|
Teaching Visual Culture Through Semiosis: Transporting Postmodern Paradigms in Ars Education
Tipton, Tereza M. ; Fulková, Marie (advisor) ; Hernández, Fernando (referee) ; Tavin, Kevin (referee)
This research study demonstrates what happens when students and preteachers of art become aware of how they encode and decode visual experience in contemporary society, and how they relate these experiences to artistic practice. The study inquired into how pre-service teachers and high school students of art/education interpret visual culture and contemporary art when it is taught through a process of visual semiosis, involving dialogic inquiry, reflective writing, and art-making. Participants in the study were encouraged to become aware of and reveal their own thinking and learning processes by examining the nature of their perceptions, ideas, attitudes, and beliefs. Participatory Action Research (PAR) was conducted between 2005-2008 during four, semester-long seminars with an internationally mixed group of (15) under/graduate students of art/education at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and collected from two sessions with (13) Visual Culture students at the University of Western Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic. Sessions included contemporary gallery exhibitions in Prague with critical theory texts, dialogic and written reflections, and art-making activities. Additional data was gathered with (108) Czech high school students at the Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague during the exhibition: Uncertain...
|
| |
|
Současný ekonomický vývoj Česka, Maďarska, Polska, Slovenska a Slovinska
Turek, František ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
This diploma thesis interprets processes of contemporary economic development in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, whereas it is focused on the comparision of selected macroeconomic indicators and at the same time some main factors, which significantly influence the economic development in the area, are highlighted. According to the diploma thesis structure - chosen geographical, demographic, social and regional attributes are identified at first. Afterwards a brief view of transformation process to the free market economies leads to the chronologically organized characteristics of an economic development in the territory. The period of a primary interest begins with a phase 2003-2007 while the year 2008 and predictions of an on-coming development are discussed separately. The very last chapter recapitulates a progress in the euro adoption process and then examines an actual convergence criteria fulfilling in countries, which the euro currency haven't adopted (until 1. 1. 2009) yet.
|
|
Concept Corporate Social Responsibility, its preception and support
Tuček, Michal ; Koudelka, Jan (advisor) ; Tichá, Klára (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR. The chosen topic is currently up-to-date. Many companies begin to be interested in the ideas of this concept. Especially in recent years there can be seen activities and projects in this area. In the theoretical part of the work are captured substantive interpretations of the concept, there are also documented in the state of CSR -- both in the EU and more specifically in the Czech Republic. In the next part, thesis briefly introduces selected studies that are concerned with the topic. Practical part of the thesis is based on analysis of data of the agency Median and seeks to analyze of the perception of ideas, the concept of CSR is. Add to knowledge of the attitude of Czech society to the responsible conduct of companies.
|
|
The influence of the tax practice of the courts on the assessment of a tax and the retrospective assessment in the Czech Republic
Dokoupilová, Klára ; Vančurová, Alena (advisor) ; Klazar, Stanislav (referee)
This thesis was focused on the influence of the tax practice of the courts on the assessment of a tax and the retrospective assessment in the Czech Republic. The purpose was to find out if the present law about the tax and fees administration is a sufficient procedural tax norm and if the existing practice of the courts provides us by its interpretation and integral attitude with reasonable juristic certainty of the tax subjects as well as the tax administrator when in the assessment of a tax and retrospective assessment process. Furthermore the new procedural norm which is just being approved these days in law area was examined: if it brings more suitable legal regulations in the selected areas and if it takes into account the conclusions of the practice of the courts. Finally the conclusions which confirmed expectations in the beginning of this thesis were made. The tax administration law can't act as the basic tax norm because its actual reading contains too many deficiencies. Thereunto from the downright analysis arises that the practice of the courts, which is disunited in its resolutions, for ensuring the integral and right procedure of tax assessment and retrospective assessment can't act. The present situation could be improved by coming into enter be of the new procedural tax law -- The Tax Regulation.
|
| |
|
The impact of the cartographic method on students' map skills level
Havelková, Lenka
The presented diploma thesis focuses on the map skills' problematic, which is currently becoming widespread in the Czech research environment. In contrast to the previous empirical studies, this thesis is devoted to the thematic map skills and their level of development among students of grammar schools and geographically oriented branches of university studies. Due to the significant differences between used cartographic methods of visualization on thematic maps the main aim of this diploma thesis is to identify and explain used cartographic method's influence on the level of these important skills. To achieve this aim, it was necessary to focus on different parts of the curriculum (intended, implemented, learned) and to use several scientific methods because this topic hasn't been well established yet and therefore only few theoretical and empirical studies dealt with this specific issue. Firstly, the review of literature focused on thematic cartography, map skills and on identifying their level of development among students was done. Due to the lack of specialized resources the model of thematic map skills was created. This specific model was further used during didactic test's designing and also for its results' interpretation. Similarly for the creation of appropriate didactic test -...
|
|
Key Ideas of Franz Pöggeler's Andragogical Concept
Kosová, Barbora ; Šerák, Michal (advisor) ; Kopecký, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the key andragogical ideas of Franz Pöggeler. Pöggeler was an important German adult educator in the second half of the 20th century and he is considered to be one of the founders of andragogy as an independent scientific discipline. The thesis is primarily based on Pöggeler's major andragogical work, Erwachsenenbildung: Einführung in die Andragogik (Adult Education: Introduction to Andragogy), which was published in 1974. The aim of the thesis is to interpret and organise Pöggeler's key andragogical ideas and to provide an integrated view of his andragogical concept in the context of his era. The thesis also includes a critical assessment of Pöggeler's andragogical ideas. Keywords Franz Pöggeler, andragogy, educational process, partnership between an educator and an adult learner, full maturity, help in a life, dialogue, Christian aspect
|
|
Security of Web Portals in Public Administration
Rašín, Petr ; Tyrychtr, Jan (advisor) ; Veronika, Veronika (referee)
The thesis is concerned with the issues of web portals security which are operated by the public sector in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part describes the basic terms and principles of public administrative with an emphasis on the computerization of the public administrative (or so called the eGovernment). In connection with the cybernetic security act there are described the standards of the information security management system ISO/IEC27001 and ISO/IEC27002 and the current OWASP methodology, which is focused on the area of web application´s security. Furthermore there is formulated the specific methodology of testing the web portal´s security of municipalities in the Czech Republic, the identification of weaknesses and interpretation of the ascertained outcomes. The methodology is verified within the case study of web portal´s security testing of particular municipalities. The established outcomes are documented, evaluated and the owners of web portals are given the recommendations to improve the level of their application´s security.
|
|
Analysis of Rail Freight Transport in Europe
Jindrová, Veronika ; Novák, Radek (advisor) ; Zelený, Lubomír (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to analyse the status of the rail freight transport in Europe in the sense of its competitiveness on the transport market. The analysis is based on the identification of main barriers that characterise European rail freight and the extent of technological and legislative harmonisation across Europe. The status of the rail freight transport is also explored on the basis of the volume of goods transported by rail in European countries as well as on the comparison with road transport. In order to get the realistic idea about this issue the thesis focuses also on the main Czech rail carrier, ČD Cargo, a.s. and their realized transportations.
|
guest ::
