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The Comparison of Environmental Education Teaching in Czech and Finnish Elementary School
Rácová, Adéla ; Chlebounová, Irena (advisor) ; Kotvaltová Sezemská, Karolína (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on teaching of environmental education at elementary school in Czechia and Finland. The thesis describes the possibilities of defining environmental education, history of this subject and attitude towards teaching environmental education in the Czech and Finnish educational system. The aim of the thesis is to analyze structure of the education system at elementary schools in Czechia and Finland, with a focus on Environmental education. The thesis compares difference between concepts, contents, objectives, values and methods of teaching Environmental education in both countries. The thesis concludes with a summary of the results and proposing to a possible direction of reasearch in the future.
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Professional development portfolio by Eliška Petlanová
Petlanová, Eliška ; Thorovská, Alena (advisor) ; Zvírotský, Michal (referee)
Eliška Petlanová's professional development portfolio contains ten chapters. First part. The preface serves as an introductory text that carries through the entire work. The next part is a professional biography, which briefly describes the author in terms of professional knowledge. The following part of the professional essay deals with the issue of environmental education in elementary schools and the importance of school gardens. The Synopsis chapter of the book presents a title called What do children need most? The topic of this book is a good guide even for beginning educators. In the next chapter, a list of literature that can be beneficial for expanding knowledge in the field. The professional analysis of the pedagogic worker deals with the view of the educator and serves for the image of the educator from both a professional and a human point of view. In the chapter Case study of the school, there is an introduction to the Hradištko Elementary School, where the author works as a teacher and teacher's assistant during the preparation of her bachelor's thesis. The written preparation is processed in the afternoon held in the school group during the week in the spring. The bibliography and the list of sources list the titles and references that were used to develop the Professional...
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The potential of land art for art education in relation to current environmental trends
Vlčková, Eliška ; Fremlová, Vendula (advisor) ; Vartecká, Anna (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the artistic movement land art and its potential in art education. The theoretical part introduces foreign and Czech representatives, their characteristic approach to land art and their position to environmental issues. The thesis further focuses on contemporary artists, active institutions, and selected exhibitions that directly work with environmental issues. In following chapters is covered environmental education, its goals, and the means that can be applied in art education. It includes child development from an environmental perspective, or ways to discuss climate change with children. The practical part defines didactic transformation and includes proposals for didactic transformations of land art activities. The proposals contain a general and adapted plan for the Kladno district.
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Environmental education in the after-school club
Hrabíková, Adéla ; Thorovská, Alena (advisor) ; Zvírotský, Michal (referee)
Title of bachelor's thesis: Environmental Education in School Clubs This bachelor's thesis is focused on school clubs, environmental education and possibilities of introducing the environmental education into extracurricular education of children. The theoretical part describes basic terms of the school clubs and environmental education, their history and offers examples of implementing the environmental education into the school clubs. Further on it summarizes possibilities of realizing the environmental education in school gardens. It emphasizes the importance of forming relationship with nature and the environment. The practical part of the thesis looks at using the school gardens as an irreplaceable attribute to school education. It not only forms positive attitude and knowledge of students but also provides school clubs with an outdoor space for leisure time. It gives examples of suitable and unsuitable plants and other elements for the school gardens. The thesis presents a draft design of a school garden with description of individual parts and plants of garden and its use for primary and secondary school and school clubs. It descibes the place within the garden and its close proximity. Keywords: school club, environmental education, school garden, nature, environment
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Weekly lesson plan on the theme: Discovering treasures of our nature
TROJÁKOVÁ, Alena
The bachelor thesis's intended purpose was to create an environmental lesson plan. In the theoretical part, there was a described theoretical basis from which the lesson plan came out. This section defined environmental education, its goals, methods, and principles. There was devoted space to its application in kindergarten, the importance of the school garden, and the connection between environmental education and the curriculum for preschool education. Last but not least experience learning, game, and flow learning have been described. The practical part includes an assembled lesson plan, daily evaluation, and final evaluation with children. In the plan were environmental activities, which developed environmental sensivity and created a positive attitude toward nature. In the end, it was found that the most successful aktivity was the one carried out directly in the forest, namely the building of a village for gnomes. The least liked activity was walking to the forest, which was too long in their words. Another unliked activity was earthworm touching, but it was voluntary. Most children gave up on the activity and those who tried it found it unpleasant.
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The fairy tale as a tool to introduce the environmental topics
POUROVÁ, Martina
The bachelor thesis deals with the integration of environmental topics into the educational process of kindergartens through fairy tales. The theoretical part focuses on the child's relationship to nature and analyses in detail the use of fairy tales in pedagogical practice. In the practical part, a weekly programme is developed where one fairy tale is presented each day. For each fairy tale, activities and games are developed that focus on environmental themes such as waste sorting, sustainable lifestyle, health and environmental protection. The weekly unit was successfully implemented in a kindergarten setting.
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Environmental education in kindergarten and school garden as part of the educational proces
KRÁLOVÁ, Vendula
The bachelor thesis focuses on environmental education and its integration into kindergarten teaching. It discusses the possibilities of implementation of environmental education both indoors and outdoors and the use of a school garden as a means of educational process. The theoretical part examines the environmental education terminology, its broader context in terms of pre-school education, and fulfilment of the objectives of the current Framework Educational Programme for Pre-school Education. It points out the principles, methods and risks of environmental education in pre-school education and its interconnection with other disciplines, e. g. ecology. It also discusses the history of school gardens and their sensory perception. The practical part describes suggested activities for environmental education of pre-school children. The practically oriented activities are divided according to the seasons and put emphasis on engaging the children in the education process, meaning they learn about nature and build a relationship with it through these activities.
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Teaching History in Times of Climate Crisis What Implications Should Have Contemporary Environmental Crisis on Teaching History at Czech Secondary/Middle Schools?
Černínová, Anna ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis responds to the need to update education due to the urgency of current environmental problems and it tries to relate it to the school subject of history. The goal of this thesis is to answer at least partially how history could or should adapt to the ongoing climate crisis so that students have a better chance to successfully face its challenges. For such a task, it was first necessary to map out what concepts and approaches are used in Czechia and abroad to approach climate change in the context of education. I analyzed the environmental education in the RVP ZV (the curriculum for primary schools) and the publication Klima se mění - a co my? (Climate is changing - and what about us?) by Petr Daniš et al. Other possible approaches also resulted from the analysis of some foreign curricula - namely from Finland and New Jersey. Finally, I expanded the possible implications for history lessons thanks to the analysis of some other professional publications of foreign provenance. These were, for example, works related to transformative education or environmental history. Following on from these analyses, I tried to question in more detail some figures of modern discourse, which seem somehow dysfunctional due to the environmental crisis. In this way, I approached the problematic perception of...
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Implementation of the Cross-Curricular Subject Environmental Education in the School Subject Art Greenery as a city oasis
Zálešáková, Ester ; Pfeiffer, Jan (advisor) ; Sedlák, Michal (referee)
The goal of this diploma thesis is to find a way to implement the cross-cutting topic Environmental Education into the Art Education subject through an art project called Greenery as an Oasis of the City. And to find out whether it is therefore possible to lead pupils of two primary school classes to the principles presented by Environmental Education through an art project. The art project was based on the personal experience of the students gained during a few-hour stay in a selected city park and art activities that made this stay special and contributed to a more perceptive view of the environment in which the students moved. To verify the results achieved, qualitative research methods were used in the form of a structured interview with five randomly selected pupils from both classes. The students' answers showed that even through an art project, it is possible to strengthen the students' positive relationship with nature and the environment and contribute to the acquisition of internal motivation for a respectful and sustainable approach to nature. At the same time, it emerged from the pupils' answers and reactions that the overall benefit from the project for each pupil depended on the approach they took to the project, to what extent they concentrated on individual activities and to what...
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Environmentální výchova jako průřezové téma RVP a jeho realizace ve školním vzdělávání na středních školách.
Minářová, Lucie
The bachelor’s thesis focuses on environmental education as a cross-cutting topic of the framework educational program and its implementation in secondary school education. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part, a definition of environmental education is provided, and the main topics related to environmental issues are described. Educational programs and ways to introduce environmental education into the educational process are also discussed. In the practical part, a quantitative questionnaire survey was conducted to analyze students‘ awareness and attitudes towards environmental issues
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