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Analysis of exercises in reading-books for 9th class of primary school
Procházková, Jana ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Hausenblas, Ondřej (referee)
RESUMÉ The essence of this thesis is to compare selected reading books or workbooks in terms of the accompanying questions and issues. The work is theoretically based on the characteristics of the pubescent reader and also Bloom's taxonomy, classification and results in international tests like PISA etc. The thesis is also examining the readers' literacy. Its definition is changing in time. Literacy is not only focusing on the knowledge, but also plays an important role in integrating into society. It is a complex of several dimensions (relationship to reading, literal understanding, deduction, metacognition, sharing and application). Each of the components is indispensable. Five reading books of the 9th year of elementary school from different publishers (SPN, New School, Fraus, Alter) were analyzed. Two reading books are published by SPN, but each represents a different approach (the older one is based on the school curriculum, newer relates to teaching according to the RVP ZV). It was not a representative analysis of the whole supply of current reading books, but only a selected sample. Analysis of particular reading books is devoted to the general characteristics and context (author, declared associations with RVP ZV, illustrations, general structure of reading book, etc). In addition the reading books...
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Transgenic crops and third world
Andrová, Julie ; Opatrný, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Cvrčková, Fatima (referee)
The issue of transgenic crops and the third world is mostly neglected in secondary education. In view of the fact that it is an interesting topic that gains greater importance worldwide, it would deserve the place in secondary education. It is not necessary to submit information about this topic only in the text form to students but teaching methods that force the students to gain information actively, can be used. Text for teachers was created in diploma thesis. The text could serve as a source of information for teachers in preparing for the lesson about this topic. Then test for students was created. The test consists of tasks that are inspired by the PISA. Students have to gain information actively from the texts in the tasks to solve the tasks correctly. The test consists of three thematic areas (transgenic crops, golden rice, vaccination and edible vaccines) and 16 questions (31 including the sub-questions). The test was verified on a sample of 82 grammar school students at the age of 16 to 19 years. The students were of the four classes in four grammar schools. The students recorded their answers in a data sheet. The data sheet included additional questions that sought the views and attitudes of students towards texts and questions in the test. The teachers completed the questionnaire. The...
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Pupils' difficulties in solving selected word problems from TIMSS research
Matěka, Petr ; Vondrová, Naďa (advisor) ; Novotná, Jarmila (referee)
Pupils' difficulties in solving selected word problems from TIMSS research. (Diploma Thesis.) Abstract The theoretical part of the diploma thesis describes international comparative surveys, namely PISA and TIMSS, and analyses results of Czech pupils. Some areas are distinguished in which our pupils were unsuccessful and from them, the area of word problems and their mathematisation was selected for further work. Next, a solving strategy is characterised and some relevant research from this area is given. The core of the work lies in the experimental part whose goal was to find out what strategies pupils use when solving selected problems from TIMSS research and why they fail in them, via the analysis of pupils' written solutions complemented by interviews with them. Causes of failure of our pupils in these problems in TIMSS 2007 are looked for in mistakes pupils make, while it is also followed in what phase of the solving process they appear. The participants of research were pupils of Grade 9 of a primary school who solved three selected word problems from TIMSS research. Their written solutions were complemented by interviews with the experimenter focused on their mistakes and lack of clarity of the solutions. Four pupils participated in a pilot study. The atomic analysis of their solutions confirmed...
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Working with text and development of reading knowledge in minorit groups
Vejlupek, Michal ; Zelinková, Olga (advisor) ; Štréblová, Miroslava (referee)
Title: Working with text and development of reading knowledge in minorit groups Michal Vejlupek My diploma theme with title, Working with text and development of reading knowledge in minorit groups is about reading and reading literacy. It was concerned with the definition of these conceptions with an outline of its development. Described the historical evolution of the education methods of the first reading focused on understanding. From minority groups concentrates on Vietnamese ethnic group and on their day-to-day problems in Czech Republic emphasized on their different communication. Approaching issues of the children with different mother tongues and the education methods in Czech Republic related to this dissimilarity (OBL) which is at the beginning. In practice part of my diploma there is a research of differences between Vietnamese and Czech students. My results confirm no differences between them. Vietnamese children are worse than Czech in understanding but deficiency is low. Results of reading questionnaire show no big differences also.
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The Development of the Educational System in Finland
Jarošová, Petra ; Vondrys, Alice (advisor) ; Lindroosová, Hilkka (referee)
Finland became the "PISA-miracle" approximately 10 years ago. Different experts on education come to Finland to find out what stands behind this extraordinary success which attracted attention and sparked debate all over Europe, and that is also the main aim of this thesis. For understanding current situation we need to learn about a great impact of historical factors. In this thesis I therefore present the development of national educational system from the Middle ages until today. Finland used to be a poor agricultural country which developed very quickly into post-industrial consumer society and high-level knowledge society. It is the educational system, to which is the main impact on such process attributed. We can say that the history of Finnish national educational system is a story of removal of inequalities. This long process has its roots in eliminating of old parallel educational system and building the ‚new school' which is based on the idea that the education belongs to basic rights of all children and young people. The main objective of Finnish education policy is to offer all citizens equal opportunities to receive education, regardless of age, domicile, financial situation, sex or mother tongue. Education is considered to be one of the fundamental rights of all citizens. The...
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Carbon Dioxide in Science Education (Study Aids for Grammar School)
Kristlová, Lucie ; Šulcová, Renata (advisor) ; Urbanová, Klára (referee)
Charles University in Prague - Faculty of Science Department of Teaching and Didactics of Chemistry Albertov 3, 128 40 Praha 2, Czech Republic CARBON DIOXIDE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (STUDY AIDS FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL) Bc. Lucie Kristlová lucie.kristlova@gmail.com In this thesis the principles of Framework Educational Programme and method IBSE alias Inquiry Based Science Education were summarized. The results of international research PISA 2006 were evaluated. In 2006 the focus was on scientific literacy. In the theoretical part the study supporting documents on the theme Carbon Dioxide were worked up. The documents would serve teachers of Chemistry and Biology mainly at the grammar schools. Methodically processed materials were created such as presentation, worksheet and subject matter of chemical experiments with the inclusion of the author solutions. The worksheet was verified by pupils at grammar school.
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Školské systémy, vzdělanost a ekonomická výkonnost
Palatka, Martin
Bachelor thesis focuses on influence of the levels of education and knowledge economy on the economic performance of countries. The main method is one-dimensional econometric analysis of relationships between economic level of countries and values of PISA tests and Knowledge Economy Index. The literature review concerns about of education and knowledge economy itself . In practical part, there is executed the econometric analysis as mentioned.
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Hodnocení vzdělávacích systémů v EU prostřednictvím studií o mzdách a úrovni vzdělávání.
Kukačková, Kamila
This bachelor thesis deals with the quality of education and teachers salaries in countries of the European Union. The aim of the thesis is to identify the relationship between teachers salaries and level of education. The literature review summarizes the main finding of the international comparative studies of education, teachers salaries and selected economic factors affecting the quality of education. At the conclusion of this work are proposed recommendations for economy policy makers in the Czech Republic.
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Mathematics tasks in PISA and TIMSS tests.
MÍKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to summarize the basic characteristic of the projects PISA and TIMSS, their history, realization, their purpose and results of Czech students in the mathematical field during the existence of these projects. The work describes both projects and then points out their differences. The practical part is formed by a collection of solved problems which is intended to be used as a teaching tool in the 4th and 8th grades of primary school. Some tasks are supplemented with visual illustration for better understanding.
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Počítačová gramotnost patnáctiletých žáků – dílčí téma vzdělanostních nerovností
Basl, Josef
Computer literacy of 15-year-old pupils is analyzed within this paper and situation in the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary is discussed using the OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2003 dataset. The research question of what socio-economic factors affect computer literacy is elaborated. Besides significant differences between boys and girls, possession of a computer and an internet access was found to be most appropriate factor to explain distinctions in computer literacy.
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