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Education through the Geography in Curricular Reformation Period of Czech Education System: Reflection of the Changes at Selected Prague's Grammar Schools
Jáchym, Jan ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Hanus, Martin (referee)
The thesis, as the title suggests, focuses on education of Geography and analysis of Geography as a subject at Prague grammar schools. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the impact of curricular changes on teaching Geography. Furthermore, the thesis is to analyze the ideas of the Geography teachers on teaching methods and content taught to students in their lessons. The work also evaluates the variety of opinions of the pedagogues concerning this topic. It also discusses their different views on a new form of the state leaving exam. Moreover, it looks for the answer whether the new exam might change the methodology of Geography. This work is mainly based on a critical evaluation of expert materials as far as the school reform is concerned. The empirical part itself consists of the survey results and the assessment of directed interviews with 11 respondents, who are the Geography teachers at nine Prague grammar schools.
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Regional differentiation of quality of housing and human capital in the Liberecký Region at the beginning of the 21st century
Baxa, Jan ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Poštolka, Václav (referee)
The main goal is to analyse the quality of housing and human capital in the Liberecky kraj in the beginning of 21st century. The survey gets on constructed aggregate indexes, which aspire to refer important spatial differentiations in quality of housing and human capital measured on municipalities and microregions. Aggregate indexes of the quality of housing rely on own housing quality definition gets out of the interdisciplinarity and complexity this topic, whereas definition and indicators of the quality of human capital are assumed from other publications. In the thesis are two main methodologies based on collecting, analyse and valuation the statistical data on the one hand and preparing, execution and valuation on the other hand. The thesis conduces to second housing, peripheries, rural areas and housing policy research. The influence of private and public institutions on housing development is emphasized and the research deals with new trends of housing in the interest area. The results inhere in approving high housing quality out of the central areas, to these days very intensively built-up. The place and price of housing are the most important factors. 10
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The Landscape of the Czech-Austrian Borderland: Development and Heritage
Rašín, Robin ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Kupková, Lucie (referee) ; Kubeš, Jan (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Science Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Robin Rašín The Landscape of the Czech-Austrian Borderland: Development and Heritage Summary Roztoky u Křivoklátu 2010 1 Landscape is a key geographical concept and geographical research on land change and land use has a tradition that can be dated back for almost a hundred years. The development of the subject orientation of land change science can be divided into two phases. (i) During the first phase (50's/60's of the 20th century) the description of landscape and its morphology (structure) were at the centre of research interest along with the research of the potential for agro-production. This particular type of study was motivated by the need to find a solution to the problem of the increasing inability to supply a growing (European) population with agricultural products. (ii) In the second phase (circa from 70's of the 20th century), the attention of scientists towards the accelerated rate of land change on a global scale that can be associated with: the increase of human population, changes in agricultural techniques, mining, environmental exploitation et cetera. There is an obvious need to solve the negative impacts of the human activities on the landscape at different scales (from local to...
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The definition of the Slovak-Hungarian borderland in terms of socio-cultural aspects and evaluation of their impact on cross-border cooperation in selected areas of interest
Zeman, Juraj ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Milan (referee)
The master thesis deals with a theme of a definition of the Slovak-Hungarian borderland, which we specify on the basis of socio-cultural aspects and evaluation of cross-border cooperation in selected areas of interest by controlled interview with the heads of the local self-government. The thesis consists of four parts. A content of the first part is a discussion of the used expressions border, socio-cultural aspects, borderland, cross-border cooperation, and theoretical and methodological framing of issues. The second part aims to explain a historical development of the Slovak-Hungarian borderland. It is essential to understand the historical context that influenced the borderland and its population. The third part of the thesis focuses on an issue of the borderland definition on the basis of socio-cultural aspects, particularly nationality, religion, natives during the 20th century. Moreover, the thesis deals with a definition of three selected borderland areas of interest, which assesses the socio-cultural aspects afterwards. The fourth part of the thesis focuses on a cross-border cooperation in the areas of interest. To evaluate the cross border cooperation, a method of controlled interview was used, made with the heads of the local self-government. This subjective evaluation gives us a real...
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Prestige of School Geography in Czechia
Kunová, Šárka ; Řezníčková, Dana (advisor) ; Chromý, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with the question of prestige of subject Geography. Its aim is to explain how much prestige university students attach to Geography, with the help of semantic differential method, and where they place this term in the semantic field of terms. The research was conducted with questionnaire survey which focused on the comparison between the perception of Geography and other subjects, and at the same time the comparison of value judgement of Geography students and students of different programmes. The first part of the thesis explains the key words and the methods of the research into prestige conducted so far. They were analysed and on the basis of this analysis notional parameters of prestige attached to a subject were set. The following part is the main part. It consists of the questionnaire survey, including the evaluation and interpretation of the results, which is followed by suggestions for improvement of the prestige of Geography, with the use of chosen marketing tools. Key words: prestige; social status; value judgement; attitude; geography; semantic differential; marketing
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Geographical literacy: various approaches to its definition and verification
Kalfusová, Helena ; Řezníčková, Dana (advisor) ; Chromý, Pavel (referee)
The present baccalaureate work deals with geographical literacy. It has as the major aims to define geographical literacy in accordance with contemporary professional literature, to investigate the presence of elements of geographical education incorporated in the National Education Frame of preschool and primary education levels, and to indicate basic means of its verification. Each if these aims requires to seek answers to the following research questions: 1. Is the notion of geographical literacy unanimously defined in professional literature? 2. Which of the requirements posed on the children of the preschool and the 1st and 2nd primary school levels, given in the National Education Frame, represent fundamentals of geographical literacy. Are these requirements continuously developed? 3. How can the basic geographical literacy be tested? Each of these questions implied a specific approach: literature retrieval, content analysis of the National Education Frame, survey of the existing verification methods and case studies. The paper is divided into five chapters, dialing with the subject of geographical literacy in general (the first chapter), with its components (the second chapter) and with the geographical literacy in particular (the third chapter). The fourth chapter is concerned with the...
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"The other" geography of alternative food networks: farmers' markets as a travelling concept
Fendrychová, Lenka ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (referee) ; Pauknerová, Karolína (referee)
Boom of the farmers' markets in 2010 represented a brand new phenomenon in the so far rather calm development of the Czech alternative food networks (AFNs). Unprecedented was the extent of political support at the local and state level as well as the interest of media and consumers. My PhD project originates in the desire to understand this phenomenon. I realized qualitative research of practice and discourse of the farmers' markets in the territory of Prague metropolitan area (PMA) during the years 2011 and 2012. The main research methods included interviews with organizers, observation at the markets, and the content analysis of the mass media. In the course of the research it became obvious that the current academic discourse, rooted primarily in the Anglo-American context, cannot be applied to the Czech reality. Also, the specific features of the farmers' markets in the PMA could only partially be explained by the differences between the Czech post-socialist context and "the West". An interpretation of the boom of farmers' markets in the PMA, consistent with the results of my research, was only enabled by an innovative approach which combines the concept of the travelling theory, postcolonial sensitivity to the mutual relations between source and target contexts, and the findings of the studies...
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Regional identity in Czech - Polish borderland : case study of the Broumov region
Osoba, Petr ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Milan (referee)
9 Abstract The study deals with regional identity in Czech-Polish borderland. The Broumov region is an example of peripheral region which is suitable for research of forming of regional identity regarding its history (expulsion of Germans after World War II). This ressetled region is compared with neighbouring regions without this historical experience (the Náchod region and Nové Město nad Metují region). The main aims are to analyze how inhabitans perceive his regional identity, how evaluate attractiveness of neigbouring towns and what take for regional symbols. The research is based on questionnaire inquiry.
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