Implementation of the Shoah theme in the teaching of literary education at the second level of elementary schools: main conclusions of the research investigation

Abstract

The main goal of the paper is to present the main results of mixed design research, which focused on finding out the opinions of Czech Language and Literature teachers on the implementation of the Shoah into the teaching of Literary Education at the lower-secondary schools. Based on the interviews conducted in the first, qualitative, phase, was compiled a questionnaire, the main research tool of the quantitative part of the research. The third, qualitative, phase of the research was attended by respondents who expressed an interest in commenting on the selected questionnaire items in more detail. Based on the synthesis of the results of all three research phases, it can be stated that teachers are aware of the potential of Literary Education for classifying events connoting the Shoah, but they are not entirely sure in choosing adequate methods that can be used in working with Shoah-snippets and they do not fully use the possibility to connect individual subjects or cross-sectional topics.