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This paper discusses the formation of ethnolinguistic and axiological research, the direction of which was set by Ján Doruľa. By systematically investigating the relationship between language and culture, the Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavic Studies confirms that language is an integral part of everyday culture, and at the same time, it is a tool for learning about individual and collective mentality, because its usage is deeply rooted in the consciousness of a particular community. Using culturally characteristic linguistic expressions, diverse interpretations of the image of the world are created, which are synergistically and syncretically combined in the Slavic and wider European context. The paper highlights important ethnolinguistic research programs that intersect with the domains of folkloric, spiritual, textual, and axiological themes within this Slavic academic institution. At the same time, we point to the value-based ethnolinguistic specificity of the research orientation of Slovak culture in the international context. This paper discusses the development of ethnolinguistic and axiological research, influenced by Ján Doruľa. It focuses on timeless topics within Slavic and non-Slavic linguistic-historical or linguistic-cultural relations. The Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics, to the founding of which Ján Doruľa contributed significantly, explores the connection between language and culture, affirming language's role in daily life and its reflection of individual and collective mentality within a particular community. Culturally distinctive linguistic expressions shape various interpretations of the world, which can be similar or divergent in the Slavic and wider European contexts. The paper highlights key ethnolinguistic research programs at the Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics, encompassing folklore, spirituality, values, and textual analysis. Finally, it illustrates the contribution of the ethnolinguistic focus of the Slovak research approach in an international context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific literacy is one of the crucial skills necessary for making informed decisions and evaluating evidence. Despite the fact that the overall results of Slovak students in scientific literacy are lower than the average for OECD countries, there is still a lack of interventions focusing explicitly on fostering scientific literacy in the educational system. Therefore, this literature review aims to determine: 1. types of interventions that can be used to foster scientific literacy; 2. the main features of interventions responsible for their effectiveness. Authors conducted a content analysis of 40 empirical scientific papers, focusing on two aspects of scientific literacy: scientific reasoning ability and attitudes toward science. The study indicates that scientific reasoning ability can be effectively improved with the interventions focused on 1. scientific argumentation; 2. understanding nature of science; 3. process of scientific discovery. Interventions focused on improving attitudes toward science share similar characteristics as interventions focused on scientific reasoning and can be classified similarly. Other aspects, such as the level of guidance, teaching strategy, gender, and domain of the intervention can also play an important role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is devoted to the textual analysis of the sermon Sincere Encouragement to True Repentance and Prayer (Věrné probuzení k pravému pokání a modlení), presented by Bohuslav Mezibrodský in the community of Lowland Slovak evangelicals in the village of Eška (Hungarian Öskü) in September 1749. The subject of the sermon is an unusual natural phenomenon - the arrival of locusts, which caused existential fears among the inhabitants and caused huge confusion among them. The same subject was elaborated by Matej Markovič senior in the poetic composition The Mourning Song about the Grasshoppers (Smutná pieseň o kobylkách, 1749), the analysis of which will serve us as a model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper is to look at the work and life of Ladislav Hanus from the perspective of his contribution to the newspapers he wrote for, or that he was in charge of as an editor-in-chief. Ladislav Hanus, a philosopher, theologian and a prolific writer belongs to the most influential thinkers of the 20th century in Slovakia. Besides his great academic works he contributed to development of Catholic journals Verbum and Kultúra either as an author or editor-in-chief. The paper aims to draw on Hanus' writings and outline a concept of catholic press and/or media in general. As a result of a textual analysis, the following pillars of catholic press were identified: quality of content, quality of form and design, openess to dialogue and criticism, and reflection of current issues in society. In the 20th century and in Slovak socio-cultural context, his approach to issues like pluralism and dialogue might be considered as modern and his legacy goes beyond the 20th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper we identify the origins and nature of qualitative methods of studies in information science. We mention the theoretical sources of qualitative methods based on psychological and social sciences, especially phenomenology, phenomenography and interpretative methods. We present the review of these methods, including selected studies from human information behavior and information literacy. We explain the procedures at applying of qualitative methods, namely the content analyses, interpretations, measuring of attitudes. Benefits of qualitative methods include holistic view on information use and knowledge representations from cognitive, affective and social aspects. Orientation on context of information, causes of information behavior, implicit knowledge and human experience is also considered. We also explain the limitations of qualitative methods and possibilities of its overcoming. The examples from the own studies of relevance, information behavior of doctoral students and information ecology are briefly reviewed. The linking of qualitative studies with modeling of creative information strategies in information behavior of communities is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]