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Project-based Teaching in Science Subjects in the Second Stage of Czech and Slovak Basic Schools
Pouchová, Milena ; Hanel, Lubomír (advisor) ; Lukavská, Eva (referee) ; Čížková, Věra (referee)
The new curriculum reforms of Czech and Slovak educational systems provide schools enough room for new effective methods developing pupil's key competence. The dissertation deals with one of them - the project-based teaching, especially in science subjects in the second stage of basic school. It presents results of a comparative study which was conducted 2008/2009 school year. The most important aim was to establish and compare common characteristics of realized projects. The sample consisted of 180 Czech and 71 Slovak basic schools. The projects data and views of teachers were collected via a questionnaire. The results of the survey indicated that project-based teachings in science subjects was used in more than 80 % of Czech schools and more than 60 % of Slovak schools. Schools in both countries preferred projects realized only in one class, by one teacher and within the frame of one science subject. Czech schools preferred short projects that lasted no more than one week, Slovak schools organized mostly long projects lasting more than one week. Most projects in Czech schools were short-term, lasting on average no more than one week. Projects in Slovak schools on the other hand lasted on average more than one week. The majority of projects were planned and prepared by a teacher. Teachers were...
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Activities with the paper in education programs pre-primary education
Kučerová, Renáta ; Vodáková, Jitka (advisor) ; Reitmayer, Ladislav (referee)
Abstact The diploma thesis aims to develop the theme "Activities with the paper in education programs pre-primary education", evaluates the importance of these activities for development of fine motor skills and connections to general educational program for preschool education in the Czech Republic. Through survey the thesis examines the experiences of the kindergarten teachers with realization of activities with paper during their work with children and also current status of necessary equipment for this work in kindergarten. The practical section of this diploma thesis summarizes the experiences with realization of an annual project called "We form with paper", in mixed-age class of the kindergarten.
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Using elements of art education in teaching German as a foreign language (with a focus on drama pedagogy and work with picture book "Queen of Color" by Jutta Bauer)
Moravčíková, Eva ; Bučková, Tamara (advisor) ; Švermová, Dagmar (referee)
Title: Using elements of art education in teaching German as a foreign language (with a focus on drama pedagogy and work with picture book "Queen of Colour" by Jutta Bauer) Summary: My thesis is focused on integration of aesthetic elements into a German language lesson. Such elements help to improve students' language resources and language skills and they also help to develop their personality. The subject of my work is relation between the language and art - particular art education, namely dramatic, musical, and literary - partly - art education and their application in a foreign language lesson. This thesis is based on the theory of drama pedagogy and on analysis of an authentic foreign language literary text, namely on the picture book genre. The topics in the practical section are taken from artistic sources and were tested in particular sample lessons. Keywords: Aesthetic elements, Drama pedagogy, Music, Visual Material, Literary Text, Project-based Learning, Language resources, Language skills
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Preparing the Project Contemporary Czech Literary Life for The 1st Grade of Four-Year-Grammar School
Fiřtová, Kristina ; Hník, Ondřej (advisor) ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (referee)
Résumé Students of the 1st grade of four-year-grammar school are not well-informed about contemporary literary life. They think that only books that are currently being published should be classified as literature, knowing only the world bestsellers from all of the books that have actually been published. Students have almost never visited any reading or literary fairs. They know nothing about the various Czech literary awards. Some Czech writers, to them, are no longer relevant, for example Arnošt Lustig or Karel Šiktanc. In their minds, the success of an author is measured by the volume of sales and value of money. The severely marginalized authorial status, by viewing the writer not as a "prophet", but instead as an entertainment producer. People generally prefer special effects which offer immediate gratification, because they don't want to spend the time and concentration it takes to read. As far as the students are concerned, reading is boring and difficult. Czech students aren't tought to see value in reading. This could be the result of the methods which are used at Czech schools - suppressing critical thinking and paying more attention to the acquisition of knowledge. A five day project was created for this vary reason. Activities which could be integrated in the domain of literary life are...
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Project education and its application in practice
Jančárková, Jana ; Dytrtová, Radmila (advisor) ; Eva, Eva (referee)
The bachelors thesis Project Education And Its Application Into Practice deals
with the educational projects in the school programs at secondary vocational schools in
practice. It examines the theoretical didactic psychological aspects of a project during its
implementation in the educational process. Besides theory the thesis describes the practical
implementation of the specific long term project The Herb Garden, at a particular secondary
vocational school of gastronomy.
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Educational Project of Entrepreneurial Intention for Secondary Schools
PETROVÁ, Ivana
Bachelor´s work "Teaching Project of Entreprneutrial Intention for Secondary Schools" presents definitions specifying brief abstract of history and meaning of projects and project teaching. Teaching project for secondary schools is distinguished as comprehensive teaching method, which significantly takes part in development of key competences, in active and sensual teaching of students. Project teaching is one of the possibilities how to at least paatially substitute the traditional teaching with active forms, leading students to find out their knowledge, results of problems and other information with their our activities and with cooperation. Methodical manual is designated not only for students, but also for their educatinalists, as a "helper" during special subjects teaching, as for example accounting, economics and management. In this methodical manual there are contained whole information about entrepreneutical activities, advices and processes necessary for treatments of entrepreneutrial intention.
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Proměny života v šumavském pohraničí: případová studie a možnost aplikace tématu ve výuce na 1. stupni ZŠ
DAŇHOVÁ, Veronika
The aim of this diploma thesis is to show to pupils in primary education, on the base of an example study of Šumava region, a topic from the didactic point of view. A paThe aim of this diploma thesis is to show to pupils in primary education, on the base of an example study of Šumava region, a topic from the didactic point of view. A part of the example study is a time-space comparison of chosen villages in the region, from the demographic point of view, form the point of view of landscape changes, way of life and other aspects. The problematics is set into a wider context. The result of the didactic topic application in the second part is creating of materials for project teaching and for concrete topics for primary education. rt of the example study is a time-space comparison of chosen villages in the region, from the demographic point of view, form the point of view of landscape changes, way of life and other aspects. The problematics is set into a wider context. The result of the didactic topic application in the second part is creating of materials for project teaching and for concrete topics for primary education.
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Projects in teaching mathematics at primary schools
PAVLOVÁ, Lucie
Dissertation "Project teaching in mathematics in primary schools focused on environmental education" describes the possible uses of the project method for teaching mathematics in primary schools including environmental focus. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on educational area of mathematics and its applications in the core curriculum, possible teaching methods, characteristics of project teaching and its historical development. The second part contains proposals on own projects including practical realization of some of them.
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