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Th e COVID-19 pandemic has aff ected our entire society, and children's homes are no exception. Th e aim of this paper is to inform the professional public about the changes in the educational process in the Klánovice Children's Home caused by the epidemiological situation. We chose qualitative research methods, the information provided by interviews, long-term observation, and analysis of pedagogical documentation. Our fi ndings revealed a wide range of challenges to which all participants in the educational process, children and teaching staff, were exposed during distance education. In the discussion of the results, we will try to suggest practical measures that could be applied not only in future crisis situations but also in the normal operation of a school facility for the provision of institutional education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the results of the qualitative research, which pursued the topic of satisfaction in relationships in Czech couples. The results are compared with the outcomes of several studies from abroad. The first part of the paper consists of a brief introduction to the topic and present the results of studies with a similar design. The second part describes the research, which was part of Zuzana Kalousova's thesis in 2017. It is a qualitative research conducted via half-structured interviews with 22 respondents who have been in a satisfactory relationship for over ten years. To analyze the data, we used grounded theory. The results were ten categories that contributed to satisfaction in relationships: overcoming of differences and obstacles, doing things together, communication, endurance, not trying to solve everything, harmony, safety, good choice of spouse, stable financial situation, family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Th e paper compares the notions of ‘deduction’ and ‘induction’ as used in social-scientific methodology with the ones used in modern logic. Several guides in the methodology of social research take the antiquated view of deduction as proceeding ‘from the general to the particular’ and of induction as proceeding ‘from the particular to the general’. In some cases, the methods are also misunderstood as methods of theory construction (rather than methods of inference), or they are mapped onto the quantitative – qualitative divide. The paper points out some of the problems resulting from this approach and proposes some simple solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of this paper is to find out what are the main meanings and functions of selected rituals in the life of Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order. The theoretical part is directed at the main terms and concepts of meanings and functions of ritual, rites of passage and role of ritual in religion. In the practical part of the thesis, the particular religious group is being discussed in the broader context of Sufism and Naqshbandi order. The present-day situation of the order is being described especially in relation to the Sufi centre in Germany Osmanische Herberge where the long-term field research was conducted. Selected rituals that the research aimed at are the initiation ceremony bajca, rites of recollection dhikr and hadra and the wedding ceremony. With every ritual, the fundamental meanings and functions that these rituals mean for the group are being analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is focused on motives and strategies of migration of the Muslims population to the Czech Republic and how they evaluate their life in the Czech territory. The article is based on study and analysis of information resources and field research and significantly on a qualitative research using the biographical method searching for the reasons of migration, host country position and assessment of the life of Muslims living in the Czech Republic being identified together with the factors determining the process of their integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]