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Education in art schools in the Czech Republic and its pedagogues
Čechová, Zdenka ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Tumová, Anna (referee)
The elementary art school education is one of the neglected fields of study and there is not so much works dealing with this issue. Therefore, the selected specific insight into this particular theme tries to show other possible ways of research. The bachelor's thesis "Education in art schools in the Czech Republic and its pedagogues" deals with the historical development of art school education and predicts the possible future development in the field. The analysis based on quantitative data was focused on the number of elementary art school institutions, its pedagogues, the comparison of analogous data in time and its evaluation. The quantitative data supported the qualitative research. The issue is also studied from the point of view of pedagogues in art schools, who are the most important participants of the art education. For the possibility of further comparison, the teachers in the supplementary study were selected from two spatially distant art schools. The research brings subjective points of views of pedagogues in art schools concerning the function of art schools, the contribution of art schools for art pedagogues themselves, the contribution for the society and for the pupils of art schools. On the contrary, the research also reveals various problems of individual institutions,...
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Development of Study of Public Policy in Europe : Czech study of Public Policy in European Context (Comparing the Cases of France, Germany and the Czech Republic)
Novotný, Vilém ; Znoj, Milan (advisor) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
Development of Public Policy Study in Europe : Czech Study of Public Policy in European Context (Comparing the Cases of France, Germany and the Czech Republic) PhD. thesisr: Vilém Novotný English abstract This PhD. thesis deals with an issue of study of public policy which is considered to be a specific subdiscipline of political sciences. The study of public policy encompasses all approaches that are engaged in research of public policy. In the issue of public policy study is attention focused, in explorative way, on development of public policy study. This aim is pursued from moderate constructivist positions at two levels. At the first, theoretical, level, it is interested in question how to study the development of public policy study. It attempts to formulate general analytical frame which could be used as a comparative grid as well. Its main reference framework is represented by Peter deLeon's model of advice and consent (supply and demand model) (deLeon, 1988) and model devised for an analysis of Canadian political science development by John Trent and Michael Stein (Trent, 1987; Trent, Stein, 2002; Stein, 1998). The analytical frame is designed under assumption of interaction between the subdiscipline and its national and international environment. In the concrete case it deals with mutual...
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Clinical Content Harmonisation of Electronic Health Record
Nagy, Miroslav ; Říha, Antonín (advisor) ; Dostálová, Taťjana (referee) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee)
Title: Clinical Content Harmonisation of Electronic Health Record Author: Mgr. Miroslav Nagy Department: Department of Medical Informatics, Institute of Computer Science v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Supervisor: RNDr. Antonín Říha, CSc. Supervisor's e-mail: riha@euromise.cz This PhD thesis deals with the possibilities of clinical content harmonisation in elec- tronic health records (EHR). In the first sections, the current state of the art in the field of EHR and other related fields is summarised, as well as that of the tools supported by current software technologies and the results of research in the field of medical in- formatics. The work is focused on analysis of obstacles in sharing medical data and on proposals of steps for overcoming these obstacles. Next, the utilized tools, modelling approaches, standards and coding systems used during the research are summed up. In the following sections the methods pointing to achieving harmonized clinical models are elaborated on and resulting clinical concepts mappings, supporting tools, developed EHR systems and semantic interoperability platforms are presented. In the conclusion these results are discussed and some future work is proposed. Keywords: electronic health record, semantic interoperability, clinical content, har-...
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Indicators and benchmarks as a tool of the EU education policy
Hulík, Vladimír ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kalous, Jaroslav (referee)
Vladimír Hulík: Indikátory a benchmarky jako nástroj vzdělávací politiky EU 2 Abstract This Diploma Thesis focuses on the issue of indicators and benchmarks in the European education policy. Theoretical concepts linked with these questions are introduced in the first part - the theory of europeanization, open method of coordination, theory of benchmarking (especially focused on the public sector) and politics of indicators as a critical eye in this field. In the second part, the historical development of the European education policy is described and the growth of its importance during the last 20 years. Three iniciatives of the European education policy are identified in which the indicators and benchmarking methods are used. The last part aims to study mutual relations among indicators (for which the benchmarks are set) through the use of the correlation matrix (Pearson's correlation).
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Alternative Culture in the Czech Republic after 1989
Chorvátovičová, Iva ; Munková, Gabriela (advisor) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee)
This thesis describes the phenomenon of alternative culture in public policy. The first part seeks to define what alternative culture means and builds on the research mainly from sociology and cultural studies. Very useful are then specific theory of social deviance, the theory of subcultures and postsubcultures. At the same time, the paper looks into the past, before 1989, when the alternative culture phenomenon was clearly defined, standing outside the mainstream culture and the alternative culture was illegal. Through the analysis of some events and political cases from the recent past, there could be seen both differences between alternative culture and an attitude to it before 1989, but also some important parallels with the current situation of alternative culture. Alternative culture is later specified by current alternative underground subcultures: freetekno - DIY, squatting and street art. In the case of these three controversial subcultures, the paper deals with an attitude of public policy to these subcultures through the extremism policy. The next part the paper deals with the contemporary cultural politics in the country. Briefly, it describes and outlines the current situation and possible areas for innovation in the context of alternative culture. In the last phase this thesis deals...
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Education of children-foreigners in primary schools in Prague
Dražďáková, Lenka ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Mouralová, Magdalena (referee)
The number of immigrants has been increasing in the Czech Republic. Along with adult immigrants come also their children and this causes an increase of foreigners in Czech schools. In this diploma thesis it is examined, in what way Prague primary schools cope with the increase of children foreigners in their classrooms. Through interviews and questionnaire survey it is observed what opinions and beliefs are taken by representatives of primary schools in Prague on the issue of foreigners in education, whether they have any specific conceptions that focus on helping foreigners with integration into the Czech school system and at the same time into the majority society. Considering the fact that the process of integration is complicated and during the process a number of obstacles usually occur, it depends not only on the activities of each particular school, but also on the degree of support from the state, and on a child-foreigner himself and on his family, whether the process of integration will eventually be successful or not. For these reasons in the diploma thesis there is also examined the legislative framework defining the issue of education and integration of children-foreigners, financial and methodological support for schools by the Ministry of Education, and the role of children-foreigners and...
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Teachers' attitudes to the curriculum reform
Tůmová, Anna ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kalous, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with teachers' attitudes to changes in the education and the curriculum reform of regional education system in the Czech Republic. The curriculum reform is a significant change for the education policy and the teachers' attitudes are important for the reform implementation. The methodology is based on quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Theoretical basis are the theories about teachers' beliefs and attitudes and a belief system according to Paul A. Sabatier. The teachers' approach to the reform is defined as their acceptance of the reform and the extent of their activities in the reform. The teachers' acceptance of the reform is formulated in two dimensions. The first one is teachers' acceptance of the reform objectives. The other one is teachers' acceptance of the new teacher role as a co-creator of the curriculum. The teachers' attitudes appear to be mainly problematic in the second category which deals to formalism of the reform. As main reasons of teachers' disagreement on the reform were identified the problems in the reform implementation phase, teachers' ideological opposition to the reform, inadequate explanation of the reform meaning by central authorities, which leads to a misunderstanding of the reform objectives by teachers, and an implementation of the reform...
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Main Characteristics of Effective School and its Benefit for Improvement in Education and Further Pupil's Development
Novotná, Hana ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Basl, Josef (referee)
9 RÉSUMÉ The Czech educational system came during the last years through many changes. Into force came the New School Act No. 561/2004 (School Act) that among others states schools' duty to conduct self-evaluation and develop their own educational programme. This thesis introduces school effectiveness research, meaningful from the end of the seventies and beginning of the eighties. In the Czech Republic the research is valid from the 1989. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to discussion on school effectiveness research in the Czech Republic, while the research is discussed from the view of school evaluation. At the same time this work offers a possibility to apply the theoretical research into Czech schools practise: their activity and evaluation. Further, one of the main statements of the school effectiveness research - that school has an impact on pupils not only on their academic knowledge but also on their future development - is investigated. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part explores theoretical data on the research and deals with its main parts: school added value, correlates of effective school, school improvement, school's quality and it also investigates the balance between external and self-evaluation. In the conclusion of the first part, there are expressed critical...
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Evaluation of Minimal Preventive Programs in Elementary Schools with Bearings to Prague 5
Francová, Magdaléna ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with minimal preventive programs in elementary schools in Prague and research of evaluation of these programs. Theoretical background is on evaluation of public policy, the school as an educational institution, risk behavior and primary prevention. The research is qualitative in nature and based on semi-structured interviews, and on the analysis of minimal prevention programs in elementary schools in Prague 5. Work includes design of a single structure of these programs and design of an evaluation tool for external evaluators. Programs from Prague 5 are evaluated on the basis of this evaluation tool. Subsequently the best program is analyzed as an example of good practice in a case study.
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