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How to proceed in evaluating and financing science: International Audit recommendations
Moravcová, Jitka
British company Technopolis Group and their partners performed between 2010 and 2011 a deep and complex analysis of the Research, Development and Innovation System in the Czech Republic. The outputs of this analysis are exceptional documents drawn by an internationally recognized authority with extensive experience in the field of management, evaluation and financing of research and development that give us for the first time an independent view of our system. The audit results are a very good starting point for the update of strategic documents such as Research, Development and Innovation System Reform or Research, Development and Innovation National Policy that should lead to the visible improvement of the RDI system effectiveness and contribute to the improved competitiveness of the Czech Republic. All the documents are accessible to general public on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports web sites http://audit-vav.reformy-msmt.cz/. The paper will inform about the most important recommendations concerning RDI management, financing and evaluation on all levels.
Slides: idr-467_1 -  PDF
Video: idr-467_2 -  MP4
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Institutional financing principles
Rákosník, Jiří
The system of funding research institutions from public resources in the Czech Republic has undergone a complicated development since 1990 and, particularly during the last decade, arrived at a very unsatisfactory state. The decision process about which organisations should receive institutional support for R&D, and at which level, lacks strategic information. It relies on mere mechanical recording of outputs, with the rules changing every year, and ad hoc measures must then compensate for serious flaws. One of the main goals of the Individual National Project “Effective Evaluation and Financing System for Research, Development and Innovation” is to propose mechanisms for effective public funding of research institutions based on a new evaluation system and emphasizing excellence, motivation and medium-term stability.
Slides: idr-466_2 - PDF
Video: idr-466_1 - MP4
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Corporate culture companies and knowledge economy.
HAVLÍČEK, Karel
The aim of this thesis was to analyze the corporate culture of selected company in the knowledge economy. For research of the corporate culture of the selected company were used information from the questionnaire, unguided interviews and observations which were obtained from the company management and from the employees.
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Citizens on Events in the Middle East and Northern Africa - March 2011
Červenka, Jan
According to the March survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre, 53% of Czech citizens are interested in current events in the Middle East and Northern Africa. One third (33%) of Czech public thinks that international community should participate more actively in solving of current situation in Arab countries where people rose up in protest against authoritarian regimes, a half (51%) of Czechs opposes the idea of external meddling into current events there. 70% of Czechs expect a negative impact of these events on global economy, 61% share the same expectation in relation to security situation in the world. 37% of Czechs believe that new governments replacing ousted authoritarian regimes will be democratic, 32% think the opposite. The survey was conducted before the start of the international coalition’s military operations in Libya.
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Teacher and Textbook: Using Textbooks in English Language Classes at Secondary School Level
ŠINDELKOVÁ, Eliška
The presented diploma thesis entitled "Teacher and textbook: using textbooks in English language classes at Secondary school level" deals, in its theoretical part, with the general role of teacher and textbook within the education process with a focus on specific features of English language teaching at primary school level. The introductory chapter deals with the definition of textbook and its differentiation from other material resources used by teachers in lessons. The chapter also includes a description of the general structure, content properties and basic functions of a school textbook. These serve as a basis for a short evaluation of specific features of English textbooks. The second chapter focuses on the personality of the teacher, his pedagogical competences and roles within the education process. It also briefly mentions specifics of foreign language teachers. The practical part documents research of the teacher´s use of textbook, which is based on direct observation of English lessons and a questionnaire. The main aim of this research is to find out how much time during English language lessons at primary school level teachers spend working with the basic textbook in comparison to the amount of time dedicated to activities without textbooks or to activities with other textual resources. In connection with this research we also intend to find out whether the rate and the way of using basic textbooks within English language lessons at primary school level vary among teachers qualified to teach English and teachers without this qualification and among teachers with different lengths of professional teaching experience. The main aim of this diploma thesis is to describe the functioning of textbooks within the English language teaching process from the point of view of the teacher.
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Evolution of social perception of people with handicap in Grade school for children with special needs of teaching
MITÍSKOVÁ, Jana
Title of the thesis: The target of my dissertation is the qualitative research based on grounded theory in which I am trying to detect the development of social perception of disadvantaged pupils at ?Základní škola praktická? in Milevsko. In the theoretical part I am giving a definition of terms ? social perception, perceptions´mistakes, stereotype, labeling, stigmatization, communication, mental handicap and memory, episodic memory and autobiographical memory. The target of the methodical part is to clarify the basics of grounded theory by using the methody of half-structured depth interview and observation. After implementation of qualitative research I want to summarize the discovered patterns of social perception and to find the movements in the field of social stereotypes in the specialists´approach to disadvantaged pupils.
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Language attitudes: research and interpretation
Čmejrková, Světla
This article is inspired by Daneš´s concept of language attitudes and their classification. It is based on a survey conducted with contemporary students of secondary schools and universities, and university students with Czech as a major subject (100 people in total). Their answers identify relevant topics for the formulation of attitudes toward territorial and stylistic variation in contemporary Czech, above all toward their experience of the opposition of standard and non-standard Czech.
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