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Development of self-assessment skills of pupils in 1st and 2nd year of primary school
Durníková, Radka ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Tomková, Anna (referee)
This graduation thesis has a theoretical and an exploratory character. The theoretical part is focused on the knowledge in the field of school evaluation and self- assessment of pupils. It defines the basic concepts, types, forms and functions of evaluation and self-assessment. The main aim is to define ways and various strategies to develop self-assessment skills of children in the beginning of primary school. The research questions and methods of investigation are formulated in the theoretical part. It presents results of long-term research about development of self- assessment skills of children from the beginning of 1st grade to the end of the first half of 2nd grade. One of the most significant parts of the research is devoted to specific strategies of the teacher, which positively affect the development of self- assessment skills of pupils, as well as involving parents in this process during a common consultation of teacher, student and parent.
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Bullying of pupils in primary school
Poláková, Petra ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Mazáčová, Nataša (referee)
(The thesis has both a theoretical and a research section.) Master thesis' theoretical section examines problems of school bullying, especially defining its term, classification, bullying stages, its effects, the cause of bullying, participants' typology, (victim, aggressor, silent majority) and prevention, etc. The aim of the practical section is to monitor what approaches and strategies are used at the two intentionally chosen school institutions in terms of preventions and solving problems of bullying. The investigation into the problems of pupils who were affected by bullying and who judged their school approach to bullying after some time is very important and being reflected, too. There are these research questions determined: In what extent bullying can be detected at the two intentionally chosen primary schools? What approaches and strategies are used in terms of prevention and tackling the problems of bullying? Which of these approaches are applied the most often? How is the teacher's and school's approach to bullying judged by pupil victims after some time? This part is concerned with collecting data and its processing. The interview method was used to collect data. Key words: bullying, aggression, prevention, bullying effects, bullying stages, bullying diagnosed and addressed, primary school
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Psychological and Epistemological Aspects of Curriculum Design
Dvořák, Dominik ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Janík, Tomáš (referee) ; Průcha, Jan (referee)
TITLE: Psychological and Epistemological Aspects of Curriculum Design AUTHOR: Dominik Dvořák DEPARTMENT: Department of Primary Education, Charles University in Prague SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Vladimíra Spilková, CSc. ABSTRACT: The alarming trends in Czech pupils' achievement in reading, mathematics and science raised the question of quality of the Czech primary and lower secondary school curricula. A conceptual framework for analysis of the intended curriculum as a multi-level document has been devised. A review of available methods for curricular analysis is presented. The mixed method research design has been used to study the actual Czech curricular framework. Preliminary exploration of quantitative data on Czech pupils' success rates in individual items of TIMSS and PISA studies identified the "suspect" curriculum areas for the subsequent qualitative analysis. These areas (e.g. fractions in mathematics, reading literacy in language arts) were compared in past and present Czech curricula/syllabi. The international benchmarking method was used to compare Czech, English, Finnish, and U. S. curricula. The results revealed the idiosyncrasies that remain relatively stable feature of the Czech curricula. The neo-institutionalism may provide the theoretical explanation of the results of the analysis. KEYWORDS:...
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Preparing student teachers for constructivist teaching about society in primary grades
Dvořáková, Michaela ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Stará, Jana (referee) ; Brtnová Čepičková, Ivana (referee)
Preparing student teachers for constructivist teaching about society in primary grades Michaela Dvořáková Abstract The content of primary social studies could be described as cultural universals - domains of human existence that form part of everybody's experience. Despite that, children do need a skilled instruction helping them to elaborate these topics. We suppose that for the constructivist teachers, deep content knowledge and pedagogic content knowledge is necessary to elaborate and conceptualize children's experiences. In this thesis, we wanted to learn more about the knowledge base of pre-service teachers. To explore the education students' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of social studies topics, we elicited students' concepts related to the topic of family using concept mapping. Then we performed the content analysis of the obtained concepts. We tried to determine whether pre-service teachers rely on their prior knowledge (including misconceptions) of family or whether they use the knowledge gained in social science classes at the high school or at our university. Students do not use their academic knowledge gained in social studies classes spontaneously, but they are able to do when prompted. An important part of pedagogical content knowledge of a social studies teacher are the...
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Opportunities of applying drama education in the Scholastic educational program of the elementary school
Holemá, Irena ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Marušák, Radek (referee) ; Provazník, Jaroslav (referee)
Opportunities of applying drama education in the Scholastic educational program of the elementary school ABSTRACT Key words: drama education, Scholastic educational program for elementary schooling, implementing new courses into classwork, pedagogical research, key competencies. The dissertation work pursues an analysis of the process of implementing new subject matter anchored in the scholastic educational program of a given elementary school into the practical classwork. This subject is the educational subject of drama education. In the theoretical section of the work, based on the specialist literature, are compiled the fundamental assumptions and circumstances, which influenced to a high degree the development of the sphere of drama education and contributed to its entry to the schools. Attention is paid to the topics of the principles of the transformation of Czech education, to the principle of the humanization of the schools, to the projects of school reform and the issues of the key competencies. Presented are studies mapping the frequency and the scope of the implementation of drama education in Czech schools in specific regions. The objective of the research section of the work is to analyze this process through a form of pedagogical research permitting personal participation in the process of...
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Curricular reform in the Czech Republic after 1989 in the light of international comparisons
Dvořáková, Jarmila ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Stará, Jana (referee) ; Váňová, Miroslava (referee)
The present thesis identifies the common trends in curricular policy in compulsory education at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. It presents the conceptual foundations of curricular policy in the Czech Republic after 1989 and evaluates its development. It analyzes the key curricular documents (e.g. the Framework Education Programme for Basic Education) and compares their progressive aspects. Three case studies are the core of the present thesis. They analyze the curricular policy in compulsory education in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden and Poland. They focus on the recent developments in national curricular policies, the National Curriculum and the systems of assessment. The thesis also presents debates on curriculum changes at international level and introduces the theoretical concepts of the UNESCO, OECD and EU in the field of educational aims and content. The final part of the thesis analyzes the common trends in the National Curriculum developments and their influences on curricular reform in the Czech Republic. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Preparing teachers for training in children's rights
Hejlová, Helena ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Lukavská, Eva (referee) ; Hradečná, Marie (referee)
Dissertation searches for an answer of the question "Why children have to be educated on children rights and what pillars are necessery for this education". Result of the answer is the pre-servis university teacher preparation conception course focused to the children rights education. It respects values of the rights of the child, the tenor of that was the right on childhood on the fíeld of education and its ethics. This look at the problém is supported by evidence of philosophy (antropology), psychology and sociology, especially how these sciences perceive the child and childhood. Models of the course are tested by action research. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Multi-Cultural Education at a Czech Primary School
Černá, Blanka ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Stará, Jana (referee)
Cette thèse de diplôme traite de l'éducation multiculturelle et sa mise en valeur dans le système scolaire tchèque. Dans la partie théorique, j'indique entre autre, les notions essentielles et les points de départs, la représentation de l ' é d u c a t i o n multiculturelle par une étude de documents curriculaires, les méthodes et les formes du travail et l'instruction dispensée aux enfents étrangers dans les écoles élémentaires tchèques. La partie recherche de ce document examine l'adaptation des enfants étrangers à l'environnement scolaire tchèque et la réalité de l'éducation multiculturelle dans nos écoles. En autre, elle présente un projet concret que j'ai réalisée sur une classe de cinqièmc (école primaire). Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The possibilities of the use of project teaching at the first grade of primary school
Zvárová, Jana ; Tomková, Anna (referee) ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor)
The theme of this diploma thesis is project teaching and the possibilities of its use at primary schools. This thesis is based on the points of departure and principles of the transformation of Czech education system after 1989, and it is focused on the internal reform of primary education. The key part of the thesis deals with project teaching - mainly its history, characterization and methodology. The practical part attempts to verify project teaching in practice. The authoress created and realized five projects for first grade primary school pupils. Each one contains educational objectives, a map of thougt, a detailed description of its realization, and an evaluation of the project including selfreflection. The pupils' activity during the projects are documented in the appendixes. On the basis of these projects the conditions for successful realization of project teaching at the first grade of primary school are charakterized. Keywords: internal transformation of Czech education after 1989, project teaching, projects.
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Educating Seconce Language Children in Primary Schools in the Czech Republic
Šroňková, Hana ; Spilková, Vladimíra (referee) ; Stará, Jana (advisor)
This diploma thesis focuses on the problematic of educating second language children in primary schools in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part explains the fundamental concepts connected with the topic, as well as analyses psychological aspects, legislatives and statistics of the problem. Description of the recommended methods and forms of work is also given. The empiric part presents a suggestion of the research on the field of this problematic, i.e. questionnaire for teachers and observation. Key words: educating second language children, educating socially handicapped children, respecting cultural background and language of the country of origin, primary schools in the Czech Republic, individual educational programme
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