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The strengthening prosocial behavior in preschool children
TRUSÍKOVÁ, Tereza
The bachelor thesis focuses on building up pro-social behaviour of preschool age children by using games and activities with pro-social aims. Theoretical part deals with terms such as pro-social behaviour, psycho-sociological development of preschool age children, child play and importance of nursery school which influences development of children's pro-social behaviour. Practical part is focused on development and strengthening pro-social behaviour of preschool age children via ten games and activities with pro-social themes. The aim of such games is to develop children's empathy, communicative skills, cooperation, relationship bonds and own feeling recognition. Appropriate activities were found in various pre-school age oriented methodologies. Attention was also paid to distinctive individuals and their behaviour within group activities and games. For research study, an action research method was chosen. Other methods used were interview and observation.
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Implementation of Ethic Education as a Supplementary Educational Subject at primary school
Pachelová, Michaela ; Stará, Jana (advisor) ; Muchová, Ludmila (referee) ; Bravená, Noemi (referee)
This PhD thesis describes the ways of implementing the supplementary educational subject of ethics education into the educational system in Czech society. The primary focus is on the teaching of prosocial behaviour at primary school. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the redudant repeating background of the PhD thesis topic was collected. Prosocial behaviour was defined as positive social behaviour with active participation in solving a specific life situation, where helping others is not connected with the expectation of reward. The presented methods of socialization of pupils were divided into directive and recommended non-directive methods promoting a positive classroom climate. Characteristics of moral growth in younger school-age students were viewed from several criteria. The concept of ethical education in curriculum documents in the Czech Republic and abroad was characterized. The empirical part describes qualitative research with a case study design. Data collection was carried out by direct observation, semi-structured interviews and analysis of school artefacts. The thesis reports on the research conducted on the teaching of ethics education in two selected primary schools. The main aim of the research was to find out how the teaching of prosocial behaviour is implemented in the...
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Experiences of Teachers in Czech Nursery Schools with the Persona Dolls Method
Žajdlíková, Kamila ; Loudová Stralczynská, Barbora (advisor) ; Poche Kargerová, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with anti-bias education and the Persona Dolls method. The aim of the thesis is to map the experience of teachers in Czech kindergartens who work with the Persona Dolls method and who have completed an accredited long-term Persona Dolls course. The theoretical part focuses on the historical and social context of diversity in the Czech Republic in the 20th century, anti-bias education and the principles and emergence of the Persona Dolls method in the world and in the Czech Republic. The practical part finds out what experience teachers have with the method. Specifically, what do they see as the benefits, risks and obstacles in implementing the method in preschool education and what recommendations do they make. For data collection, an interview method was used with ten graduates of the Persona Dolls course. By analyzing the interviews, it was possible to obtain answers to the research questions posed and to formulate recommendations that emerged from the interviews. KEYWORDS Persona Dolls, Anti-Bias education, Kindergarten, prosocial behaviour, multicultural education
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Teaching Prosocial Skills at Primary Schools
Dykastová, Zuzana ; Bendl, Stanislav (advisor) ; Syřiště, Ivo (referee)
The Master thesis "Teaching Prosocial Skills at Primary Schools" deals with the theory related to the prosocial behaviour and further aims to describe present possibilities and methods of teaching prosocial skills at primary schools. The author, in the theoretical part, characterizes and analyses prosocial behaviour, according to its types and forms, outlines basic theories of prosocial behavior and its determinants. The author further gives examples of how schools are able to incorporate teaching prosocial skills in school curricula. The author, in the empiric part, introduces opinions, attitudes, ideas and previous experiences of teachers and students with this education, using interviews and analyses of school curricula and minimum preventive program.
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The Possibilities of Empathy and Altruism Development in Pre-School Children"
Smoljak, Filip ; Havránková, Olga (advisor) ; Kodymová, Pavla (referee)
(in English): There are different ways of pre-school children empathy and altruism development. The theoretical part of the thesis concerns aspects that according to experts play the most important role from the specific point of view and in the specific social environment. It contains an analysis of the master educational plan and available auxiliary literature. The thesis also specifies examples of empathy support in the Czech Republic and abroad and describes the everyday routine in several typical Kindergarten classes. The practical part gathers findings concerning children's empathy support in common practice through the qualitative research from the perspective of the Kindergarten staff. It also describes children's abilities and skills in helping others as well as their limits. The final part of the thesis focuses on the possible future implementation of the methods into the master educational plan using the acquired knowledge for the socially undesirable phenomena prevention.
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The Role of Empathy in Ethical Behaviour
Novák, Lukáš ; Matějek, Jaromír (advisor) ; Ovečka, Libor (referee)
More than two hundred years ago David Hume together with his fellow philosopher Adam Smith posited, that ethical behaviour arises from so called: "moral sense". In the other words, they share the same idea, that passions are principle evoking and guiding human behaviour. Hume claim: "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions" (…). It is possible that this statement - among others - woke up from the 'dogmatic dream' one of the greatest philosophers of all time - Immanuel Kant, who propose, - contrary to Hume - that reason but not necessary passions can determinate human actions. In the question of what rule the passions in ethics have, it seems to be helpful to use the knowledge which follows from recent science. During this thesis we will use methods such as: comparison, analysis and synthesis. Main aim of this thesis will be to deal with the following question: what relationship can be observed between empathy, "moral sense" and ethical behaviour in perspective of recent science. This enquiry will therefore try to deal with the old question: what the the relationship between reason, passions and ethical behaviour is.
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Educational values from the perspectives of preschool teachers
Krausová, Simona ; Hejlová, Helena (advisor) ; Loudová Stralczynská, Barbora (referee)
Values and their role in preschool education are the main topic of this diploma thesis. The mail aim is to find the answer to the question what kind of educational values nursery teachers consider to be the most important ones from their point of view concerning the curricula. In the theoretical part of my diploma thesis I describe values from different perspectives: from philosophical, psychological, sociological and pedagogical perspective which is the most important ones. It is examined how values are connected with and grounded in the binding document "Framework educational programme for preschool education", I also focus on ethical principles of preschool teachers which should be followed and I describe the influence of values on shaping of children's behaviour. In the empirical part I introduce research information, data collections and data analysis and main results. The most important values from preschool teacher's point of view can be divided into three groups: moral values, values connected with relationships and values connected with skills. Keywords values, moral values, social relationships, social skills
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Use of techniques and methods of drama development of social communication of preschool children in a long-term project "What my hand has seen"
Hovorková, Jiřina ; Holemá, Irena (advisor) ; Ferklová, Alžběta (referee)
Jiřina Hovorková: The thesis examines the use of different methods and techniques with respect to drama education within the framework of a long term project seeking to develop and underpin social skills of a selected group of children in preparatory grade. The theoretical part of the thesis concentrates on characteristics of children in the preparatory grade age from a development perspective, methods and techniques of drama education, whilst another chapter is devoted to the curiculum education system, a further chapter covers project education. The practical part of the thesis endeavoured to compare the level of social skills between agroup of children which had integrated disabled children and another group of ordinary children in prepatory grade. Another objective of the thesis was to motivate children to creatively collaborate with respect to the creation of a tactile book and a CD entry.
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Motivation of volunteers in retirement homes in Prague
Míčková, Adéla ; Šťastná, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Dragomirecká, Eva (referee)
Volunteers are an important part of everyday life in homes for the elderly. The aim of this thesis is to determine how the volunteers are appreciated, as are volunteers motivated and what is the feedback to their activities. The thesis also mentions the causes that may lead to the eventual termination of volunteering. The theoretical part deals with seniors as a social group, which is an important part of our society. It further explains the concepts related to volunteering and defines prosocial behavior. Another important term, which the thesis explaines is motivation. The term "motivation" is later used in the relation to volunteering. The research is based on interviews with volunteers from selected homes, specifically in Prague. These interviews are then analyzed, with particular emphasis on what lead volunteers to their activity and what are the important things that persuade them to volunteer in the future. Furthermore there are mentionednegative aspects of volunteering. Finally, there are analyzed factors that have an impact on volunteering activities. Finally, the work follows necessities that must be done to improve the quality of the volunteer program by workers as well as by volunteers.
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