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Argumentation Skills of Lower Secondary School Students in the Field of Current Environmental Topics
Kube, Jan ; Vojíř, Karel (advisor) ; Svobodová, Silvie (referee)
Argumentative skills are essential for conducting an effective discussion both in professional and personal life. In schools, these skills should be developed as part of the development of the key competence of communication. A greater number of suitable topics for discussion are offered in each subject. The aim of this work was to map the ability to formulate arguments on current environmental topics among pupils of the second grade of primary school. More precisely, it was the topic of ecological projects and the topic of reducing emissions. For this purpose, a worksheet with two complex tasks was created, which was completed by a total of 262 pupils. Student arguments were evaluated in terms of frequency, ad rem validity, relevance to the given topic and factual correctness. Pupils' ability to formulate arguments turned out to be poorly developed, however, it was found that the year of study and the attitude have an effect on the ad rem validity, relevance and factual correctness, only the year has an effect on the number of arguments, no effect was shown for the attitude. In order for argumentation skills to develop, it is desirable that special attention be paid to them in teaching.
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Students' Argumentation Skills in the Topic of Tick-borne Diseases
Balík, Tadeáš ; Vojíř, Karel (advisor) ; Pavlasová, Lenka (referee)
ABSTRACK We consider argumentation skills to be a necessary attribute of effective communication in the present day for full application in both personal and social life. For this reason, these abilities are purposefully incorporated into education at primary and upper primary schools in the form of a key communicative competence. Pupils' argumentation skills can be developed through targeted teaching activities on appropriately chosen topics that encourage discussion. The purpose of this work was to map the skills of formulating one's own arguments in the topic of tick-borne diseases and the possibilities of their prevention among pupils in upper primary school. For this purpose, a complex task was constructed and presented to 369 pupils. Pupils' formulated arguments were evaluated according to their frequency, effectiveness and factual correctness. The pupils' argumentation skills were shown to be at a low level. It was found that the pupils' arguments were influenced by the grade and their personal attitude towards the topic under consideration. For the effective cultivation of this skill, we consider it desirable to pay systematic attention to it in primary and upper primary education through targeted activities. KEYWORDS communicative competence, communication skills, argumentation skills, natural...
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About some misconceptions related to argumentation skills
Samková, L. ; Tichá, Marie
The contribution focuses on various ways of proving general statements (external convictions, various types of empirical arguments, deductive arguments). We observe in details argumentation skills of future primary school teachers, and mention often occurring misconceptions. We offer inquiry-based education as a possible way to development of argumentation skills.
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