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Deferring compulsory school attendance in the context of literacy skills
Adamová, Michaela Mija ; Kucharská, Anna (advisor) ; Kučerová, Olga (referee)
The thesis focuses on the issue of school deferment in the context of literacy skills in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part is structured in 3 chapters. The first chapter discusses concepts such as school maturity and readiness. The second chapter provides an overview and summary of the existingknowledge on school deferrals.The content of the third chapter is a definitionof literacyskills and an introductionto the PorTex diagnostic tool along with the 7 tests and the test battery questionnaire through which data for the research was collected. In the practical section, the quantitative research methodology of the research itself is presented. The research population consists of pupils from the 2nd, 3rd and 5th grades of primary school, divided into 2 groups: children with and without school deferment. Data analysis was carried out in two phases. The results obtained indicate that differences between the groups were demonstrated only in 3 tests and in several subareas of the selected tests. KEYWORDS deferrals of compulsory schooling, school maturity, literacy skills, primary school, PorTex assesment
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The problematics of oncological disease from the perspective of patients' family members
ADAMOVÁ, Michaela Mija
This bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of cancer from the perspective of family members, maps their experiences and coping strategies. The theoretical part covers the basic concepts of cancer and in the field of psychooncology. Furthermore, it describes the impact of the disease on the whole family and the changes that occur after prognosis. The last chapter discusses the challenging life situation (in the context of a whole family), coping strategies and external ways of helping. The practical part is based on qualitative research methods, it has been conducted through semi-structured interviews with family members (adult children) of mothers with cancer. Interpretive phenomenological analysis has been used for data analysis. The research group consists of 6 family members, 4 women and 2 men and the data is presented in an individual case reports and in an inter-case comparison. The results show that individuals experience negative and positive emotions, stress, manifestation of psychosomatic symptoms, hide their feelings and talk about their thoughts. Additionally, the respondents commonly mention the extensive time spent helping the patient, the negative impact on cognitive functions such as memory and attention, as well as positive aspects such as reassessment of priorities. The respondents also mention the societal changes in the family, including changes in relationships, roles, family involvement in the household, perceptions of change in the patient, and financial problems associated with difficult family situation. The last segment discusses the coping strategies used by the respondents such as social support, acquisition of information etc.
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