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World of Children as Media Users
Kalivodová, Hana ; Gillernová, Ilona (advisor) ; Wolák, Radim (referee)
This dissertation consists of two parts - a theoretical and an analytical, empirical part. In the theoretical segment, there is a summary of theoretical knowledge about celebrities and their relationship to society and the public, a comparison between celebrities and real authorities, an overview of mass-communication and its influence on the socialisation of children and a series of advantages and disadvantages of the impact of mass-communication on children. The final stage of the theoretical segment characterises, from the point of view of developmental psychology, the two age groups that will be compared in the second segment. The empirical segment answers such questions as how much do children use media in their leisure time, what types of media are most popular amongst them, which celebrities do the children admire and why are these celebrities important for them in particular. The empirical segment is based on analysis of data taken from questionnaires created purposely for qualitative-quantitative research. These questionnaires were given to students in the 4th and 6th grades of an elementary school in Polepy in the Czech Republic (ages 10/11 and 12/13 respectively). The goal of this dissertation is to show the trending habits of children as mass- media users.
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Teachers' attitudes to the curriculum reform
Tůmová, Anna ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kalous, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with teachers' attitudes to changes in the education and the curriculum reform of regional education system in the Czech Republic. The curriculum reform is a significant change for the education policy and the teachers' attitudes are important for the reform implementation. The methodology is based on quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Theoretical basis are the theories about teachers' beliefs and attitudes and a belief system according to Paul A. Sabatier. The teachers' approach to the reform is defined as their acceptance of the reform and the extent of their activities in the reform. The teachers' acceptance of the reform is formulated in two dimensions. The first one is teachers' acceptance of the reform objectives. The other one is teachers' acceptance of the new teacher role as a co-creator of the curriculum. The teachers' attitudes appear to be mainly problematic in the second category which deals to formalism of the reform. As main reasons of teachers' disagreement on the reform were identified the problems in the reform implementation phase, teachers' ideological opposition to the reform, inadequate explanation of the reform meaning by central authorities, which leads to a misunderstanding of the reform objectives by teachers, and an implementation of the reform...
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Media education in CR: to implementation of the new subject into educational system
Wolák, Radim ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Pavličiková, Helena (referee) ; Kapoun, Pavel (referee)
WOLÁK, Radim. Mediální výchova v ČR: k zavádění nového tématu do vzdělávacího systému. Praha, 2017. 130 s. Rigorózní práce (PhDr.). Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky. Katedra mediálních studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce prof. PhDr. Jan Jirák, Ph.D. Abstract The thesis tries to contribute to understanding of the process of introducing a new topic: media education into the Czech educational system (into formal school education). The first part defines the content of media literacy and its levels and describes the main approaches to media education. Then it tries to outline the transformation process of the educational system in the country. The second part provides an overview of the introduction of media education in its systematization processes, institutionalization and implementation. The interest is focused on the description of the implementation process in the 90s of the last century and in the beginning of this century. The final part is dedicated to two views on the implementation of media education.
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Use of ICT in education
Slavík, Tomáš ; Hesová, Ivana (advisor) ; Pavel, Pavel (referee)
This final thesis Use of ICT in Education tries to introduce different possibilities of use of ICT in teaching in secondary schools, looks into the state policies and informs about general problems of their implementation. .The main part of this work is dedicated to the analysis and comparative research that deals with equipment, and use of ICT in individual subjects and also with design of the use of ICT in selected subjects taught in three secondary schools.
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Didactic games and their application in geology teaching at primary school
DAŇKOVÁ, Soňa
The presented master thesis describes methods of geology teaching at primary school and deals with the motivation of pupils in a connection with the application of a didactic game in teaching of geology and/or nature science. Data source was sampled via questionnaire in three groups of the respondents, i.e., teachers of geology (nature science), with 9th class pupils of primary school and university students of teaching training in biology. The theoretical part includes general data concerning motivation of pupils, teaching methods and a didactic game. The practical part contains methodology of the research, results of quantitative analysis and the author's didactic computer game which was tested and evaluated by the respondents. The obtained results show that the majority of pupils do not like geology however the integration of the didactic games in lessons can be increased pupil's interest in geology. The research has also found that university students have a different opinion on the teaching of geology than practising teachers. For example university students think that the unpopularity of geology among pupils is caused by teacher's personality, but according to opinion of the teachers it is caused by a general lack of attractivity of the subject. Similarly, the students accused the teacher of insufficient use of didactic games in geology teaching, but the teachers do not integrate didactic games in geology teaching due to lack of time.
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History of Education in Hluboká nad Vltavou in the years 1897-1945 in the light of chronicles
KRÁSOVÁ, Kateřina
This bachelor thesis deals with the history of education in Hluboká nad Vltavou in the years 1897-1945 in the light of chronicles. The introduction outlines the history of the town and the history of education in Hluboká nad Vltavou. Considering the complexity of this topic, thesis is focused only on girls' primary school in Hluboká nad Vltavou. Individual chapters are in detail focused on the life at a girls' primary school in pre-war, interwar and war period. The work specifically describes the teaching staff and the head teachers, who worked at the school in that period. It also deals with the pupils and their school teaching related to this specific time period. In this thesis are also listed important events which in some way interfered with the running of the school. The last aspects, which the work deals with, are regular school events, special school events, celebrations and events arising from a certain time. This bachelor thesis is mainly based on school chronicles and chronicles of the town.
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Physical workload of pre-school teachers
MARUŠOVÁ, Pavla
This diploma thesis deals with the physical burden for teachers in kindergartens in relation to the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among teachers. The main objective was to examine the physical demands of the profession of preschools educational staff. The work is divided into theoretical part and practical part.The research was conducted using qualitative method of semi-structured interviews with kindergartens teachers and LIFT / BEND score calculation. Fifteen teachers from three of kindergartens in the South Bohemian region participated in this research. Data from the interviews were evaluated by encoding method according to Švaříček and Šedivová (2007) and divided into schemes with a description. LIFT/BEND score was calculated according to Kovářová (2006) methodology. The calculation was based on the evaluation of the frequency of lifting, bending and handling of children.Reasearch questions were also answerd during the reasearch. The first research question contains "Is there a difference in the frequency of performing physically challenging activities in relation to the length of work experience in preschool facilities?" It was found that there is no difference between teachers in physical performance in relation to the length the practice. The analysis was performed using the LIFT / BEND score calcutation and testimonies of teachers in the interviews. The majority of teachers with the length of service over 20 years stated that avoids positions and activities that are unpleasant to them, such as kneeling, tying childrens shoes, bending over tables and more. Frequency of activities between younger and older teachers are not much different, but differ in subjective way of carrying out physically demanding tasks. The second research question is: "Is age a significant variable in the occurrence of musculoskeletal diseases?" From the primary perspective can be determined that age gains more musculoskeletal trouble, but according to the testimony of teachers and statistical evaluation, this relationship has not been confirmed. Age of teachers is not prerequisite for the development of musculoskeletal problems. According to nonparametric Spearman correlation this relationship is not statistically significant.From the findings of this research as well as international authors who have examined the relationship between physical load of lifting and bending while performing work in the so-called helping profession, age factor and length of service exhibits no significant importance, and vice versa occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders significantly affects the way of carrying out these activities in terms of their proper implementation. Therefore it should be ensured that teachers recieve education in health during preparations for their future careers.
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History of czech Roznov's school since the late of 19 th, century till the half of 20.century
ŠTIKOVÁ, Jitka
The target of this bachelor thesis is to apprise readers with history of Czech Primary School in Rožnov during years 1912-1953. To achieve this target, we especially used local school chronicles, which we have researched using content analysis and comparative method. The work focuses on description of the school life, fates of teachers and pupils in Rožnov, school and extra-curricular activities and all this in context of historical events of that time. We can find several significant teachers´ personalities at Rožnov school. The limit that I´m aware is, that the chosen theme is processed from only one point of view. According to the way, which the chronicles describe reality, we can make a conclusion, that the authors were at least outwardly loyal to the state power and this consequently manifested in the way that pupils were formed at school.
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Analysis and possibilities of using ICT in teaching at primary and secondary schools
Dvořáková, Eva ; Střížová, Vlasta (advisor) ; Radváková, Věra (referee)
The aim of the work is to analyze and describe the current status of the use of ICT in teaching and propose of appropriate use of ICT in education by the questionnaire survey of primary school pupils, secondary school students, teachers, and ICT coordinators in primary and secondary schools. The first four chapters are devoted to theory and explanation of basic concepts related to the topic of ICT in teaching. The first chapter defines the concept of ICT, its history, and it presents concrete examples of ICT. The second chapter focuses on ICT in teaching, learning theory, development of ICT application in education before and now, and the benefits of ICT in education. The third chapter describes roles in education in terms of ICT usage, such as the role of teachers and ICT coordinators, and attitudes of experts. The last theoretical part deals with international comparisons. The following chapters provide a description and analysis of the survey. The final chapter discusses the proposals and recommendations how to use ICT in teaching.
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