New approaches and trends in Technical Education. Polish – Slovak comparative study

  CONTENT   INTRODUCTION   PART ONE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN SLOVAKIA SCHOOL SYSTEM   1 TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGES 1.1 Technical education in ES in period from 1995 to 2008 1.2 Influence of school reform on technical education in ES after 2008 1.3 Changes in technical education after the school reform since 2012 1.4 Innovated SEP and its influence on technical education in ES   2 TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF DEALING PROJECTS IN SLOVAKIA   3 TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ES OF SELECTED COUNTRIES AND THEIR MUTUAL COMPARISON 3.1 Technical education in the Russian Federation 3.2 Technical education in Slovenia 3.3 Technical education in Finland and Sweden 3.4 Technical education in Hungary 3.5 Technical education in the Czech Republic 3.6 Technical education in the Federal republic of Germany 3.7 Technical education in Poland 3.8 Comparison of technical education   4 THEORETICAL STARTING POINTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MODELS AND STRATEGIES FOCUSED ON PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE 4.1 Basic pedagogic starting points for model creation and educational strategies 4.2 Basic psychological starting points in model creation and education strategies   5 RESEARCH FOCUSED ON EDUCATIONAL MODELS AND STRATEGIES IN THE SUBJECT TECHNIQUE WITH THE USE OF INTERACTIVE BOARD 5.1 Theoretical starting points 5.2 Project of experimental research   6 MODELS AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES WITH INTERACTIVE BOARD IN THE SUBJECT OF TECHNIQUE   7 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF PARTIAL RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON MODELS AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE SUBJECT OF TECHNIQUE 7.1 Basic information related to partial research 7.2 Analysis and interpretation of research results with main focus on selected key skills within topic Coniferous species 7.3 Conclusions of the partial research   8 THEORETICAL STARTING POINTS FOR INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION 8.1 Results of research focused on innovative approaches in the technical education 8.2 Activating methods in the technical education 8.3 Interactive combined method with emphasis on problem solving and experiment   9 APPLICATION OF COMBINED INTERACTIVE METHOD IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS   10 EMPIRICAL PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH 10.1 Subject, objectives and hypothesis of the research 10.2 Sample of respondents for our research 10.3 Organisation and execution of pedagogic research 10.4 Didactic tests used in the experiment   11 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS 11.1 Verification of hypothesis H1 11.2 Verification of working hypotheses H1a, H1b, H1c 11.3 Verification of hypothesis H2 11.4 Conclusions and recommendations for pedagogical practice   LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR PART ONE   PART TWO THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN POLISH SCHOOL SYSTEM   1 MODEL OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR THE GENERAL SCHOOL SYSTEM   2 THE EDUCATIONAL PLANE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM – DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT’S KEY COMPETENCIES   3 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PLANE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM – DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENT’S TECHNICAL THINKING 3.1 The structure of technical thinking 3.2 Technical tasks – a methodical basis for the developing of technical thinking (cf.: a methodical plane) 3.3 Types of technical thinking and types of technical tasks   4 THE CONTENTS PLANE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION – MODEL OF STUDENT‘S TECHNICAL ACTIVITY 4.1 Functional approach to the technical education contents 4.2 The model of technical activity 4.3 The spiral system of the technical education contents   5 THE METHODICAL PLANE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION – SOLVING TECHNICAL TASKS BY STUDENTS 5.1 The notion of a task, technical task 5.2 Technical task from a psychological point of view 5.3 Elementary technical tasks 5.4 The methodical model of the system to learn and teach technology   6 EXEMPLARY SOLUTIONS OF PRACTICAL ASSUMPTIONS ADOPTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS IN GYMNASIUM   CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE OF POLISH SCHOOL SYSTEM   LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR PART TWO CONCLUSION   LIST OF ATTACHMENTS FOR PART ONE   LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES AND GRAPHS