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Czechoslovakian Press Reaction to the Vatican Council II.
JANOTA, Pavel
The MA thesis briefly describes the history of the Vatican Council II and analyses the reaction of Czechoslovakian press to the Vatican Council II. The theoretical part aims at outlining the history, the course, the results and the importance of the Vatican Council II for the Catholic Church and also for the whole world. The theoretical opening is then reflected in the practical part of the MA thesis. It helps the reader to understand the issue. The theoretical opening pays attention to some important life moments of Pope John XXIII., ``the Council Maker{\crqq}. It focuses on the council idea, the definition of the council goals and setup time work before the council. It follows clarification of some organization issues during the council. It mentions its rule of procedure description. Another part of the theoretical part contains the development of all the council meetings and their results. There is also a list of council documents and evaluation of the Vatican Council II´s importance at the end of the theoretical part. The practical part of the MA thesis contains analysis of newspaper articles, namely from the Rudé právo and the Lidová demokracie dailies, covering the Vatican Council II. The monitored issues were: the space dedicated by the above dailies to the Council, the richness, content variety and balance of the coverage. The aim of the practical part and the MA thesis as a whole was the content analysis of the two 1960s daily newspapers and their reaction to the development and the result of the Council. It also contains content analysis comparison of these two newspapers and also identification of the extent of difference in objectivity and the ideological pressure on the news.
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St. Clement's church in Stará Boleslav in the context of contemporary romanesque fine arts
Michalcová, Marie ; Macek, Petr (advisor) ; Hlaváčková, Jana Hana (referee)
V AJ The main objective of this work is to introduce St Clemenťs church in Stará Boleslav based on available resources. We observe beginnings this Romanesque sanctuary in the broader context of sacral architecture arisen in the course of early Middle Ages in přemyslid stronghold (St Wenceslas church and the church of unknown dedication). The archeological excavation very contributed to the chronology of this construction and we valorize his results. But the basic point is summary essay about St Clemenťs church in scope of its history, architecture and mural paintings. Interpretation of iconographical draft in the context of dedication and patronage. The outline of dating and assumption of influence in the development of fine art in Central Europe.
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Selected areas of socio-cultural changes: Ethiopia since the early 20th century
Hejzlarová, Kristýna ; Kumsa, Alemayehu (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The goal of this work is to analyse changes and their processes in Ethiopian society and culture of twentieth century. The first part deals with theoretical grasping of the category of change and its conception in sociology and anthropology. The second part outlines the general history of the twentieth century in Ethiopia, with emphasis on political course of events, which by its different attitudes and strategies toward selected areas to a large extent determined their form in corresponding periods. The first area is education and the second is religion, both subsections containing a summary. The third section synthesizes theoretical approaches of socio-cultural change from the first part of the paper peripherally and implies a possible alternative interpretation of real events by theoretical concepts.
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The Project Selected Leisure Time Activities for Children
Křivánková, Renata ; Buchar, Jaroslav (referee) ; Kysel, Jiří (advisor)
Aim of the thesis was to design leisure time activities for 6-14 years old children under Centre for Sport Activities, Brno University of Technology (CESA VUT). Three sport courses – tennis, athletics and ball games were suggested and thein content as well as propagation outlined. Membership fee was calculated using cost analysis together with analysis of competive environment in similar sport activities in Brno.
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New teaching methods using the Information Technology
Drudík, Jakub ; Šedivá, Zuzana (advisor) ; Benáčanová, Helena (referee)
The diploma thesis describes selected new teaching methods using the Information Technology. In consideration of supporting the Informatics course at University of Economics, the options of future teaching methodology development are outlined. The creation of educational tutorials in form of screencasting is considered as the first development step, for which the methodology has been drawn up. It covers preparation, implementation and publishing of the tutorials. To test the methodology, supporting learning materials were worked out accordingly for the part of the course explaining Microsoft Excel 2007 application -- in form of the illustration of the problem solving process. The created tutorials were published on the special website and presented (not only) to students. Within 14-day testing period a large dataset was acquired to provide feedback both from tracking visitors' movements on the website and from e-questionnaires. The feedback was thoroughly analysed and the conclusions were used for the optimalization of the methodology which was finalized by this step and is disposable for authors of future educational tutorials.
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Initial Stage of PRC's Economic Reform
Körbel, Jan ; Maršálek, Jakub (advisor) ; Havel, Jiří (referee)
This paper's ambition is to describe essential economic reforms and their consequences in the People's republic of China since Deng Xiaoping's accession to power (1978) until the events on Tian'anmen square (1989). The paper presents the outline of the economic development of PRC until 1978 and considering the extraordinary impact of Chinese political situation on China's economic development, the paper also presents a concise analysis of the political situation of China in 70s and 80s while stressing the processes that influenced the reform process. The pivotal part of the paper presents the description of the course and outcome of the reforms in agriculture, industry and both village and municipal enterprises. Besides that it addresses the topic of transition towards the market socialism and implementation of the market mechanisms and the central planning related to it. The final part of the paper presents a concise description of changes in the quality of life of citizens.
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Retraining in the Czech Republic and its problems
Vlčková, Lenka ; Veteška, Jaroslav (referee) ; Fiala, Bohumír (referee)
This work deals with several views on the operation of retraining in the Czech Republic. The aim of this work is not only to describe the strengths and weaknesses in the functioning of retraining in the Czech Republic, as well as outline opportunities for further development of this sector. The starting point is the development of competencies, because the development of professional competencies and skills upgrading, which is in the performance of specific work indispensable, is the subject of retraining courses. The work describes in detail the institutional support accreditation process, the implementation of retraining courses, monitoring compliance with the quality of courses and associated problems. The research work includes studying the results of investigations carried out provided courses in further education in 2009 and their comparison with data obtained from investigations of previous years. This work offers a number of proposals to improve the quality of the retraining, which should be made to the system concept of retraining so that graduates of retraining courses have the widest possible employable in the labor market, reduce unemployment and to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis on human society.
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Comparison of students' performance at the beginning and upon completion of their simultaneous interpretation training course
Renner, Jakub ; Abdallaova, Naděžda (referee) ; Rejšková, Jana (advisor)
The main aim of the thesis is to determine,~ whether there may be a relationship between the capacity of working memor)Lfc,and the skill of interpreting features of modality in a text. Based on this aim, the basic concepts determining the approach to the above question are outlined (working memory, modality). An experiment is conducted on a population of nine subjects. The experiment investigates the development of working memory capacity (memory span test), and the skill to interpret features of modality during the course of interpretation studies (simultaneous interpretation of and English text with high occurrence of features of modality). Based on an analysis, evaluation, and statistical processing of the experimental results, the thesis determines that working memory capacity, and the ability to interpret features of modality may be related.
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Development and structure of state debt of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Burdová, Diana ; Štiková, Radka (advisor) ; Serdarevič, Goran (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the development and structure of the state debt in Czech and Slovak Republic in the period from the establishment in 1993 to the year 2010. The main goal is to compare the development of indebtedness and state debt management in these two countries. The first part of the thesis deals with the theoretical background of public debt. The second part is a comparison itself and concentrates on the amount and structure of state debt, following the economic events, and on the actions of debt management. The conclusion summarizes common features and certain differences in the development. To some extent, it also outlines the future course of the state debt in Czech and Slovak Republic.
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