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Books potential as resource of cognitive cultural capital: effects on educational attainment and socioeconomic status
Gorčíková, Magdaléna ; Šafr, Jiří (advisor) ; Soukup, Petr (referee)
The thesis The potential of books as a source of cognitive cultural capital: the impact on educational attainment and socioeconomic status deals with the socio-cultural phenomenon of reading that is understand as a cognitive skill whether is closely linked to the child's basic needs and habits of operating and learning. The aim of this study is to explore the mechanism of cultural activities (such as a specific type of cultural capital) that is shaped by family and school and forms the individual abilities of human beings. From this perspective it is determinate prerequisite for success in life. The theoretical part describes the life stages of reading with a clearly defined reading's habits and built up the relationship between child and book. Afterwards this part of thesis outlines the concept of cognitive cultural capital and summarizes the importance of external determinants for emergence and development of interest in reading. The empirical part of study uses data from sociological research Distinction and Values 2008 (SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i.) that presents the structure of reading climate (the availability of books and imitation of parents' reading habits, interaction with parents and fading in childhood). Secondly, children's cultural socialization that creates their cultural participation is...
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Acquisition of reading using alternative methods and problems of minority groups
Mičková, Kateřina ; Zelinková, Olga (advisor) ; Štréblová, Miroslava (referee)
This master`s thesis deals with a topic of literacy and mainly with teaching reading. The research phase of this thesis defines literacy, minority groups, teaching reading methods and acquisition of reading skills. The practical part is based on a long term research under the authority of the Czech Science Foundation between 2009 and 2011. The thesis describes only one part of the research namely in the Hanspaulka primary school in Prague. The research deals with readiness of children for learning reading in the beginning of schooling when the phonics approach is being applied. The level of reading ability of children at the end of the first class was compared. The level of the relation between the good or the risk readiness for reading and the reading level at the end of the first class of primary school was being examined.
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Development of literacy using the RWCT methods
Smolková, Marie ; Tomková, Anna (advisor) ; Hejlová, Helena (referee)
The thesis comprehends the topic of reading literacy development using methods of Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT) at the first stage of primary education. The background of RWCT program is described in the first part of the thesis, along with defining the field of reading literacy. Several methods of the program are more thorougly analyzed, including their positive impact on development of the individual aspects of reading literacy. The research part examines the possibility of various constituents of reading literacy to be developed using RWCT methods, and the circumstances that have to be met in order to achieve it. The main focus of analysis lies in the benefits of reading workshop technique, and its application in overall development of reading literary and reading itself.
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Regarding the matters of the ontogenesis of speech
ADAMOVÁ, Kateřina
This thesis focuses on general questions of speech ontogeny, it presents an overview of the ontogeny as a sub-discipline and describes the development of speech and language of an individual. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical part and research. The theoretical part provides a general description of speech ontogeny and related sciences. It also includes the outline of stages of speech and language development. The thesis deals with biological factors, social environment and family environment important for speech and language development. It also deals with vocabulary related with speech and language development. The research part describes the relationship between reading and the extent of vocabulary, focusing on pupils of secondary schools, aged 12-14.
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Classic and authorial fairy tale in kindergarten
TIŠEROVÁ, Jana
Aim: My thesis shall reveal which form of fairy-tales is the favourite one for preschool children. My effort is to find out which styles of fairy tales children return to. Solution: I applied qualitative method of interviewing children about the read fairy-tale for my survey. Continually, I used the method of participant observation while monitoring the interest in artwork contained in books. Subsequently, children selected the favourite books. The method of participant observation was applied again in this part. Results: Through the realized survey, I found that a classic fairy-tale is an unsubstitutable element in children development. However, it must be presented in such a language form which is comprehensible for children. Illustrations accompanying the story are very useful. Author's fairy-tale affects children very significantly so it is necessary to choose topics of appropriate quality. Both types of fairy-tales are indispensable factors for proper development of intellectual, emotional and ethical part of child's character and they are interesting and stimulating for children. Benefits of the thesis: The results of the thesis allow organizing and realizing activities in nurseries in a way that is suitable and valuable for children. It shows the way how to handle the fairy-tale genre within education for preschool children.
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Message of magic fairy tales for contemporary children
KONVALINKOVÁ, Hana
The work focuses on how children are introduced to magical fairy tales. It examines what message children take from such fairy tales and how useful the tales are to them. The theoretical part deals with a fable as a unique literary genre and analyses its deeper division. The work captures the emergence of fairy tales associated with previously negative concept and furthermore the ways in which we can introduce children to a fairy tale. The authors analyse whether a fairy tale has a deeper meaning and a psychological effect on a child. The practical part consists of a research, conducted in the form of interviews, the aim of which is to find out how children understand fairy tales if they are read to them and which considers several issues. Children are asked questions in a way they understand so that they can answer them accurately. During the interviews, children share their observations, impressions and feelings they experienced while listening to the fairy tale. In another part of the research, children are asked to imagine and draw themselves as one of the characters, making it possible to carry out a comparison and to answer one of the questions: "Which of the characters in the fairy tale would you like to be?" The work summarizes the world of magic as seen through the eyes of a child, as well as the attitude which the child has in respect to these tales.
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Popular and Unpopular Fairy Tales Characters by Pre - School Children at Kindergarten
TUŠOVÁ, Petra
The aim of my thesis was to find out what fairy-tale characters are prefered by children in kindergarten and which ones they do not like. I was interested in the attributes of fairy-tale characters which kids like and dislike, how is their choice and what motivates them and which reasons they have. The theoretical part explains the topic of preschool age through evolutionary theories (Freud, Piaget, Erikson). It deals with the theories of fairy tales (Bettelheim, Jung von Franz), attitudes, prejudices and stereotypes of children. The methodological part defines the basic concepts related to the topic (qualitative research, grounded theory method of interview and observation). In the practical part conducted qualitative research methods are reported observing of children at play and during interviews about fairy tales. The thesis also recorded interviews about the fairy-tale characters. In conclusion, I summarize likes and dislikes, fairy tale characters and attributes which kids decided that they are sympathetic and which do not.
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School and After-School Cultivation of Reading in Students at Middle Schools
MUŽÍKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of the presented Bachelor thesis is to determine if and how the middle school age students' reading is developed and cultivated at school and at home. The thesis consists of two main sections theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part explains the key concepts related to reading, provides a psychological characterization of pubescence and offers information on how the school and after-school environments influence the child and his or her interest in reading. The empirical part, which constitutes a mainstay of the thesis, surveys middle school students and focuses on the cultivation and support of the children's reading from school and family. It further addresses the students' own relationship to selected books for children and teen-agers. In conclusion of the empirical section, results of the survey are compared with existing research on children's reading. The section also presents ideas on how to cultivate the reading of students at the middle school where the survey took place.
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The Implementation of Reading Workshop at the Primary School
TISCHLEROVÁ, Barbora
This thesis deals with the inclusion of the reading workshop methods in the primary schools and its application to the lessons of the Czech language and literature. The main aim of the theoretical part is to define key concepts connected with the topic. It describes the definitions of the reading workshop, the reading literacy and the description of "The formal notice no. 56", which has been focused on the support of the development of reading in the Czech schools. In this part the particular educational methods, which are focused on the development of reading, and the Czech and international researches are characterized. The practical part of the thesis, using the qualitative surveys, appraises the preparation and the realization of the project "The formal notice no. 56" at the particular primary school. There were realized the interviews with the educators and the head master. The assets and negative features of the reading workshop were followed by those dialogues. According to the direct observation of the methods during the lessons of the Czech language and literature, there were recorded the reactions of pupils to the reading and working with a text. In the practical part there are also the characteristics of the materials which were created under the project in the school. The purpose of these researches is to find out how the teachers as well as the schoolchildren react to the method and if it brought to the classes any new elements and if it could be still the part of education in the future.
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