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Art and educational project with environmental elements in the school club
NĚMEČKOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor thesis deals with art and educational project with environmental elements, which is conceived for school club, specifically for an Elementary school in the town Čkyně in the South Bohemian region. The first chapter of theoretical part mentions definition of school clubs, their aims, activities and specifics, which are typical for this leisure activity. The next chapter describe arts a hands-on activities and for example non-traditional materials, that can be used at activities. It also focuses on the specifics of environmental education and its anchoring in the Framework Education Programme. Last but not least, the theme is project teaching, which is now becoming more widely known by teachers and more popular with pupils. The practical part defines a specific project, compiled for a school retinue at the Primary School in Čkyně. The activities are designed for pupils of younger school age, namely the first and second years. The project involves three non-traditional artistic and practical activities that develop a deeper understanding and relationship with the natural materials that are being worked with. The activities correspond to the autumn/winter period in which they were carried out.
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Urban After-School Environmental Education Programs in the USA
SOBOLOVÁ, Kristýna
The thesis deals with environmental education programs in cities and towns of the USA. In the introductory part, it describes the idea and starting points of environmental education in the Czech Republic and the United States of America. It briefly describes environmental education in formal and non-formal education. It characterizes the urban environment and its determinants in relation to the offer of leisure programs. In the second part, it deals with six selected programs that were implemented in the USA between 2011 and 2021. It describes these programs and presents their evaluation from the perspective of participants and organizers. In the final part, it deals with the analysis of the evaluation of programmes, and it also mentions which one it sees as an inspirational example of good practice for urban environmental education programmes in the Czech Republic.
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Postoje studentů SOŠ k aktuálním environmentálním problémům
Dostálová, Marie
My thesis focuses on current environmental attitudes of secondary medical schools´ students. Its aim is to explore these attitudes through questionnaire surveys. The thesis is divided into a theoretical part and a practical one, the former describing environmental education in all the three sections of the school system (including preschool education), and the latter analysing secondary students´ questionnaires. The thesis covers specifics and problems that the environmental education faces within the Czech traditional school system, and it also maps items such as environmental management, legislation, impacts and aspects. Last but not least, the theoretical part investigates the environment, its pollution, its protection and its fundamental problems. Finally, the theoretical part describes environmental attitudes and the behaviour interconnected with them. The practical part deals with the survey itself, using the research method of an online questionnaire, divided into five sections, which as a whole answers the key reasearch question. The practical part is complemented by tips and recommendations for teachers.
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Year-round project for preschool children - Water changes
KODÝTEK, Miroslav
The bachelor thesis deals with the creation and implementation of a year-round project for preschool children. The project focuses on water transformation during the year. Water becomes known to children through environmental education. The theoretical part explains the term environmental education in the context of preschool education. By defining examples of the relationships between the components of living and inanimate nature, the work deals in detail with information on the topic of water, its various forms, changes and uses. The practical part contains suggestions of suitable activities and activities used to understand the relationship to nature, especially water during the ten thematic weeks, when each month in a given school year children discuss one of the thematic weeks (solid state of water, liquid state of water, gaseous state of water, utility water, waste water, water origin, water cycle). During the weeks, the children gained basic knowledge about nature, especially about water, and their positive attitude towards nature in their surroundings was deepened. The children understood that there would be no life without water.
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The educational programme oriented to selected ecosystems in kindergarten
POLEDNOVÁ, Lenka
This Bachelor thesis focuses on environmental education. In the theoretical part it defines environmental education and its main objectives, the reasons for its inclusion in preschool education and its relation to the Framework Education Programme for Preschool Education. In addition, it names methods suitable for its implementation in kindergarten. In the practical part, it presents the developed educational offer focused on the selected ecosystem. In selecting the activities included in the curriculum, it emphasises methods of direct nature study, such as observation and simple experimentation, manipulation of natural materials or sensory perception. At the same time, it focuses on the children's experience and the experience they gain through direct contact with nature and spontaneous play in it. After the implementation of the teaching programme, it then evaluates the proposed topics and the chosen methods on the basis of the evaluated interviews and the ongoing observation of the children.
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Herb garden and its connection with environmental education in kindergarten
BERANOVÁ, Iveta
The subject of the bachelor's thesis on the topic of "The herb garden and linking it to environmental upbringing at nursery school" is the introduction and definition of individual terms associated with environmental upbringing necessary for the draft and creation of a project on this topic and its actual realisation. The theory section of the thesis also presents an overview of legislation in the area of environmental upbringing and education introducing possible types of herb gardens, individual specifics of the cultivation of medicinal plants, their effects and safe use from the point of view of pre-school education. The practical section of the thesis consists of the stage of preparation, realisation and evaluation of the education programe. The stage of the preparation and realisation of the project contains activities associated with topics aimed at specific types of herbs in nursery school. The final practical area is the stage of evaluation rating the level of success of the actual practical teaching and suggestions for its improvement.
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Experiential learning on the topic of water as an indispensable part of life
BUZICKÁ, Michaela
The bachelor thesis is focused on the environmental education program in preschool education. In the field of environment, it focuses on water issues. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of water on our planet and for our daily lives. The theoretical part describes the origin of water, its properties, use and water cycle. It also discusses environmental education in preschool education. The practical part contains a one-week project, which was tested and implemented in the class of preschool children. An integral part is the record of the project, photo documentation, worksheets and evaluation of each day of the weekly program.
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Expedition in search of spring - activities to strengthen environmental awareness in pre-school education
JIRKOVÁ, Soňa
The bachelor thesis is focused on environmental education in kindergarten, especially on activities that strengthen environmental feelings and also relate to the spring aspect. The theoretical part deals with terminology, the importance of environmental education and its methods. He mentions the topic of a preschool child, and especially the relationship between the child and nature, ways of implementing environmental education in kindergarten and marginal descrioption of the spring aspect in Czech nature. The practical part through the use of knowledge from the theoretical part into the practise of the weekly thematic unit under Expedition in search of spring. The course of program implementation, daily evaluation and final evaluation with children.
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Forest newspaper - support for environmental education in preschool education
HOSENSEIDLOVÁ, Kateřina
The bachelor thesis is focused on environmental education in preschool education and its main goal is to present a teaching project on the topic of forest ecosystem. The environmental project is in the form of a monothematic issue of a newspaper called "Forest newspaper", which aims at the issue of the forest ecosystem and contains comprehensive educational activities to support the teaching of environmental education in kindergartens. The theoretical part deals with the concept of environmental education, its characteristics, methodological elements and the possibility of using forest pedagogy. The practical part is based on a semi-structured interview. It is devoted to the evaluation of work with Forest newspaper in practice in kindergarten and in the family environment, with children of preschool age. Based on the obtained positive evaluation of this project, the work on the project will continue and the next issue of Forest newspaper will be published.
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Education programs with theme "Life in the soil" for kindergartens
VACKOVÁ, Irena
This diploma thesis deals with educational programs for kindergartens with the theme "Life in Soil". The theoretical part deals with environmental education in kindergartens and its forms. Furthermore, it focuses on various aspects of the topic "Life in Soil", such as the properties of the soil, organisms we can find there, their characteristics, how to observe them and the definition of a compost. The practical part of the thesis describes educational programs and activities, children's motivation and overlap with other parts of the school educational program of preschool education, and also the necessary aids. It discusses specific forms of the activities - they should be rich in information, comprehensible, engaging all senses, using children's activity and creativity, strengthening their independent decision-making and thinking and, last but not least, entertaining. The diploma thesis presents two educational programs for kindergartens. The educational programs have already been organized several times and they have met with a positive response. The thesis brings proposals of everyday activities related to the topic "Life in Soil" for children in kindergartens reflecting various aspects of their education - the development of the senses, mathematical concepts, vocabulary, pre-reading literacy, graphomotoric skills, cognitive abilities and knowledge, as well as art and work activities, physical activities, outdoor activities and music and drama education. It also contains an evaluation of the past activities. The topic "Life in Soil" was chosen with respect to its overlap with natural sciences and environmental protection.
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