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Three stories between East and West: "Virtuous young man", "Divine lover", "Sacrifice of a child"
Špicová, Zuzana ; Vojvodík, Josef (advisor) ; Pokorný, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the realization of three narratives -"Virtuous Young Man", "Divine Lover", and "Sacrifice of a Child"- in diverse literatures of East and West. Basic form, characters/(arche)types, and motifs and their possible variations depending on cultural, literary, and religious/mythological setting are presented for each plot. Using historical and comparative poetics, each plot is analysed from the first extant adaptations in European and non-European literatures to the modern ones. The thesis puts an emphasis on specification and configuration of particular motifs, variations depending on the religious-mythological context, and tension between the same and different, general pattern and specific realization, type and character.
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Cross-curricular theme "Forest" and forest pedagogy as one of the possibilities of its realization
Kozák, Jaromír ; Švecová, Milada (advisor) ; Mourek, Jan (referee)
Cross-curricular themes are important formative elements of education. A forest ecosystem is an environment with great importance and potential, and knowledge of forest ecosystem, processes taking place in it and human activities associated with it can be included in many educational areas. By combining these two phenomena we gain cross- curricular theme "Forest". A possible instrument for realization this theme is the forest pedagogy. In the theoretical part of the work is the term cross-curricular theme delineated and defined in general and also specifically on the example of cross-curricular theme "Forest". About the forest ecosystem are given knowledge that contribute to spreading the results of forestry research and to modernization of teaching about the forest ecosystem at elementary and secondary schools. The forest pedagogy is introduced as an instrument that can significantly contributes to deepen the learning points about "Forest" and its presentation as cross-curricular theme. In the practical part of this work are the results of a survey that contributed to the findings of the current state of implementation of cross-curricular theme "Forest" in teaching in elementary and secondary schools. They turned out, what is the awareness of forest pedagogy among teachers nowadays, and what...
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Modern methods of multimedia teaching
Mazal, Zdeněk ; Přinosil, Jiří (referee) ; Pfeifer, Václav (advisor)
The work is a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning, the next section deals with search keywords in sound record, where the survey methods used, operating search engines, their division and the possibilities of use. It also includes the design, implementation and results of the success of a simple search engine of the words in sound record, programmed in Matlab Environment.
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The role of anthropology in the development discourse
Adamčíková, Jitka ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kysučan, Lubor (referee) ; Nováček, Pavel (referee)
This thesis assesses the role of the subject of anthropology in the international development discourse. The author, herself an anthropologist analysed the positions among anthropologists and distinguished two main positions of anthropologists versus development. Within the first epistemic community of anthropologists the anthropologists consider themselves as active participants and offer their expertise into the services of governmental, nongovernmental or international organizations demonstrating the potential of anthropological knowledge for planning, implementation and evaluation of development policy. Within the second group the position is one as an antagonistic observer, characterised by reservation and criticism of both, the ideas of development and the motives of its promoters. Hence, within the second group the radical critics perceive development as an organised system of power and practices maintaining the neo-colonial dominance of western countries over the poorer countries of the "South". The genealogy of development and progress is traced back to Evolutionism of the 19th century which influenced the key notion of modernization dividing the world population into the developed and developing ones. The differences in life quality in Africa or Western Europe are viewed as consequences of African...
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Versatile autonomous circuit equivalents of floating and grounded passive elements
Štěpán, Radim ; Koton, Jaroslav (referee) ; Herencsár, Norbert (advisor)
This thesis deals with a proposal of versatile autonomous circuit equivalents of floating and grounded passive elements by means of modern active tectonic blocks, such as current and voltage conveyors of all three generations. Current conveyors range as essential tectonic blocks in a current mode. Concerning signal processing, it encompasses a mixed tectonic block. In most cases, these elements may be substituted for presently insufficient operating amplifiers. The voltage conveyor was defined on the basis of duality of current and voltage modes. This element could be selected as a suitable active component for circuits operating in a voltage mode. Implementing the connection, a general autonomous circuit is taken into account. By selecting given admittances, a FDNR (floating frequency dependent negative resistance) element, floating capacitance, floating inductance and ground to floating admittance converter may be implemented. The practical part describes connections which fulfill given requirements. The suggested elements are simulated in comparison with ideal elements and subsequently, they are applied to a frequency filter. The second order filter with a proposed induction coil was practically assembled and experimentally measured in a laboratory. The measured results were compared to simulations received by the use of ideal and real models of current and voltage conveyors.
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The new age of the old self - the New Age spirituality in the light of Advaitic teaching
Masojídek, Milan ; Matějů, Martin (referee) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor)
This work deals with a phenomenon of New Age movement and summarizes its fundamental visions. Afterwards these visions are interpreted in context of spiritual teaching and practicing of Advaita Vedanta. This approach enables studying of New Age spirituality from existential point of view and one gains an idea about its position not only in terms of eternal contemporary selfsearching but also more complex in terms of specific situation of modern man and his culture due to culturologic perspective. New Age within the scope of such approach appears as an environment where one can live more spiritually and which can be good base on a journey of deep spiritual understanding due to emphasis on individual selfsearching, freedom, internal responsibility and idea of Unity. However, for this seems to be necessary to step out of limited and comfortable New Age category - if it is comfortable mainly for ego and its needs, valuables and interrelated category of limited individual thinking. It is a level on the journey of understanding which has to be leaved as well as "searching" itself provided that the understanding would be fully realized. Such conclusion challenges deeper culturologic reflection of category or more likely of manifestations or statuses of odd principle of conscious existence and their relation to the...
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Internal firm communication
Mišeková, Jana ; Kopecký, Martin (referee) ; Kocianová, Renata (advisor)
The submitted thesis deals with the position and implementation of the internal firm communication at present organizations. It focuses on individual factors, which influence the formation of communication, and describes the communication-governing principles in the organizations. Herein, the internal firm communication is regarded in terms of the modern approach to the human resources management, which emphasizes the need of intensive two-way simultaneous communication both between the personnel and the management and also among the co-workers. This thesis underlines the significance of the communication for the processes proceeding at the organization and indicates continuity of the efficient communication functioning and the organization's success.
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Rendering Surface Detail with Advanced Mapping Techniques
Stehlík, Lukáš ; Pelikán, Josef (referee) ; Ambrož, David (advisor)
The thesis deals with algorithms of computer graphics which exploit advanced techniques of textures mapping with the aim of improving the projection of details of wrinkled surfaces. The evolution and architecture of modern graphic cards are described. There is the description of basic characteristics of the Cg language for graphical accelerators too. Algorithms for simulation of wrinkled surfaces such as normal (bump) mapping and parallax mapping are described in detail including the explanation of basic terms and principles. Extra focus is laid on the method named displacement mapping and its application on modern graphical cards. The thesis describes possible improvements of the above mentioned methods with a view to problem of implementation of displacement mapping method. Part of the work is a program that visualizes methods including improvements. There is a discussion on results obtained from testing the program on different graphical cards. All the methods and their improvements are compared with respect to both the projection quality and the speed of processing.
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Changing usage in modern English as reflected in R.W. Burchfield's revised 3rd edition of H. W. Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Kubová, Milada ; Šaldová, Pavlína (referee) ; Dušková, Libuše (advisor)
The aim of this study is to examine changing usage in Modern English as reflected in R.W. Burchfield's revised 3rd edition of H.W. Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. The study first provides an historical overview of attitudes toward English usage and examines its treatment in contemporary usage books. The third edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is then compared with earlier editions to show what areas of language usage are represented in each edition and to detect any changes in representation. The subsequent analysis is based on comparison of entries from the revised 3rd edition with entries from earlier editions. Changes in usage are demonstrated on three general entries that deal with general areas of grammar, namely complex prepositions, split infinitive and fused participle, and on twenty individual entries that reflect changes in the surface structure, specifically changes in prepositions in the construction of the type "noun/verb/adjective + preposition" and changes in the realization of verb complementation. The aim of the study is to determine areas of changing usage and consider tendencies with respect to the language system.
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Using innovative teaching methods to enhance social relationships in the classroom: focus on 6-10 year olds attending primary school
Schneiderová, Martina ; Mazáčová, Nataša (advisor) ; Kargerová, Jana (referee)
ANNOTATION: The aim of this dissertation is to determine whether innovative teaching methods may positively influence the quality of social relationships and whether they may contribute towards better communication and collaborative behaviour amongst pupils. The goal of the given approach is to develop positive group dynamics and create inspiring environment for the application of modern teaching methods. The theoretical part centres on the origins of innovative teaching methods that were largely motivated by the evolving conception of child's personality. This section describes some of the key alternative schools and programmes that gave rise to the aforementioned innovative teaching methods. The goal of the theoretical section is to clearly define the concept of innovative teaching methods with emphasis on those that contribute towards the formation of a positive classroom climate. The theoretical part then conceptualises innovation in teaching and explains the role of the teacher. The personality of a 10-year old and the attributes defining this developmental stage are also explored. The research part describes the implementation of given innovative methods in teaching fourth-grade pupils. The aim of the research was to find whether the implementation of given teaching methods may induce positive changes...
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