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• THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-TEACHING IN THE REFLECTION OF THE CONTEMPORARY TABLOID PRESS AT THE DAWN OF THE 1930S

  39-54

  Tamás Frank

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  125

  The pedagogue's ethos and the process of professionalization of elementary school teaching in the early 1930s already have serious literature, but it's also interesting to examine the underestimated expertise of the era in other aspects. The goal of our research was to analyze the contents of two tabloids which had the largest reading camps in the first half of the 30s on the subject of teaching. Following the American-style tabloid traditions, 'Az Est' was a politically independent journal that tried to inform and entertain its readers as a market leader with an outstandingly large and qualitative correspondent network. The ’8 Órai Újság’ – founded in 1915 – defined itself as a tabloid close to the government. It identified itself especially as the concurrency of "Az Est". Both of these had remarkable readership therefore their opinion-shaper, conversation-creates power is indisputable. Unfolding the quality of their professional content, which are focusing on primary education, pedagogues, and their activities could be intriguing. What is the connotation of the mentioned articles, what kind of picture do they paint of the pedagogues in the eyes of the reader? We paid particular attention to reveal how do teachers and institutions working with children with disabilities appear in the papers. We hope that we can not only learn about the problems of the pedagogues, their professional successes and difficulties but also with the help of the articles we can gain insight into the political and public sentiment of the era.

• HISTORY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AT AN EARLY AGE ON NYÍREGYHÁZA

  7-18

  Magdolna Nemes

  Anikó Nagy

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  147

  In our paper, we deal with the significance of learning languages at an early age. While going through the literature of the topic, we draw attention to the importance of age in learning a language, as well as the basic differences between language learning and language acquisition. In the following, we present the options outside the family (such as language schools and family creche 'családi bölcsőde') for learning a language at an early age in Nyíregyháza in 2017. In our research, we also wanted to find out what differences can be seen in terms of the methodology of early foreign language activities in kindergartens/preschools between the activities held during the change of the political regime in Hungary (1989/1990) and today. We chose the interview as a research method because in this way we can get a picture of the foreign language activities in kindergartens/preschools and their first steps in the 1990s when they were first available to children. We made eight interviews in spring 2017, asking kindergarten pedagogues/early childhood educators and language teachers as well as who had held English activities in kindergartens/preschools. Based on the information we received from the informants, we can say that early English activities were available in 23 kindergartens/preschools out of the 34 kindergartens/preschools (68%) operating in Nyíregyháza, Hungary in 2017. In some kindergartens/preschools children can also take part in early French and German activities. We have also realized that the number of those kindergartens/preschools which organize playful foreign language activities on a weekly basis has been increasing since the 1990s. From the recollections of the informants, it has also been revealed to us that during the change of the political system providing personal criteria (that is finding qualified teachers) was the most difficult task. Nowadays, several kindergartens/preschools employ kindergarten pedagogues who are able to take part in the language development of children in a foreign language as they are competent users of it. Playfulness, using audiovisual devices, and a lot of props have been highly important since the very beginning in the kindergartens, and pedagogues have also been doing their best to use and try different methods in order to develop the foreign language competence of children aged 4-7. 

• BASIC TERMS IN MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS OF IMPACT STUDIES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS

  69-77

  János Máth

  Ferenc Mező

  Kálmán Abari

  Katalin Mező

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  113

  Pedagogues, kindergarten pedagogues, special needs teachers (also known as remedial teachers), and psychologists – just a few of those people who can create and use development programs. These programs are expected to be proven in their effects by using mathematical analysis. However, it doesn’t happen in every case – partly due to a shortage of definitions of mathematical statistics, methodology problems, and expensive software. This paper is a theoretical summary of the mathematical-statistical analysis of effectiveness studies of remedial courses designed for those who live with special needs.

• INTRODUCTION INTO SELECTIVE MUTISM

  45-57

  Veronika Schéder

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  264

  Parents, teachers, and often even experts (including psychologists and therapists) are baffled by a mysterious communicative disorder, which is defined by relevant literature as “selective mutism.” Children living with this disorder refuse to speak to anyone (especially in kindergarten and in school), in spite of the fact that their vocal development is unharmed and they communicate with their parents and other family members normally at home. This disorder may not cause problems in kindergarten but all the more so in school. Pedagogues lack any tools for the special treatment of non-speaking children, in order to help them overcome their communicative barriers, and this raises several obstacles in the teaching process. In this paper, the reasons leading to selective mutism are discussed besides the question of whether, in cognizance of the background knowledge, supporting experts (including teachers) can if at all, cooperate successfully in bridging and resolving symptoms.

• MUSEUM PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP IN THE LIGHT OF THE IPOO-MODEL

  27-35

  Fruzsina Aranyi

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  131

  With the spread of the visitor-friendly museum approach the professionals of the museum strive to address a visitor layer as wide as possible. It requires the professional interpretation of exhibitions for different ages. Thus, both the role of museum pedagogues and the museums as non-formal education space are appreciated increasingly. However, the nature of an exhibition also may be influenced in certain cases by the structure of the exhibition space. The Literature House of Debrecen is a long straight space divided into five smaller units, in which the permanent literature exhibition of Dreaming Hungarians can be found. The periodical exhibition with the title of ’REJTŐzködő Irodalom’ appeared in this space in a scattered way. The character of the exhibition space provided an excellent possibility for a mosaic layout and in this way for a gamified museum pedagogical activity. In our study, this method is examined in the light of the IPOO-model. The aim of the method is how to make the learning more efficient and it can also be used in an excellent way in the non-formal education environment where learning covers the presence of pieces of information conveyed by the exhibition.