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Group Advisory for Individuals With Disability {--} Job Clubs
ŘEHOŘKOVÁ, Jana
I have been working for more than three years in o. s. Asistence as a lecturer of group advisory meetings called Job Clubs. The objective of the presented thesis is to evaluate the importance and the key benefits of the group meetings for the clients. The thesis covers the theme of group advisory for certain job seekers with disability. The theoretical part describes the target group of individuals with physical or combined disabilities, the attitude of the society towards employment of people with disabilities, the importance of work for an individual, the issue of supported employment, group social work as well as Job Clubs. The research part of the thesis describes the qualitative research aimed at identifying and describing the benefits of Job Clubs for individuals with physical and combined disabilities in improving their employability. The research was carried out in o. s. Asistence from December 2007 to April 2008 using the structured interview methodology. Two groups of respondents were interviewed. The first one included 18 Job Club participants, the second one comprised of 6 Job Club lecturers. Information gathered in the research will be used by o. s. Asistence to improve the service. The research results underscore the importance and benefits of the group advisory for individuals with various disabilities. The thesis may also serve as a manual for future Job Club lecturers and to point out the importance of employing people with disability in the open labour market.
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Educational aims of the work with refugees in the detention centres of the Ministry of the Interior
ZAJÍČKOVÁ, Agáta
This thesis deals with the refugees in detention centres in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to describe and suggest educational and training aims for them. Theoretical part outlines the situation of migration in the Czech Republic, detention centres for refugees and their typical psychological problems. It accounts the educational aims from the point of view of common theory of education and leisure time education. The practical part describes the life of refugees in the detention centre in Kostelec nad Orlicí, their activities in leisure time and relations between the employees and clients of the centre. The refugees are seen as social workers´ and educators´ clients. The interviews with the employees of the detention centre are qualitatively analysed, attention is paid both to their activities and to their private aims at work and so the educational aims for the pedagogical workers dealing with refugees are formulated.
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The Development of Attitude to School by Children Beginning School Attendance
KŘIŽANOVÁ, Jaroslava
The aim of my diploma thesis is to ascertain how is developed attitude to school by children beginning school attendance. The theoretical part is devoted to pre-school children and primary school children with specialization in socialization in their family and out of it. There is also included concept of primary school. The practical part is devoted to the research of the developmet attitude to school by three children. Information was found out of that three children, their parents and teachers. There are used three methods. Observation, structure interview and unfinished sentences.
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The problems of drug use in the Romany population
GÁBOROVÁ, Miroslava
The work consists of two parts, theoretical and experimental. The theoretical part deals with the specialities of Romany ethnic minority, it concentrates on the mutual relations among Romanies and majority, present status of Romany community, current drug scene and care system of the drug dependents. The aim of my experimental work has been to look through the life of drug dependent Romanies, to upvalue their situatio, to map the spectrum of drug use and to reveal problems connected with drugs. I also wanted to investigate the possibilities of specific services for Romany drug users and tried to reveal the real causes of low use of current offer by dependent Romanies.
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Using of Marketing Tools in Chosen Retail Subject
BUCHTOVÁ, Tamara
The state of using of marketing tools was analysed in a picked retail subject and an improving of the present state of marketing tools in the chosen retail subject was suggested. The quantitative research have been done in the form of quetionnaire and qualitative in the form of detailed study. The situation of exquisite retail dealer was investigated in the form of detailed study.
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Perception of social stratification: Those "at the bottom" – do they deserve recognition?
Vojtíšková, Kateřina
Text focuses mainly on discursive formation of unequal social categories, symbolic boundary maintenance and social identities. Analysis of 30 interviews with working men and women of different education and social position presents a closer view on ascribed characteristics and attitudes towards social categories/groups regarded by interviewees as "at the bottom" - "“homeless people" and "low-income employees". Differences are interpreted particularly in regard to past experiences and social position of interviewees.
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Verbal reports and protocol analysis
Heller, Daniel
The author deals with problems of verbal reports in psychological research. Today, the concurrent and retrospective verbal reports are considered to be the main source of data about cognitive processes of subject. They became the standard research method also in many fields of applied psychology. Thinking aloud is distinguished from verbal explanation of particular steps of problem solving. Effects of verbalization, problem of completeness of verbal reports, inferences from verbal data, Ericsson's and Simon's model of verbalization, methods and techniques of protocol analysis are dealt with. Verbal reports are rich source of data that can be combined effectively with other data and can be of great value for acquiring knowledge about more than cognitive processes and structures. Practical recommendations for gaining different types of verbal reports under standard conditions are presented that can be analysed by the means of protocol analysis.
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Stručné dějiny kvalitativního výzkumu v psychologii
Heller, Daniel
The author deals with qualitative research in psychology in broad and narrow sense.As examples of the first concept, he introduces the spiritual psychology of W. Dilthey and E. Spranger, psychoanalysis, and further important psychological schools of the twentieth century. As examples of the second concept, he points to the works of N. K. Denzin, Y. S. Lincoln, N. Hayes, J. T. E. Richardson, M. Hammersley, etc. He deals with historical psychological background of qualitative research and with the qualitative research as a figure on this background. He analyses step by step the seven component meanings of the qualitative vs. quantitative divide according Hammersley(1992) and Hayes (1997) and illustrates them all by examples. Further, he characterises the latest history of qualitative research in psychology during last ten years emphasising the important role of British psychology. In the conclusion, he personally supports the methodological pluralism in psychological study of human experience and behaviour.
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Qualitative research in human sciences at the threshold of the third millenium
Čermák, Ivo ; Miovský, Michal
The collection of papers is focused on qualitative approach to the research in human sciences, mostly in psychology. Theoretical and historical framework of qualitative research is articulated. Tension between qualitative and quantitative perspective in research is reformulated - continuum of cooperation is more useful version of research in human sciences. Several particular qualitative studies concerning family, drug-abuse, and process of therapy, etc. are presented. The specific qualitative methods - grounded theory, focus group, rapid assessment - is also demonstrated as a useful tools in research studies.
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