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Attitude to the physical activity in school aged children 12-14 years
Vičíková, Nikola ; Křivánková, Markéta (advisor) ; Strnad, Pavel (referee)
Title of the thesis: Attitude to the physical activity in school aged children 12-14 years The aim of the thesis: Find out the awareness of the concept of Movement literacy among the pupils of seventh and eighth grades, the general attitude towards physical activity and the relationship to physical education and lifestyle. Methods: 226 primary school pupils in Prague (111 boys and 115 girls) aged 12-14 years were surveyed with a self-constructed questionnaire focusing on attitudes towards physical activity and selected aspects of lifestyle. Results: PE is more popular among boys (78 %) than girls (57 %). For boys, the dominant reason given for physical activity was health and fitness (47 %), while for girls it was weight reduction and body improvement (43 %). 71 % of boys and 64 % of girls are active in some sport. 33 % have experience of dealing with musculoskeletal difficulties and rehabilitation. In the question, "What is movement literacy?" 14 girls and 20 boys came close to the correct answer. There was a positive attitude towards PE and physical activity, but there were differences in motivation between boys and girls. Keywords: FEP BE, pupils, lifestyle, physical education, physical activity
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Comparison of selected disciplines of educational area Man and Nature of the Czech curriculum with the integrated subject Natural Sciences in European curricula
Blaško, Michal ; Stratilová Urválková, Eva (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
Education policy is one of the important goals of any country, as it affects the lives and employment of its people. Compulsory education in the Czech Republic is defined by the Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education (FEP BE), with science education set out in educational area called Man and Nature. Although this is divided into individual educational fields, its framework concept allows the content of the fields to be integrated according to school programme. However, science has been taught separately in most basic schools for several decades, and any integration efforts are burdened by a lack of examples of good practice. The aim of this paper is therefore to perform comparative analysis of the educational area Man and Nature of the Czech FEP BE and integrated science curricula of selected European countries at the level of lower secondary education (ISCED 2). The analysis identifies topics that are included in foreign curricula but not in Czech curriculum and can thus be an inspiration (in the sense of policy learning), what integrative topics to include in the science education at basic schools. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the integration of natural sciences, both from a historical and curriculum development perspective. Theoretical models describing different...
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