Kulturní specifika České republiky z pohledu studentů Pedagogické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy

• Authors: Pavla Chejnová

Title variants

EN

Cultural specifics of the Czech Republic from the point of view of students attending the faculty of Education at Charles University

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study presents the results of the research that the autor carried out in 2007 among students of the Czech language and students of the programme for Primary school teachers, Faculty of Education, Charles University (128 respondents, age 22–25). The research is based mainly on the theory of Hofstede (1999, 2007). The author presents 4 factors that influence the interaction and politeness in the individual cultures: relation towards authorities, relation between individuals and the collective, manner of thinking (competitive or cooperative), accepting risk and uncertainty. The students were asked to judge the situation in the Czech Republic from this point of view. The quantitative results are presented in percentage, the article contains also quotations form the student’s essays about the mentioned topic.

Keywords

EN

Cultural specifics; Politeness; Authority; Individualism; Collectivism; Masculine way of thinking; Feminine way of thinking; Accepting risk and uncertainty

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Czech Pedagogical Society
• Journal: Pedagogická orientace (Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society)
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 47-55

Contributors

author

Pavla Chejnová

• Redakce časopisu Pedagogická orientace, Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed., Institut výzkumu školního vzdělávání PdF MU, Poříčí 31 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic