Caritas et veritas, 2023 (vol. 13), issue 2

Editorial

Helena Zbudilová

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):7-8  

The second monothematic issue of Caritas et Veritas in 2023 focuses on the phenomenon of education and training in the 21^st century in the perspective of the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes useful in personal, professional, and civically responsible life. The theme opens a space for reflection on the current needs and new challenges for the field of education and training in the third millennium. The authors of the contributions bring diverse themes and new perspectives for reflection. The choice of published topics corresponds to the original intention to present current potential educational approaches and pillars...

Interview with Martina Kosturková on the role of education in the 21st century

Helena Zbudilová

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):15-20  

Doc. PaedDr. Martina Kosturková, PhD works at the Institute of Pedagogy, Andragogy and Psychology and at the Research Centre for Critical Thinking and Virtues at the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences of the University of Prešov.

Scholé through the eyes of students of pedagogy at the University of South Bohemia

Stanislav Suda

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):21-29 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.018  

A professional discussion on curriculum content in all types of schools is beginning to take off. This discourse is driven by the desire to make teaching processes more effective, but it emphasises less the ethical aspects of education. The research investigations aimed to discover the ideological background of the terms ‘school’ and ‘scholé’ among students of pedagogical disciplines at the University of South Bohemia. It is based on questionnaire surveys and analysis of the authors’ essays, to gain insight into how pedagogy students navigate the original meanings of words in this field. The next step was to categorise...

The Educator as a Subject of the Spiritual Development of Student Youth

Hryhorii Vasianovych, Olena Budnyk, Yaroslav Melnyk, Kateryna Fomin

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):38-50 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.020  

The article explores how spirituality determines the scientific outlook on human existence and value orientations. This is why one of the important tasks of the educator’s activity is the development of a high level of spirituality among students. To investigate this issue, the hermeneutic context, which has traditionally gained popularity in the analysis of the problems of psychological and pedagogical science and the humanities, has been chosen. The authors specified the essence of the concept of ‘spirituality’, described the principle of an individual’s inherent desire for spiritual growth, and determined the importance and...

Formation of the Heart by the Heart – Scheler’s Conception of the Ordo Amoris as a Challenge (not only) for Contemporary Leisure Pedagogy

Helena Zbudilová

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):63-76 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.022  

The article deals with the reflection of Max Scheler’s thought legacy for the field of contemporary leisure pedagogy. The central and key concept of his philosophy of values was the ordo amoris. Its pedagogical legacy is thus sought in the perspective of the development of the individual ordo amoris of an individual as the most important factor in the educational process, not only in leisure education. Through the lens of free time, the article focuses on Scheler’s concept of ‘Bildung’, the key role of affective education and the professional identity of the leisure pedagogue. His perception of the phenomenon of leisure time...

Spirituality and Religiosity of Adolescents in the Context of Radicalisation

Dominik Maximov, Soňa Lovašová

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):77-89 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.023  

This paper focuses on the phenomena of spirituality and religiosity of Slovak adolescents in the context of their radicalisation. The theoretical part of the paper presents a definition of terms, as well as an overview of their specific contexts, identified on the basis of previous research. The empirical part describes the author’s quantitative research, in which the interrelationships between spirituality, religiosity, family relationships, and adolescents’ radicalisation were demonstrated. The results of the research show that in social work it is necessary to reflect on the spirituality of clients and to see it as an integral part of...

Ritual DIY: a self-help journey to meaning

Jana Karlová

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):90-102 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.024  

The study outlines the theme of ritual DIY as a creative ability to improvise in situations of significant confrontation with the multiplicity of life preferences and ideas. The theoretical starting point for this perspective is Claude Lévi-Strauss's concept of wild thinking. Ritual DIY seems to be a peculiar journey towards meaning or spiritual experience despite a scientifically and technically oriented world in which both are externalities. Special attention is paid to the theme of young people intuitively exploring how to grow up in a world without binding authorities and initiatory rituals. In this respect, the text most explicitly refers to the...

‘What have you been seeking in the world? Happiness?’ The Comforting Function of Comenius’ Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart

Jan Hábl

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):103-112 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.025  

In this study, we will observe how Jan Amos Komenský (internationally known as Comenius, which I will use in the paper) implemented his comforting intention in the work Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart. Of all the comforting writings that Comenius wrote, we will focus only on this one, and for good reason. Over time, the test proved that Labyrinth in a unique way exceeds the other works of Comenius, and not only of this period. The fame and popularity that Labyrinth has enjoyed for centuries – both among the lay public and experts – shows that Comenius succeeded in realising his comforting intention in this particular work....

A Narrative Inquiry about Teachers’ Professional Identity – Stories of Lived Experience

Marco Paulo Maia Ferreira

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):113-122 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2023.027  

This research study aims to understand teachers’ professional identity based on autobiographical narratives. The study falls into the qualitative research paradigm, based upon social constructionist practices, where the narratives help to understand how people have understood events and experiences, including their hopes and plans. The participants were fourteen secondary school teachers with five to eleven years of teaching experience. The data collection method was storytelling, and the data analysis was based on a thematic analysis procedure. Three themes emerged from the data analysis, and we can conclude that the desire to be a teacher starts...

Imrich Peres, Pavel Procházka (eds.). Smrť v tranzite (II.): biblické, historické, etické a praktické pozadie smrti. Praha: Institut vzdělávání ECM, 2023, 351 s., ISBN: 978-80-7356-050-8, 978-80-7356-051-5.

Jan Satke

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):123-125  

Vlastimil ŠVEC. Povolání chirurg: specifická pomáhající profese. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 130 s., ISBN 978-80-280-0030-1.

Josef Nota

Caritas et veritas 2023, 13(2):126-127