Eva Maria Hrdinová: Pedagogický význam termínu hra ve vybraných textech Jana Amose Komenského

 

DOI 10.17846/pdjkss.2026.154-176

 

Doc. PhDr. Eva Maria Hrdinová, Ph.D., Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

 

The Pedagogical Significance of the Term “Play” in Selected Texts by Jan Amos Comenius

 

Abstract

In the following study, we intend to present the semantics of the term “game” as it appears in the seminal works of Jan Amos Comenius, as well as how it is interpreted by contemporary educators in the field. In addition to the history of the concept, we also consider the similarities and differences with contemporary interpretations of this concept, in which “play” (consistently rendered as ludus in Latin by Comenius) is defined as a popular supplementary didactic tool in the educational process. In this study, we understand “play” as a complex term encompassing the conceptual components of intellectual play in accordance with the biblical interpretation (cf. the writings of the Church Fathers, particularly Clement’s Paidagōgos), children’s play, play with toys, various educational games, as well as drama used in teaching. We conduct a specific analysis based on the linguistic and translation-studies structuralist concept of lexical fields. These lexical fields are formed by related words, i.e., mostly synonyms or antonyms, but also hypernyms and hyponyms.

 

Keywords

Play; wisdom; school; theology; pedagogy; didactics; term.

 

How to cite this article

HRDINOVÁ, Eva Maria, (2026). Pedagogický význam termínu hra ve vybraných textech Jana Amose Komenského. In: Žeňuchová Šašerina, Svetlana (ed.). Písomné dedičstvo, jazyk a kultúrna pamäť v slovanskom svete. Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, s. 154-176. ISBN 978-80-558-2449-9 (tlač), ISBN 978-80-558-2450-5 (online). DOI 10.17846/pdjkss.2026.154-176

 

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