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Use of social studies textbooks by primary school teachers
Šteyr, Michal ; Stará, Jana (advisor) ; Horská, Petra (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the textbooks used by teachers of national history and geography. Most of the teachers included in my research sample use textbooks mainly for preparation of their lessons, which corresponds with the researches in the Czech Republic presented in the theoretical part of this thesis. As a complementary material used for lesson planning they use the Internet. The theoretical part is divided into four chapters. The findings of the research and the recommendations of the professional literature related to the issue of teacher's choice of curriculum and to the role of textbooks are discussed. The research related to the lesson planning, teaching methods and types of planning for the lesson is analysed and a special attention is given to the usage of various recourses e.g. encyclopaedias and educational software used for lesson planning. One chapter deals with the theory of textbooks and with the research related to their evaluation. The last chapter of the theoretical part is focused on the concept of lesson planning in the Czech Republic and the potential of textbooks usage for teaching of given subject. The empirical part is conducted by the semi-structured interviews with primary school teachers, specifically with four females and two male respondents. The findings are...
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Ethical code and education
Dostál, Pavel ; Prokop, Jiří (advisor) ; Syřiště, Ivo (referee)
The theoretical part describes modern education and its outcomes. The issue of quality measurement in education on the whole is addressed while mentioning the fact that the concept of quality of education has no exact definition. Further, the basic functions of school are descibed together with their evaluation. The significant aspect of parent-school cooperation is mentioned in the context of coordinated curriculum. This theoretical framework explains the environment in which the pupil`s prosocial behaviour arises and develops further. Followingly, the standards of quality in promoting personal integrity are introduced. The standards include eleven principles which cultivate moral and ethical values in all participants of educational process. The delineation of current educational grounds and goals, along with suitable methods and sociological view of education constitute another part of the work. The sociological view ends with analysis of sustainability of morality and school role in promoting values. The ethical code is described, its definition, formation procedure, outline as well as ethical code sample for education stressing the ballance of all participants in educational process. In the next chapter, problem areas and fundamental ethical issues are defined, their solutions suggested. The...
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Ethical code and education
Dostál, Pavel ; Prokop, Jiří (advisor) ; Marádová, Eva (referee)
Aim: Ethical code and its application in education, provide it or not? Focus: The consequences of using ethical code. Does it change the student-teacher relationship? What does the current state of this relationship look like? Is this relationship viewed as a mutually agreed contract, or is anyone in this relationship advantaged. Is there sufficient law and specification for this relationship? How is the current student-teacher relationship specified? How has it been viewed recently, how is it viewed currently and how will it progress? Could ethical code and specification of ethical conduct be beneficient or is it to be viewed as another blind bureaucratic meassure? The comparison with other helping professions.
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Didactic analysis of the topic of civic and political participation
Matějíček, Lukáš ; Dvořáková, Michaela (advisor) ; Zicha, Zbyněk (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the concept of civic and political participation in elementary and secondary school. Introductory part of the thesis defines terms of civic and political participation, there are also findings about civic attitudes of young Czechs based on international comparative researches. The focus of the thesis is to analyze the representation of the theme of participation at different levels of the Czech education system and to compare the concept of the theme in curriculum documents of selected states. This is followed by an analysis of the approach to the topic of participation by authors of approved Czech textbooks. The analyzes show that the theme of participation is insufficiently embedded in the Czech national curriculum and these deficiencies are reflected in the approach to the topic in school educational programs and textbooks. In the light of these findings, a didactic analysis of the topic of participation is carried out. The diploma thesis sets down the theoretical minimum for a given topic. The last part presents proposals of didactic procedures in teaching focused on topics of civic and political participation. Additionally, the thesis recommends projects of non-profit institutions and other initiatives that focus on selected aspects of the topic of participation.
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Educational program focused on the basics of proper nutrition of children in kindergarten
Kohoutková, Pavla ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (referee)
The thesis is focused on the topic of healthy lifestyle of preschool-age children with the support of educational facilities in which the child is. For this reason are, in the theoretical part, introduced the concepts of health and its determinants, the ontogenesis of the children and adolescent, individual areas of healthy lifestyle and support of these areas at preschool children. The following part is dedicated to the Czech educational system and part of its curriculum focused on the health of the pupil, which is taught at kindergartens. The text is complemented by researches connected with the foreign efforts of implementation of the program of the healthy lifestyle promotion program to the facilities of preschool education. The term "inclusion in education" is also mentioned. In the practical part is the introduction of the suggested educational program focused on the basics of proper nutrition of children in kindergarten and its evaluation.
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The issue of implementation of the education of health education in biology
Barešová, Petra ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Duschinská, Karolina (referee)
The present Master's thesis is concerned with the issue of implementation health education as a part of school subject called Biology at a chosen primary and secondary school. The aim of the thesis is to verify the functionality of curriculum implementation at the chosen school and also to propose a right model of implementation health education as a part of Biology easily applicable from own teaching experience. The thesis is divided into three parts. The theoretical part deals with a brief characterization of education in the Czech Republic, The Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education and relating significant terms, School Education programme and educational areas. The practical part is focused on real situation of implementation health education as a part of Biology at the chosen primary and secondary school where I work as a teacher. I was doing my research in Year eight and nine that is given health education lessons. I used a knowledge questionnaire as a method of research. The practical part investigated and brought aggregate information about the issue of implementation of given fields of education, which I used for my own project. It can help science teachers for mentioned target students. Key words: implementation, Biology, health education, student, teacher, Framework...
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Innovative Approaches to Czech Language Curriculum at Lower Secondary School
Pecháčková, Jana ; Štěpáník, Stanislav (advisor) ; Šmejkalová, Martina (referee)
The aim of the thesis Innovative Approaches to Czech Language Curriculum at Lower Secondary School was to discover whether any innovative approaches to subject Czech language at lower secondary schools were included in their school education programme, if the answer was positive, the aim was to define which innovative approaches exactly they were. The thesis is divided into a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part analyzes the general approach to curriculum and also the specific approach towards the Czech language. The thesis includes a brief history of the curricular reform, which was implemented in January 2005, and the opinions of the experts on the reform. The practical part contains the analysis of the innovative approaches towards the curriculum of the Czech language at the chosen thirteen lower secondary schools in the Czech Republic. A specific interest was given to innovative approaches towards the Czech language which were in agreement with the curricular reform and with the innovative didactic approaches in general. The chosen method is a comparison and the analysis of the texts. The results indicate that the innovative approaches are present in the curricular materials at the chosen schools, specifically in the syllabus of the subject Czech language. The results...
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The place, where we live as a theme in civics
Svobodová, Eliška ; Dvořáková, Michaela (advisor) ; Fleischerová, Andrea (referee)
In my thesis I have dealt with the content knowledge of regionality in Civics at the lower secondary school and described the actual and former curricular contents of the topic "The place we live in". The present form of the curriculum lacks any mandatory comprehension that deals with this topic. I have examined the content knowledge of regionality from the point of view of regionalism, regional development and politics and thus described thoroughly the structure and classification of regions as it follows the syllabus. Researching the aforementioned subject I have created a hands-on teaching material, which covers 13 follow- up lessons, encouraging pupils to behave as active and responsible members of regional society.
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