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Implementation of methods of critical thinking in teaching photosynthesis
Beránková, Tereza ; Čížková, Věra (advisor) ; Novotný, Petr (referee)
This study discuss two phenomenones. The first phenomenon is photosynthesis; this process played a key role in the emergence of life and is necessary to maintain a various life on our Earth. Photosynthesis enables plants to use a bottomless supply of solar energy to produce organic substance and release oxygen. The second phenomenon is critical thinking; the ability to sort and evaluate new information and form "your" own opinion indispensable ability for modern human. In a theoretical part of the study is dealt with term critical thinking, teaching methods of critical thinking and photosynthesis of biological and didactic point of view. In a practical part of the study is dealt with compilation and verification materials for thematic unit of photosynthesis, which would lead to the development of critical thinking of high school pupils (students). Furthermore in the practical part is a questionnaire survey, which is evaluated existing using of methods of critical thinking at biology teachers at high schools and is analyzed their teaching methods to the topic of photosynthesis. In the study is dealt with processing the topic of photosynthesis in selected high school textbooks.
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Program education of citizens in the field of population, with special emphasis on disabled persóna
MAZÁK, Tomáš
The aim of this thesis was to analyse the current state of upbringing and education in the field of human protection in emergency situations, with particular emphasis on persons with disabilities. For this purpose, there was implemented a questionnaire survey and there were created two questionnaires a questionnaire for teaching staff at special schools and a questionnaire for their directors in the South Bohemia region. The questionnaire for teaching staff comprised 37 questions and was organized into two thematic sections. The questionnaire was a combination of open and closed questions. The first seven questions were used to obtain the information needed to characterize the investigation file. The first block was focused on respondents' knowledge; questions were focused on the issues of the integrated rescue system, civil protection, first aid and questions of selected emergencies (floods, radiation accident, biological agents), then the knowledge of the recommended ways of behaviour in the development of selected incidents. The aim of the first block of the questionnaire was to find out the awareness of teachers. The second block was aimed at self-education in this field and the assessment of the importance of teaching these issues in schools. The replies of teachers of this thematic bloc served to complement the views, experiences and observations of respondents related to this issue. The questionnaire for directors contained 19 questions. The questionnaire was a combination of open and closed questions. The first 6 questions were used to obtain the information needed to characterize the investigation file. The second part of the questionnaire focused on issues that dealt with school directors' own opinions in the South Bohemia region. The results of the questionnaire were analysed using Excel from Microsoft Office software package. The main objective of this thesis was to determine the awareness of teachers. For good measure of awareness I set the limit of 75% correct answers. Results can be assessed as very startling. I learned that most of the teaching staff haven´t basic knowledge in the issues of personal safety in emergencies. For this reason, they would like to educate themselves in the form of organized trainings. Directors, who also think that their schools have enough teaching aids for both normal and disabled students, also showed this interest. Although these answers were disproved by the teaching staff, who claim the opposite. As a result, it can be understood that the present state of education in the field of human protection in emergency is very individual and depends only on the approach of teaching staff. There are no special teaching materials and uniform system that would unite all schools and provide them with the necessary tools. The thesis provides insight on teaching human protection in emergencies and the teaching staff's own opinions about it. My results can be used as a basis for further research investigation, because I think it would be appropriate to elaborate on some passages. Performance of work at special schools for the disabled entails a number mentally, but also physically demanding situations. These situations teachers and directors manage very well. In this area there are many schools, specifically aimed at one disability, but also those that work with various disabilities. School education programs and this teaching the topic of human protection in emergencies need to be adapted to the needs of children and students with special educational needs so as to achieve consistency between educational requirements and actual abilities of these pupils. Currently, schools use to teach a variety of assistive aids to address special educational needs of the pupils, but there are no didactical tools, special textbooks (study materials in Braille, sign language recordings) that would through its form and content reflect the needs of disabled persons.
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English for Tourism
JELÍNKOVÁ, Renata
The thesis is focused on ESP, English for Specific Purposes, namely English for tourism. Another specific feature is that it focuses on one particular student and the preparation of an individual course for him. In this thesis the student's needs are analyzed, the course syllabus is developed and teaching materials are prepared. After the study of the theoretical literature, the needs of the particular student are analyzed in terms of language needs, language skills and intercultural competence. The analysis is carried out through a guided interview and synthesized in a case study. A one-semester course syllabus design is the result of the analysis. In accordance with the syllabus, the lesson plans containing specific topic, aim, language skills, language sub-skills and teaching materials are created.
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Creating Educational Materials in English for Middle School Mathematics and their Utilization in a Virtual School Environment in the Global School Project
KOVÁŘOVÁ, Alena
This work is based on the introduction and methodology of CLIL type of teaching at elementary schools. This work is directed to the teaching math in English language, preparations of teaching materials and their uses at elementary school Matice Školske in České Budějovice and in virtual school Global school. Altogether five teaching themes were prepared. In the teoretical part CLIL is introduced as a form of teaching, further on the analyzing situation of using foreign languages in European states. In the practical part, teaching methods are presented in international school Townshed, where the author took preparation in teaching maths in English. Further the teaching of prepared materials took place at Matice Školská elementary school, where one lesson was filmed for an illustration, as well as in the virtual school Global School. Prepared teaching materials are provided by audio records of vocabularies suitables for usage at elementary schools as well as in the virtual surrounding of Global School. The themes of teaching materials are wide elaborated, then they can find their use at every elementary school.
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