Abstract:

The paper deals with the issue of ON-LINE teaching at universities in the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period March - November 2020. The universities included in the research are focused on teaching security management and forensic sciences and should be prepared to deal with threats such as biological pandemics, such as the COVID19 pandemic.

The aim of the research was to compare in detail the facts and findings from distance learning at private universities depending on their culture and management and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of online teaching with an aspect of the situation COVID 19. The aim of the work is to evaluate the existing experience with distance learning in crisis management and find the optimal setting of the pedagogical process, which has long relied only on distance learning.

The basic research method is controlled interviews and surveys conducted with both teachers and students of different years of study. These methods are followed by a detailed analysis of two private universities, which in certain aspects have a completely diametrical concept in the approach of management, preparation and subsequent online teaching. In contrast, there are two different ways of management - authoritarian and democratic, which have completely different impacts on teaching both by the teaching staff and the students themselves.

The basic result is the finding that the culture and management of the compared universities in the time of crisis management of teaching fundamentally influence the quality of teaching and create strong motivational and demotivating impulses. These then further affect the calm atmosphere or, on the contrary, strong stress.

The results of the research confirm that long-term distance learning, without other alternative forms during the COVID pandemic, has a negative effect on the health of teachers. It was found that during the six-month period, the entire Czech population (not only academics) gained an average of 6 kg in weight compared to the previous period.

Keywords:

Education, distance learning, covid-19, pandemic