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Air quality as a topic for complex learning tasks in chemistry education
Víšková, Vanesa ; Janoušková, Svatava (advisor) ; Teplý, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on creating learning tasks, including determining their difficulty levels. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to expanding the portfolio of educational materials, specifically tasks at the grammar school level, to develop students' scientific literacy. The thesis presents three developed complex learning tasks, which were evaluated by a focus group for cognitive difficulty, content adequacy, and attractiveness. The results indicate that most tasks are suitable for high school education. The thesis also includes a discussion on the importance of scientific literacy in the context of PISA study and its situation among students in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, the thesis analyzes the Framework Educational Programme for Gymnasiums (RVP G) regarding the topic of air quality and provides theoretical foundations for creating complex learning tasks. The thesis also contributes to linking chemistry education with the cross-curricular theme of environmental education, as outlined in the RVP G. Key Words Air quality, learning tasks, PISA survey, chemistry education.
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Development of Critical Thinking in Secondary School Chemistry Teaching
Horálek, Vlastimil ; Distler, Petr (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
The diploma thesis, titled "Development of Critical Thinking in Secondary School Chemistry Teaching," presents a literary research about its key components. These include the definition of critical thinking, its significance, and a compilation of principles and methods dedicated to fostering its growth in teaching. While the definition of critical thinking is very broad, key areas include argumentation, higher-order thinking skills, and inquiry-based activities. Critical thinking is linked to both motivation and prior knowledge of a given subject, it is necessary to train it repeatedly. Based on the literary research, three comprehensive learning activities were created to facilitate the development of critical thinking within Chemistry teaching. These activities were tested in Chemistry lessons and were improved based on feedback received from the students. The finalized versions of these activities are a part of the diploma thesis. Key words critical thinking, Chemistry teaching, activating methods, argumentation
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Integration of environmental education topics into chemistry edcuation - water
Batoušková, Anna ; Janoušková, Svatava (advisor) ; Teplý, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor's thesis brings teaching tasks for secondary school students that could serve as teaching material for chemistry classes. The tasks link chemical topics related to water and its pollution with the cross-cutting topic of Environmental Education. The teaching tasks aim to develop students' scientific literacy. The inspiration for the development of the teaching tasks was the comprehensive tasks of the international survey PISA (Programme for International Students Assessment). The tasks were tested on grammar school students, who provided feedback concerning the difficulty of individual tasks or subtasks and also with regard to familiarity with the topic and its attractiveness. The most difficult tasks for the students were those working with calculations. The least challenging tasks were those based on searching for information in text or graphs and tables. Students rated the topics of the tasks as exciting and necessary. Key Words scientific literacy, learning tasks, environmental education, water, chemistry
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Analysis of Conditions for the Implementation of Dynamic Points in the Chemistry Curriculum as a General Education Subject - Microplastics
Marešová, Eva ; Bílek, Martin (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the phenomenon of so-called dynamic points of curriculum, which represent the implementation of new non-traditional topics into the content of teaching reflecting the current results of technology development including their environmental context. In the theoretical part of the diploma thesis the concept of dynamic curriculum places is elaborated with a focus on the topic "Microplastics" in the teaching of chemistry as a general teaching subject as their current example. The practical part is firstly aimed to the design of teaching activities on the topic "Microplastics", supporting the implementation of this topic in the teaching of chemistry at lower secondary schools and in the corresponding grades of multi-year grammar schools. Subsequently, in the practical part, the specific conditions for the implementation of the topic "Microplastics" in the teaching of chemistry as a general teaching subject are analysed through two case studies, focusing on the information and material-technical conditions of lower secondary schools and multi-year grammar schools, including examination of the effectiveness and functionality of the proposed teaching activities supporting this implementation in schools through practice. The results of the analysis illustrate that the case of a...
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Ecologically Interesting Areas of the City of Mladá Boleslav: A Project for a Secondary Vocational School
Špicarová, Adéla ; Pavlasová, Lenka (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on exploring ecologically interesting areas in the town of Mladá Boleslav, integrating theoretical insights from curriculum documents and ecology education in schools with a projectbased approach. The theoretical part analyzes key concepts related to the project method and teaching, examines the projectsolving process, and explores the typology of projects. It further delves into curriculum documents, especially the Framework Educational Program and the School Educational Program, and outlines ecology education with a focus on the specific school context. The practical part meticulously analyzes the project "Ecologically Interesting Areas of Mladá Boleslav." It investigates the group of students, project goals, its integration into the school curriculum, and the development of key competencies. It addresses students' interactive approach to environmental protection and their direct contribution to the sustainability of the town. The discussion summarizes the results, addresses potential issues, and suggests future development possibilities for similar projects in the educational context. The overall aim of this work is to motivate students to actively engage in ecological issues in their surroundings and, simultaneously, to create material that raises wareness of environmental...
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Influence of Health Regimen on Immune System
Kotrč, Jan ; Ehler, Edvard (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the influence of lifestyle on the immune system and project-based teaching of the immune system in elementary school biology. The theoretical part is devoted to embedding elementary school biology and topics covering the curriculum of the immune system in curricular documents and literary research of the immune system and related topics with regard to life management and the definition of project teaching. The aim of the practical part was to design, implement and evaluate the project teaching of the immune system, intended for the 8th year of primary school. The teaching evaluation was carried out in two parallel classes of the 8th grade at a selected primary school with a sample of 41 pupils. The goal of the evaluation was to verify the knowledge about the immune system and to find out the subjective evaluation of the implemented teaching for pupils of two eighth grades at a selected elementary school with an interval of two weeks. The data was collected using a pretest and posttest and a questionnaire to determine the subjective evaluation of the project day by the pupils. The goal of the implemented project was to acquire knowledge of the immune system and connect it with the already acquired knowledge of practical principles of life management and the development...
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Vocational scicence education - chemistry education curriculum
Henková Mauleová, Lucie ; Janoušková, Svatava (advisor) ; Stratilová Urválková, Eva (referee)
HENKOVÁ MAULEOVÁ, Lucie. Přírodovědné vzdělávání na středních odborných školách - kurikulum chemického vzdělávání. Praha, 2023. Diploma thesis. Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry Education. Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Svatava Janoušková, Ph.D. Abstract The thesis focuses on the recent set up of the chemical curriculum of selected upper-secondary school programs. The curriculum is compared from the viewpoint of content and other parameters with selected analogous foreign curricula, further, focus group research was conducted, orienting on desired objectives, content, and form of science education at vocational schools. Based on this analysis, a draft of the curriculum for a chosen model study program was constructed as the outcome. Key words vocational schools, curriculum, chemistry education
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Selected materials for teaching chemistry in lower grades at the eight-year grammar school
Wilhelm, Lukáš ; Šmejkal, Petr (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
The incoherence of the Czech school system, which is based on the existence of three different types of grammar schools, results in a time inconsistency in the teaching of some subjects. Today, pupils at eight-year grammar schools encounter the subject of chemistry for the first time one to two years earlier than pupils at primary schools. However, the same textbook may be presented to both groups, but it may be inappropriate for younger pupils as it would not reflect the fact that they are not cognitively advanced enough. How do eight-year grammar schools themselves approach this disparity? Does the approach to teaching chemistry to younger pupils differ in foreign countries in any way? These are the questions this thesis seeks to answer. To find the answers, an analysis of Czech and selected foreign curriculum documents was used. The most important results of this thesis include the fact that eight-year grammar schools in the Czech Republic most often include a total of seven teaching units during the first year of chemistry teaching, of which the most abstract concepts are included in the teaching unit Particle composition of substances. In foreign countries, the teaching of chemistry to younger pupils does not go as in-depth as in our eight-year grammar schools, but comparable topics are...
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Media education in chemistry teaching
Matějčková, Veronika ; Teplý, Pavel (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
This thesis deals with the integration of media education into chemistry teaching. The thesis is divided in two parts. The first part develops media education as a tool to obtain media literacy, didactics approach in teaching of media education and methods used in those teachings. Undisputable part of the first part of this thesis is the position of media education in curricular documents in the Czech Republic and investigation of a real state of media education teachings at Czech primary and secondary schools. The results of the investigation showed that the skill of media literacy of students in the Czech Republic is rather below average. The investigation also showed that the most common form of implementation of media education teaching is integration into other educational areas. Second part of the thesis contains a questionnaire among teachers of science subjects focused on integration of media education and educational materials which were prepared after evaluation of first part of the thesis, and which are a practical demonstration of a relationship between media education and chemistry subject. The created teaching materials contain theoretical starting points for the given topic of media education, methodological instructions for teachers and worksheets, teaching presentations or other...
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Practical science teaching during distance eduaction - analysis of interviews with chemistry teachers
Konfrštová, Adéla ; Stratilová Urválková, Eva (advisor) ; Janoušková, Svatava (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the state of teaching practical chemistry activities in schools during distance learning in time of the SARS-COV-2 virus pandemic. The research, based on a questionnaire from the project HomeLab, was extended by a qualitative analysis of interviews with nine chemistry teachers. The research questions were looking for answers whether chemistry teachers implemented chemical experiments into their lessons during distance learning, what was their motivation or barriers to implement practical chemistry education. The thematic analysis of the interviews revealed that all nine teachers but one implemented chemistry activities, mostly including experiments with household tools, resources or food. The motivation was most often the fact that experiments belong to chemistry and without them the teaching of chemistry would not be so attractive. On the contrary, the interviews revealed the need for teachers to share their teaching experiences, but also to know the databases that offer didactic materials that can be used for practical teaching of natural sciences. Keywords chemistry experiments, distance education, interviews, qualitative analysis, thematic analysis
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