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Teaching History in Times of Climate Crisis What Implications Should Have Contemporary Environmental Crisis on Teaching History at Czech Secondary/Middle Schools?
Černínová, Anna ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis responds to the need to update education due to the urgency of current environmental problems and it tries to relate it to the school subject of history. The goal of this thesis is to answer at least partially how history could or should adapt to the ongoing climate crisis so that students have a better chance to successfully face its challenges. For such a task, it was first necessary to map out what concepts and approaches are used in Czechia and abroad to approach climate change in the context of education. I analyzed the environmental education in the RVP ZV (the curriculum for primary schools) and the publication Klima se mění - a co my? (Climate is changing - and what about us?) by Petr Daniš et al. Other possible approaches also resulted from the analysis of some foreign curricula - namely from Finland and New Jersey. Finally, I expanded the possible implications for history lessons thanks to the analysis of some other professional publications of foreign provenance. These were, for example, works related to transformative education or environmental history. Following on from these analyses, I tried to question in more detail some figures of modern discourse, which seem somehow dysfunctional due to the environmental crisis. In this way, I approached the problematic perception of...
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Educational projects in the field of oral history
Boháčková, Pavlína ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
The goal of the proposed thesis is the analysis of three educational projects, that use oral history as their main method. The projects are following: Příběhy našich sousedů by the organization Post Bellum, Československo v paměti žen by the organization Gender Atudies and literary competition Zlatý diktafon by Czech Oral History Association. The aim of this theses is to describe ptojects in context of the organizations and associations that organize and run them. Subsequently it will focus on didactics theory and the way in which projects are used for teaching history. The last part will be dedicated to selfreflection of the projects by using interviews with their leaders. Information used for this theses will be drawn from studying czech, german and english academic literature and project documents and methodologies. Key words: Oral history, project education, memory studies, history didactics
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Changes and growth of a small town in time of normalization - the example of Benešov u Prahy
Houzar, Jakub ; Zdichynec, Jan (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with the transformation of Benešov u Prahy from a backward town with nine thousand inhabitants to the centre of Podblanicko area with almost twice as many residents. The change did not come easily. The inhabitants and offices dealt with many problems ranging from inadequate transport and business networks to insufficient capacity in school facilities. Within twenty years (1970s and 1980s), Benešov underwent an immense transformation, which is evident at first sight. Prefabricated housing estates were built on the outskirts of the town and in densely built-up areas that had been redeveloped for building purposes. Not even the monuments escaped this remediation. The present-day appearance of Benešov is largely a reflection of fifteen to twenty years of construction activities in the monitored period. How has Benešov changed over the 20 years of the reporting period? What kind of transformation have all parts of the town undergone (center, peripherals)? Was it possible to offer sufficient capacity (housing, work) to new arrivals and old residents? How did Benešov cope in terms of services (education, transport, apartments, business network) with almost twice the number of inhabitants? How was everyday life in transformed Benešov in this period? This work tries to answer these...
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Teaching colonialism in Czech schools
Landsmann, Jiří ; Najbert, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Sixta, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on the issue of colonialism. However, this is not a theoretical work. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the teaching of the topic itself at Czech elementary schools. The work could be divided into three imaginary parts. In the first part of the thesis, the methodology of the diploma thesis, related concepts of historical thinking is characterized, followed by the concept of colonialism in historiography. This part is followed by the second part. It characterizes how textbooks, websites and the framework educational program for primary schools work with the topic of colonialism. The last part of the thesis describes the research carried out by the author of this work. It consisted of visiting several elementary schools, where he conducted interviews with teachers and watched the teaching itself. As already mentioned, the work is based on concepts of historical thinking. I assumed that the topic would be problematic and would lead to the fact that both teachers and pupils would take a certain value attitude towards it. Furthermore, the theme is followed from the concept of causes and consequences and contemporary perspectives.
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Contemporary history textbooks as a tool for developping historical thinking of the elementary school students - case of French Revolution
Tomčíková, Eva ; Najbert, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis inspects how the topic of French Revolution is presented in three chosen textbooks, corresponding exercise books and, in some cases, methodical guidelines for Czech elementary schools (textbooks by the publishing houses Fraus, Nová škola and Státní pedagogické nakladatelství). This is done through three of the six historical thinking concepts as established by Peter Seixas. The chosen concepts are: (identify) continuity and change, (analyze) cause and consequence and (take) historical perspetives. The thesis consists of a theoretical (chapters on historical literacy, inquiry-based learning, six historical thinking concepts, defining the topic of French Revolution and how it is elaborated in historiography, the significance and the role of the texbooks in teaching history) and a practical part (analysis and comparison of the chosen textbooks, exercise books and, in some cases, metodical guidelines, a plan of a unit on the given topic in the lenght of three standard lessons, which is oriented towards the development of the historical thinking of students). Considering the current state of Czech research of textbooks by Seixas' concepts, which is very limited, the methodology and research questions are newly and somewhat experimentaly created. The result of this research is the fact that...
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Panel housing complex in the context of school history education
Jahelková, Kateřina ; Najbert, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the didactic use of the topic of panel housing estates in the teaching of history by applying historical thinking methodology. The first part is theoretical and deals with the historical development of housing construction in Czechoslovakia within a global context. The second part elaborates the methodological basis for the preparation of teaching material utilizing the curricular documents and presents examples of didactic use of this topic in historical education. Furthermore, possible starting points for using the topic of panel housing estates to develop historical thinking are considered in more detail. The third part presents the preparation of a lesson, which was implemented in November 2021 at the Korunovační Primary School in Prague. The lesson created for the purpose of this thesis drew upon 'The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts'. This diploma thesis proved the usability of the topic of panel housing estates in the teaching of history, but also pointed out the limits of the chosen method, especially the need for gradual development of concepts. KEYWORDS history teaching, housing estates, historical thinking, Research-Based teaching, 20th century
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Teaching history in the Mělník region in the 1970s and 1980s
Horáková, Eliška ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe the teaching of history in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. It focuses on the Mělník region. At the same time, it introduces the reader to the situation in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic during the period of so-called Normalization and the situation in the Mělník region during the same period. Literature, periodicals,primary sources, and especially the memories of witnesses - students and teachers - have been used. The thesis is dividedinto 7 chapters. The first chapter describes the methodology of my research and describes they wayI conducted and evaluated my interviews. The second chapter describes the situation in Czechoslovakia after August 21, 1968 until the Velvet Revolution. The third chapter outlines the situation in the Mělník region during the same period, focusing mainly on the town of Mělník itself. The fourth chapter deals with the situation in education in general. The fifth chapter presents the form of the subject of history during this period and focuses on the teachers of this subject. The sixth chapter is devoted to the didactics of history, outlines what the history lessons looked like and analyzes period textbooks. The seventh chapter deals with the methodology of history. It characterizes the methods and forms of teaching...
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Comparison of the didactic potential of Austrian and Czech history textbooks on the example of selected historical events
Hrabáková, Simona ; Najbert, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze and compare the didactic potential of Czech and Austrian history textbooks regarding to their anchoring in the educational system and working with historical thinking and historical literacy, generally with the development of students' key competencies. The thesis took into account differences in the educational systems of both countries, the curriculum and, overall, worked with the goals of modern history teaching. The comparison was made on historical events that connect these two countries, and the core of the thesis is the analysis of processing these topics in terms of the Research-Based teaching goals. The output of this thesis is a specific teaching unit that works with Czech and Austrian textbooks and tries to cover the main theses of modern didactics of history. Keywords Textbooks, history teaching, Czech Republic, Austria, Research-Based teaching, historical thinking, historical literacy
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