson, 1953) was used for the purpose of mapping. A set of 57 items was compiled, representatively representing associations with the meaning "inclusive school". Th e items were sorted by 32 participants aged from 25 to 58. Five signifi cant factors were identifi ed, which represented various inclusive school representations linked to: 1) tradition of integration, 2) institutional processes of education quality assurance, 3) priority in declaration of pro-inclusive setting, 4) community coexistence , and 5) needs of a modern society. Preliminary interpretation of the representations from the viewpoint of participants' additional characteristics is described in the discussion.

Research paper thumbnail of Marital Satisfaction, Sex, Age, Marriage Duration, Religion, Number of Children, Economic Status, Education, and Collectivistic Values: Data from 33 Countries

Research paper thumbnail of Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2017

Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the ... more Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set ( N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). We attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures. Our study indicates that individual characteristics (age and gender) influence interpersonal space preferences and that some variation in results can be explained by temperature in a given region. We also present objective values of preferred interperso...

Research paper thumbnail of The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary Between and Within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic t... more Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which couples live influences how their coping behavior affects their relationship satisfaction. In contrast to the theoretical assumptions, a recent meta-analysis provides evidence that neither culture, nor gender, influences the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, at least based on their samples of couples living in North America and West Europe. Thus, it is an open questions whether the theoretical assumptions of cultural influences are false or whether cultural influences on couple behavior just occur in cultures outside of the Western world. Method: In order to examine the cultural influence, using a sample of married individuals (N = 7,973) from 35 nations, we used multilevel modeling to test whether the positive association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vari...

Research paper thumbnail of Fluctuating perception of selected risk situations with respect to hormonal changes during menstrual cycle

Research paper thumbnail of Global study of social odor awareness

Chemical senses, Jan 27, 2018

Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in wh... more Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains in which people often rely on their sense of smell in the social context. The importance of the sense of smell and its role can however vary inter-individually and culturally. Despite the growing body of literature on differences in olfactory performance or hedonic preferences across the globe, the aspects of a given culture as well as culturally universal individual differences affecting odor awareness in human social life remain unknown. Here, we conducted a large-scale analysis of data collected from 10,794 participants from 52 study sites from 44 countries all over the world. The aim of our research was to explore the potential individual and country-level correlates of odor awareness in the social context. The results show that the individual characteristics were more strongly related than country-level factors to self-reported odor awareness in different social contexts. A model includi...