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Science tasks of PISA 2015 research - analysis of Czech pupils` results
Pschotnerová, Petra ; Mandíková, Dana (advisor) ; Blažek, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the results of Czech pupils in the science tasks of PISA 2015 examination. A deeper analysis of 15-year-old pupils` results in scientific literacy is carried out in this thesis. Introductory chapters are devoted to the characteristics of PISA research, its methods and the way the results are presented. The thesis contains the definition of PISA research and briefly shows the conceptual framework of scientific literacy for the need of PISA research. The following chapters are devoted to tasks and test questions used in PISA research, tests, the type of responses and the methods of their evaluation. The summary of the number of tasks used in particular assessments is also listed in this thesis. Previous bachelor theses written by Kateřina Bašátková and Karel Havlíček are extended by this work with the results in science tasks from PISA 2012 and PISA 2015 researches. The work maps Czech pupils` results from year 2000 until 2015 and summarises the results with respect to competencies, knowledge and systems. All results are compared with the results of other OECD countries. The most important part of this work is the penultimate chapter. The results of different types of tasks are discussed in this chapter as well as the questions with the highest and lowest score....
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Self-publishing v českém prostředí a změny na knižním trhu s ním spojené
Blažek, Radek ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
One of the first Czech research papers on self-publishing. Even though unsuccessful and forbidden authors could publish a book on their own in the past, the current phenomenon of self-publishing can be arranged on-line in just a few clicks and for much cheaper. Self- publishing began to spread since circa 2005 - in the Czech Republic and abroad simultaneously. This thesis shows how the development has unfolded differently in the Czech Republic and in the USA, which is considered the cradle of this technology. The first chapter of this thesis analyzes the history of book publishing and many different ways to publish a book, and defines self-publishing. The second chapter shows how the new technologies and media influenced the expansion of self-publishing. The third chapter analyzes and puts into context some of the Czech and the American self-publishing portals, and compares the providers of these services. Many professionals - editors, authors, and literary critics - criticize self-publishing for its amateurism and low quality content, which this work takes into account as well. This paper also documents some of the rare cases of self-published authors, who managed to succeed despite the tough competition from traditional publishing houses. In the last chapter the whole process of self-publishing...
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Odeon Publishing House: Current Profile and Media Image
Blažek, Radek ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
1 Abstract The main goal of this bachelor's thesis is to present Odeon, an important Czech publishing house. The first chapter covers the history of Odeon since its founding in the 1920s by Jan Fromek during a renaissance in the communist era to the problematic privatisation in the 1990s. The first chapter ends in 1999 when Bertelsmann bought Odeon's trademark. The next chapter describes Odeon in its current state. Nowadays Odeon publishes many different book genres; senior editor Jindřich Jůzl chracterises it as literary fiction. I present all four editions of Odeon: Světová knihovna (World's Library), Nobelova cena (Nobel's Prize), Česká řada (Czech Edition) and Knihovna klasiků (Classics Library) including various prominent writers and important books that Odeon holds the rights to. A description of marketing and public relations is also included. A discussion of literary reviews and readers' praise for the books of Odeon makes up most of the third chapter. Reception was usually positive and complimentary of Odeon's quality. The last chapter looks into the Czech book market, Odeon's position in Euromedia Group and I compare Odeon with its main competitors which according to Jindřich Jůzl are Argo, Host, Paseka, Kniha Zlín and Mladá fronta publishing houses. In this thesis I learned that Odeon is a...
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