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Interpretation of American History in the Context of Contemporary U.S. Society: From Bradley Commission to 21st Century History Curriculum
Vondrová, Petra ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis aims to analyze the relationship of the collective memory of an individual and his/her inclusion with the society and eventual ability to generate social capital. This paper evaluates the American federal education system and its interpretation of the historical narrative to the students. The focus of this thesis is the interpretation of historical events in the context of American society, whose structure has changed fundamentally over the past 30 years. Not only society has suffered a significant change, the federal system of student testing and the federal education institutions' funding have been revised too. American society can benefit from it through internal intercourse or, on the contrary, it can become more fragmented if it fails to bring the individual into a contemporary social setting. The work has been defined in time since the Bradley Commission has issued general recommendations to change approach to historical curricula, and then continues to explore the development until 2014. The political changes with the end of the Cold War led to a constant reinterpretation of American history and the secondary the collective identity. In the new millennium and after the year 2014 it has concluded in a discussion about historical education on academic, social and political fields....
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My experiences with interpretation of Gustav Mahler´s work
Vondrová, Petra ; HAJÓSSYOVÁ, Magdaléna (advisor) ; DOLEŽAL, Vladimír (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I have decided to focus on the person of Gustav Mahler. A large part of the text is focused on his fate a works. After reviewing important events from his life, I´m watching his professional development.
In conclusion I am focusing on his work Kindertotenlieder - I am capturing the history of this work´s origin, form and its structure. Using a comparation method I am also watching their interpretation by famous singer Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau as a guide for my own interpretation. I am also describing my own problems with their interpretation. Their solution have rised my experiences.
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Interpretation of American History in the Context of Contemporary U.S. Society: From Bradley Commission to 21st Century History Curriculum
Vondrová, Petra ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Kýrová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis aims to analyze the relationship of the collective memory of an individual and his/her inclusion with the society and eventual ability to generate social capital. This paper evaluates the American federal education system and its interpretation of the historical narrative to the students. The focus of this thesis is the interpretation of historical events in the context of American society, whose structure has changed fundamentally over the past 30 years. Not only society has suffered a significant change, the federal system of student testing and the federal education institutions' funding have been revised too. American society can benefit from it through internal intercourse or, on the contrary, it can become more fragmented if it fails to bring the individual into a contemporary social setting. The work has been defined in time since the Bradley Commission has issued general recommendations to change approach to historical curricula, and then continues to explore the development until 2014. The political changes with the end of the Cold War led to a constant reinterpretation of American history and the secondary the collective identity. In the new millennium and after the year 2014 it has concluded in a discussion about historical education on academic, social and political fields....
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Migration as uniting or divisive element within the Mexican media? The reform of U.S. immigration policy from the standpoint of Mexican press
Vondrová, Petra ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The thesis "Migration as uniting or divisive element within the Mexican media? The reform of U.S. immigration policy from the standpoint of Mexican press" focuses on reflection of the protests supporting the U.S. immigration reform bill which took place at the end of the year 2013 in the United States. First, historical context of changes of the migration flows between Mexico and USA and the view of migrant in Mexico are drafted since the end of Cold War. Consequently this thesis discusses the importance of media discourse in stimulating the general public debate on this issue. Furthermore the aim of this work is to describe problems in view of the complicated history of migrants from the perspective of his country of origin and possible differences in interpretation of newspaper due to their different ideological focus. The emphasis is put on reflection of the protests of Hispanic minority that out broke after the adoption of immigration reform bill in the Senate of the USA at the end of year 2013. The media outlets are analysed on the base of knowledge of the secondary literature. The complex evaluation of media discourse examined periodicals in a given time range is evaluated in conclusion. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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