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Didactical transformation in using the scheme and pictures within human biology lessons at lower-secondary level
ČURDOVÁ, Hana
Presented thesis deals with the question of whether pre-service and in-service teachers are capable of didactic transformation. The aim was to assess the extent to which they are able to create a simplified version of complicated professional illustrations, which they would present in the teaching of human biology to pupils in the eighth grade of lower-secondary school. Drawing was used as the main research tool and the research was intentionally performed on the two mentioned groups of respondents in order to monitor the differences between pre-service teachers and those teachers who already have practical experiences with didactic transformation. The thesis also contains an analysis of the most frequently used textbooks in the teaching of human biology at primary school. Drawings of teachers and students were evaluated using predetermined evaluation criteria. It was found that all respondents demonstrated a very good ability of didactic transformation. Both pre - service and in-service teachers had an excellent knowledge of the content, but the in-service teachers had a more developed didactic level of mediating the curriculum to students, which confirms the fact that they chose only the most fundamental concepts and the drawings were rather schematic. Unlike pre-servise teachers, in-servise teachers drew a scheme step by step. They mastered it during the ongoing interpretation and they tried to explain the overall issues of the topic on real-life examples.
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Lower-secondary students' drawings as a tool for finding their knowledge about human body constitution
ČURDOVÁ, Hana
Presented bachelor thesis evaluates drawings of primary school pupils in relation to determine their knowledge about human body from biological point of view. There were involved 120 pupils in this research. Sixty of them were from the 6th grade and the other 60 pupils were from the 8th grade. Students were supposed to draw and describe internal structures of human body, which they considered as importnant, on printed silhouette of human body in the given paper. They were also asked to link those organs into functional organ systems. After that, they arbitrarily chose two of those systems, which they were supposed to describe more in detail and draw them again into two additional silhouettes. The evaluation was made on the basis of previously established criteria, which were based on the evaluation of drawings in Reiss and Tunnicliffe (2001) research. There were also watched chosen misconceptions about human body structure in created drawings. In evaluating the number of drawn internal structures in the first summary drawing, the pupils of the 6th grade achieved mostly the level involving 8 - 9 drawn internal structures, while the majority of the pupils of the 8th grade reached the lower level, involving only 6 - 7 drawn internal structures. Of all the drawn internal structures which were drawn by both grades, the most frequent were brain and heart. In terms of misplaced internal structures the 6th grade pupils had more wrongly drawn structures of human body than the 8th grade pupils. In assessment of functional connection of organs into individual organ systems was found that almost none of the pupils were able to connect the organs into complete organ systems. In the second part of testing, most of the 6th grade pupils chose respiratory and digestive systems, and the 8th grade pupils chose respiratory and nerve systems.
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Temporary foster care - Foster child's adaptation process and transition to adoptive family.
ČURDOVÁ, Hana
In my thesis I deal with temporary foster care where the aim of the thesis is to analyse the process of child's introduction and transition into the care of future adoptive parents and to map out the experience and opinions of both future adoptive and temporary foster parents. The partial objective is to identify the opportunities and risks of this process, focusing on the subjective experience of the research participants. In order to reach the set target a method of qualitative research was chosen, namely an interview, specifically the technique of an unstructured interview. The research was divided into two parts. In the first part of the research interviews were conducted with future adoptive parents and in the second part with temporary foster parents who had at least two children in their care. For evaluation of results a cluster analysis was used. The results of the research show that future adoptive parents have considerable reservations about the process of getting acquainted with the child; their experience regarding the actual transition of the child into their care vary. Moreover they perceive the impact of this process on the child rather negatively. Further, the research shows that most temporary foster parents do not have a negative experience with introduction and transition of the child into the care of future adoptive parents. However, the whole research has revealed many pitfalls in this process. Intended merit of this thesis lies in the fact that the results can be used as a source of information for social workers, prospective adoptive parents, temporary foster parents and for staff of support organizations or general public.
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Performance of the Care Contribution Agenda in the Municipality with Extended Scope of Dačice after the Social Reform Seen by Recipients of the Care Contribution.
ČURDOVÁ, Hana
Since January 1, 2007 a new social security benefit has been provided: Care Allowance. This benefit is regulated by Act No. 108 of 2006, about social services. The Act defines conditions of help and benefit distribution to people, dependent on other person's help, who got into a difficult social situation. I have chosen the topic, regarding Care Allowance, on the basis of my professional experience in this issue. The aim of this thesis was to survey opinions of Care Allowance beneficiaries (families with a disabled child), regarding office workers' work before and after social reform and find out the impact of the reform on beneficiaries. The theoretical part contains a short reference to the situation before passing the Law of Social Services, a short introduction of the Law of Social Services (effective from January 1, 2007) and social reform. Next part of the thesis describes Care Allowance after social reform, thus after January 1, 2012. It specifically contains: Care Allowance impact on social services sphere, claim conditions, extend of dependance, benefit amount and its payment, Care Allowance proceedings, terms of authorities, Care Allowance use and duties resulting from the law. The thesis describes in detail a social worker, his or her role and authority. A term "handicap" was defined in the conclusion of the theorethical part. The practical part of the bachelor's thesis elicits communication partners' opinions on office workers' work. The research question was: How do Care Allowance beneficiaries ( families with a disabled child) evaluate office workers' work before and after social reform? On the basis of the research question, I set four questions and worked with them during the research. The research sample consisted of twelve families with a disabled child, who were chosen on the basis of their free decision. These families were Care Allowance beneficiaries before and after social reform, which is essential here. The research was carried out by means of quantitative survey, an inquiry method and a method of semi-structured dialogue with the parent with a disabled child, who draws Care Allowance. According to the facts elicited from the communication partners, social reform is perceived rather negatively than positively. There is a significant difference between work of social workers of municipal authorities in Dačice and work of social workers of employment office in Dačice. Communication partners see differences in helpfulness, satisfaction, knowledge and workers' experience. Employment office workers are evaluated by communication partners very negatively, on the contrary municipal authorities workers' work is evaluated absolutely positively. Communication partners mention another serious problem, which is misfunction of Care Allowance payment, the benefit is paid out late, up to one month later. In the conclusion of the thesis, I suggest solving to the problematic situation, that was revealed in the research.
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