Čestmír Serafín

@upol.cz

Department of Technical Education and Information Technology, Faculty of Education
Palacky University in Olomouc

Čestmír Serafín


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Education, technology, didactics, electrical engineering, safety
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Scopus Publications

Scopus Publications

  • Attitudes of Secondary Technical School Students towards Their Choice of Educational Path
    Čestmír Serafín, Michal Mrázek, Michal Sedláček
    International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 2024
    This paper addresses the challenges regarding the choice of educational pathway for an adolescent from primary to secondary education. The aim is to highlight comparative differences in student decision-making when choosing a technically oriented study program. One sub objective is to emphasise the evolving preferences and roles of students in the decisionmaking process. The introduction provides the reader with a definition of decision-making processes and the choice of an educational pathway in the context of the Czech Republic. The following chapters present the main findings of the study. In Chapter 4, the risks associated with choosing a study path are presented, and the transition to the research part of the article is smooth. Three research hypotheses were defined to conduct the research. The study was conducted using a specifically designed non-standardised questionnaire. Details of the questionnaire design and the sample for the new research are provided. Subsections 4.3–4.6 present an overview of the results from the confirmatory and exploratory analyses. The discussion and conclusion summarise the results within a broader professional context. The primary findings indicate that students seem to be more independent in selecting technical schools. Students most often consider three criteria when making their choice: 1. the prospect of a career as a technician or a professional; 2. professional advantages in the job market; and 3. interest in the field and its study. We also present one of the possible correlation models of students’ personal preferences when choosing a secondary technical school.
  • Development of Pupils' Key Competencies in the Subject of Technology in Slovakia and The Czech Republic
    Daniel Kučerka, Michal Mrázek, Čestmír Serafín, Pavlína Částková, Hana Bučková, et al.
    Wseas Transactions on Environment and Development, 2024
    The contribution is focused on key competencies and the development of key competencies of primary school pupils in the subject of Technology (work-based teaching) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the first part, the authors describe the concept of key competencies, competencies in the work of a teacher, and then the authors reflect on the key competencies that pupils should achieve in the subject of technology after finishing primary school and show some possibilities for achieving these competencies. In the second part of the article, the authors used the questionnaire method to investigate what competencies students acquire during lessons on the subject of Technology. The research sample consisted of 3516 pupils from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. When comparing the results, it is shown that approximately the same results are achieved in the subject of Technology and they also show the students' preference for materials in their work. This contribution aims to point out the importance of developing the key competencies of pupils in the subject Technology and work-based teaching and in the empirical part to try to show what competencies pupils will acquire in primary school.
  • The Personal Development of Teachers and Pupils Within the Context of Health and Safety in Education
    Cestmir Serafin, Jana Depesova
    Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International, 2022
    This article concerns itself with questions of health and safety within the context of primary education as a prerequisite for the development of pupil competencies in the given area for their future education in the secondary and tertiary systems and also as a prerequisite for their prospects in their future professional lives. The article presents the results of research conducted among primary school teachers in the Olomouc Region and proposes measures aimed at increasing the level and quality of the education in the area of health and safety based on the conclusions of the research.
  • Understanding digital competences of teachers in Czech Republic
    European Journal of Science and Theology, 2019
  • Information science in technical education process in Czech Republic
    Cestmir Serafin
    International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 2019
    Information and Communication Technologies are one of the basic educa-tions of areas in the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education to enable students to acquire a basic level of information literacy. The aim is to equip students with elementary skills in operating of computer equipment and modern information and communication technologies, but also to navi-gate in the world of information, creatively work with information and use them in further education and in practical life.
 The paper deals with the analysis of the situation and draws conclusions on the system of education in the Czech Republic in the context of the chal-lenges of INDUSTRY 4.0 in response to the capture, the robotics industry and services.
  • The choice of educational and professional path of basic school pupils as a component of the realisation of the technical education
    Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2015