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PROTECTION OF YOUTH FROM THE DETRIMENTAL INFLUENCE OF ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS
KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka
The Paper deals with alternative religions and their potentially detrimental effects on young people; it describes the developmental features specific of adolescence, a period when the youngsters are particularly sensitive to the issues of spirituality. Moreover, the Paper endeavors to offer a key instrumental in discerning between the "safe" and the "hazardous" groups and to depict the principal techniques of mental manipulation employed by some religious denominations to recruit and keep their membership. The final part of the theoretical section is focused on different components of society and their share in preventing these undesirable influences. The practical section of the Paper is aimed at revealing wherefrom the young draw information on alternative spiritual movements and at disclosing whether their attitudes towards these religious groups are in any way affected by the religious traditions observed in the given region. In addition, the Paper maps specific religious groups operating close to young people living in the towns of České Budějovice and Zlín.
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Pastoral Care of the Noe Community
PLAVCOVÁ, Hana
The work describes pastoral care activities of the Noe Community, analyses these activites from the pastoral and theological points of view, and recommends steps which could be taken to deepen the effects of such pastoral care. The aim of the pastoral care of the Noe Community is to inspire people with whom the community works to start searching for salvation. The tree basic ways of realizing such a goal are supported by the community: offering free time activities and personality-formation courses, personal guiding and offering helping interviews, and organizing activities for the whole village community. The target group which the pastoral care is aimed at are youth and young adults, both believers and non-believers. The basic theological principle from which the whole pastoral care stems is the principle of inculturation. It serves as a starting point for four criteria of the youth pastoral care {--} searching and finding the common language, practising an individual approach to each person, offering specific spirituality, and personal and subject-matter offer. These are the criteria for evaluation of the pastoral care activities of the Noe Community.
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Research of product of Youth information center in the town of Tabor and their sequence to informal education
PFEIFEROVÁ, Jana
This thesis tries to point out the possibilities of European Youth in Action programme for non-formal education of young people. The main target group of the Programme are young people between 15 and 28 years. Its general objectives are develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union and foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries. The aim of my thesis is to analyse and describe work and activities of the youth information center in the town of Tabor. Part of this thesis is created by research and proposals of the further development of work and activities of the Youth information center. The outputs of the processed questionnaire show knowledge and experience of young people which participated in youth exchanges. The outputs are very important in order to make a complete picture about these exchanges, about preferences of young people.
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Preventive educational programme for children and youth with negative behaviour
VEISOVÁ, Miroslava
How the statistics indicate the number of children with behaviour disorders is growing. If each tenth child with these problems attended specific institutions ten years ago, today it´s nearly each fourth child. The grow of aggressiveness is typical for all our society, not otherwise it is at children. For that reason I concentred the research not only on findings of infant population´s experience with privation´s behaviour but also on family´s attitude towards these problems. Last but not least I judged utilisation rate of preventive programmes provided by the educational facilities.
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The sports group activities of young people as prevention of negative social phenomena
PLŠKOVÁ, Alice
The work deals with the prevention of negative social phenomena in children and youth through sporting activities. Examines the impact of sport and physical activities on the individual and society, the leisure time of children and youth meaningful use. It describes the development of the child and the associated negative or pathological phenomena. It describes the delinquency and risk factors that affect children and adolescents and can lead to crime. Among the major influences on the child can be diluted with family, peers, media. The practical part describes the current means of prevention and preventive programs. It describes the three organizations: Aerobics Center Pardubice, House of Culture Dubina and upper elementary school Horní Jelení, where children and youth sports activities prepared, except that a meaningful use of leisure time promote personal development, healthy lifestyles, socialization and interaction of children and youth. Overall, sports and physical activity one of the principal use of leisure time a preventive manner and reducing the risk of negative social phenomena.
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The Needs and Interests of Youth in the Sphere of Tourism
Černá, Jana ; Syrovátka, Oldřich (advisor) ; Valovičová, Eliška (referee)
The thesis is devoted to tourism of youth with focusing on the needs and interests. The theoretical part deals with issues of tourism of this segment and marketing research. The practical part focuses on a survey to determine preferences of students of selected universities in relation to the services provided by travel agencies. Collected data are then compared with information contained in the theoretical part and serves as a base for marketing advice to the Autoturist travel agency, Plc.
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The Role of Youth in Post-conflict Reconstruction
Dillingerová, Šárka ; Havlová, Radka (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
Youth is a very important demographic part of the society, which plays dynamic and active role. Countries, which go through post-conflict reconstruction, have to deal with many serious problems. Until now, we have witnessed youth to be seen as one of the issues. The aim of this thesis is to look at youth from different point of view. Youth can also be an active and dynamic element contributing to peacebuilding activities and stabilization. Analyzing two post-conflict reconstructions in Kosovo and Mozambique, we determine factors, which have biggest effect on decision-making process and behaviour of young people. Afterwards, we will take a look at their needs and how to program post-conflict reconstruction in order to empower young people to be agents of peace and development in the area.
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Juvenile deliquency, focused on the situation in the police district called Čtyři Dvory
REHÁK, Marek
The work deals with juvenile delinquency, focusing on the situation in the police district belonging to the police station Čtyři Dvory. In the thesis it is analyzed in terms the juvenile criminal code, penal responsibility, criminality, police district department, station department, OOP Čtyři Dvory. Next chapter is focused on juvenile delinquency and its analysis in the police district OOP Čtyři Dvory, comparing it with the rest of police districts in the city of České Budějovice. The final part is focused on causes of juvenile deliquency and its prevention and also mentions possible measures given to juvenile offenders.
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The use of water polo exercise in youth swimming training\\
KREJČOVÁ, Eva
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to determine whether the addition of elements of water polo in a swimming training of youth will be more attracting for swimmers without reduction of performance or loss of technical sophistication quality. This target has been investigated by experimental investigation which has conducted for six weeks. The swimmers were divided into experimental and control groups by their age and performance. The elements of water polo were included into the swimming training of the experimental group. The content of training units of the control group remained unchanged throughout the whole investigation. Control measurements were carried out before and after the experimental investigation, which shows that there was no decline in performance of the experimental group. After the experiment an interview with individuals of the experimental group was conducted, which implies positive evolution and popularity of swimming training with elements of water polo. For the determination, whether there is deterioration of technique with inclusion of the water polo elements was carried out an expert assessment of the 2nd class trainer that did not show any deterioration.
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Using Art Play for Deepening Selected Themes in the VYTAX Youth Programme
VONDRÁŠEK, Václav
The main focus of this master?s thesis is to bring forward and describe the scope of options of how, with the help of fine arts and implementation of experiential pedagogy, young people are creatively aided in processing and grasping variety of topics of the motivational educational program VYTAX, that has as its primary goal to stimulate youth to active involvement in the church. In the theoretical section of this work, the author has attempted to explain the terms relevant to the program itself as they relate to the church and subsequently to clarify the basic ideological direction of the given program in the context of today?s postmodern era. The author places emphasis not only on the program and techniques, but most of all on the pivotal value and impact of quality pedagogical leadership of given collective of young people. In the practical section, the author proposes concrete treatment of 10 topics of the VYTAX program. The scope of topics regarded range from themes of personal spirituality to subjects that not only apply to integration to the church community, but also describe the course of implementation of motivational appeals that will lead participants to an active, creative integration into the church family.
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