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Inequality in Foreign Language Learning
Suchardová Nováková, Jitka ; Rýdl, Karel (advisor) ; Lenochová, Alena (referee) ; Betáková, Lucie (referee)
Title: Inequality in Foreign Language Learning Author: Jitka Suchardová Nováková Department: Deparment of Education Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Karel Rýdl, CSc. Abstract: This dissertation draws on sociological assumptions that learning success is significantly influenced by social environment. In this respect the questions of inequality in foreign language education are raised. The external factors such as social class, and motivation and attitudes, as two major social psychology phenomena related to success at foreign language learning, are researched. Based on these concepts the process of foreign language learning is considered as strongly influenced by opportunities for learning and by the process of constructing foreign language learner's identity. The research follows the qualitative paradigm using the narrative approach, and an in-depth interview as the main research method. The research design of biography and case study is used and two individual case studies are presented, with the impact of showing diversity and complexity of foreign language learning. The research takes place in the university environment - the students of technical faculties were the object of the research. Keywords: inequality, motivation, attitudes, habitus, identity
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Adolescent in foster care regards to the identity of an individual
Svobodová, Petra ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The diploma thesis "Adolescent in Foster Care" deals with an adolescent growing up in foster care, with regard to the development of one's identity. The theoretical part includes preview on adolescent, foster care, identity and also the issues of deprivation. The research part is focused on opinion and attitudes of adolescents to issues like children's biological family, foster family and identity, as well as attitudes of foster parents to identical topics. Keywords Adolescent, foster care, deprivation, identity,
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Foreigners in Europe: discourse analysis of construction of "foreigners" in news in newspapers die frankfurter allgemeine zeitung and lidové noviny
Mičková, Barbora ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Šoltys, Otakar (referee)
The thesis Foreigners in Europe: Discourse Analysis of Construction of "Foreigners" in News in Newspapers Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Lidové noviny deals with the discourse in which the category of foreigner is constituted in the media. National identity, cultural pluralism and citizenship belong to a very progressive area of social science research recently, with wide range of use in public policy, politics, economy or business. The aim of this thesis is to identify the discursive constructions used when defining foreigner and to contextualize this foreigner discourse to the German, Czech a European identity. The Critical Discourse Studies as well as an interdisciplinary approach are used, explaining the discourse from the perspectives of national identity, cultural identity and multiculturalism. The results of the grounded theory analysis are applied to the particular discursive constructions and approaches. The thesis presents the hypothesis for potential further research.
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Fashion and self-concept at older school age children
Medalová, Lenka ; Levínská, Markéta (advisor) ; Doubek, David (referee)
The bachelors thesis is focused on the relation between fashion and self-concept, particulary in older schooled-aged children. The text is structured into two parts - theoretical and empirical. The first section of the theoretical part is devoted to give a definition of terms related to self-concept, such as self-esteem and self-representation. The second section is focused on the relation between fashion and self-concept then. A view on the fashion as a reflection of time and changes of the women role is provided at first. Changes of fashion and beauty ideal arise from manners of the time and status of the sociaty. The force for fashion changes and interest in fashion is introduced in context of wish to express sexual attractivness, social status or individual personality. Those are in connection with identity of individual on a personal, social and gender level. The theoretical part is based on theoretical resources to clarify what is the origin of self-representation involving clothing on those three levels, what is the infuence of fashion on them and how the fashion is affected by them. Empirical part is devoted to qualitative research, which was conducted in secondary school. The aim was to explore how the phenomenon of fashion is reflected in the life of adolescents and what is the role of it...
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The mission of the faculties of education in Czech republic
Milota, Petr ; Kalous, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Mouralová, Magdalena (referee)
The thesis deals with the faculties of education from the perspective of their role in the system of tertiary education in the Czech Republic. It works on the theoretical assumptions of the role of non-profit organisations, which emphasize the role of the mission and it's fundamental value for the existence of the entire institution. The author of the thesis works with the assumption in terms of values, which expresses the need of more transparent differentiation of the segment of the faculties of Education in the Czech higher education system. The fundament of the methodology is the studies and analysis of the documents together with expert questionnaire survey. Based on the methodology, the definition and formulation of the identity of the faculties of education is investigated on the level of legal documents, higher education legislation, institutions (statute of the faculty) and personal attitudes of senior academic staff (expert survey).
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The Apple Phenomenon: the Impact of Modern Technologies on Subject
Kuldová, Michaela ; Šafaříková, Radana (advisor) ; Kladný, Tomáš (referee)
The Apple Phenomenon: the Impact of Modern Technologies on Subject Abstract The goal of the submitted thesis is the study of the company Apple Inc. in the context of how it is percieved by subjects. After a brief introduction of the company Apple Inc. we will focus on semiotic analysis of the brand Apple, its products and marketing strategies. The object of study will be also a present society, whose distinguishing feature is a consumption, and brand perception of a subject in connection with his identity, image building, lifestyle and an inclusion in the social classes. The aim is to uncover which importance is attached to consumer goods by a present society, especially goods marked with the apple logo. According to the facts available, Apple has many of its supporters around the world. The object of this thesis is therefore to clarify the role of the company Apple Inc. and prove that Apple is a certain phenomenon, or even a cult, in a current consumer society, which is accompanied by emotions.
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Space as a socially constructed form of oppression: the transformation of an asylum for women with mental handicap in the Usti Region
Růžičková, Kamila ; Kolářová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Ezzeddine, Petra (referee)
In my thesis I deal with the representations of mental handicap in the Czech context. The theoretical base I found in the field of disability studies and its model of disability, which I have enriched with the approaches of poststructuralist authors and also with the Czech authors who see the mental handicap from a different perspective than the "majority society". The representation of mental handicap in the Czech context I show at the example of a home for people with disabilities, specifically for the mentally disabled women, which is located in the Usti Region. This institution is involved in the project called The support of planning the transformation of social services in the Usti Region. In the thesis I deal with the issue how are these planning changes communicated with clients and what connotations are given to the planned change of living space. In the empirici section, I talk through the semi-structured interviews with five woman clients of the institution and ask them about their current life. Then I analyze the types of spaces Theky mentioned. Their questions are completed with an interview with the manager of the institution, who talks about the motives that led to the transformation process. Keywords disability, client, citizenship, human rights, space, gender, social service,...
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Roma in the Czech Republic: Adolescence, Identity and Schooling. A Case Study of Three Teenage Girls from Prague
Rajkovic, Ivana ; Káňová, Šárka (advisor) ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
This study focuses on the identities and self-perception of Roma adolescents in the Czech Republic and the educational implications these may have for this particular group of students. In particular it attempts to shed light on how these individuals perceive themselves, their schooling and future adult roles they expect to take on in life. Furthermore, the perceptions and involvement of Roma parents was also examined in an attempt to explore their views on education that they transmit to their children. A theoretical framework was developed based upon the ecological systems theory, theories on the identity development in adolescence, ethnic minority identity as well as the existing literature on the schooling of ethnic minority pupils. A qualitative approach followed by a multiple case study design was taken with semi-structured interviews as the research method. The empirical study was conducted with three female participants from one low-threshold facility for children and youth in Prague. Data was analysed using the phenomenological approach which regards the reality not as a given entity but as socially constructed by individuals according to their everyday experiences. The key findings of the study suggest that Roma children do not have negative identities developed, there are no negative values they...
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Comparison of logical and psychological perspectives on the concept of number.
Kuncová, Alexandra ; Punčochář, Vít (advisor) ; Kůrka, Petr (referee)
This paper is divided into three main parts. In the first part, we propose a logical approach to the concept of number based on Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic. Besides the main attempt to define and classify number per se, we also discuss Husserl's struggle with psychologism, Frege's logicism, and the construction of the series of natural numbers. In the second part, we look at a psychological approach to the concept of number through theories and experiments of cogni- tive science. We focus on infants' understanding of numbers and amounts, their counting abilities and later conventional skills. In the third part, we summarise differences as well as similarities of these two approaches. Keywords: cognitive science, concept, Frege, Husserl, identity, logicism, num- ber, one-to-one correspondence, Piaget, psychologism. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." (Albert Einstein, Geometry and Experience, 1921)
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