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Creation and testing of educational materials for the Geological park of Faculty of Science
Poláček, Boris ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Matějka, Dobroslav (referee)
The thesis is focused on use of the geological science park as a mean of acquiring and developing knowledge in the field of geoscience disciplines in the teaching of natural science, biology and geography at primary schools and secondary grammar schools. This thesis consists of a general retrieval of teaching geoscientific disciplines at basic schools and secondary grammar schools based on the national curriculum standarts including description of actual situation in a selected school where my teaching praxis took place. Worksheets for pupils and methodical materials for teachers will be created as means to support teaching in the geological park. Finally, the potential of the created materials will be evaluated from the attractiveness and better remembering of knowledge in geoscience disciplines point of view. Key words: geological park, worksheets, teaching geology
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Evaluation of High School practical courses
Chudomelová, Iva ; Drda Morávková, Alena (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
Science courses, as biology, chemistry and physics, constitute significant real subjects it is necessary to rely mainly on experiments and observations. In other words, the practical training is the hallmark of science. Practical training has a positive effect on increasing the attractiveness of individual objects, but in meaning of cognitive function is still debated its merits. What stand the laboratory work for the teachers, as a mediator of the teaching process? Research shows that the practical training teachers perceived positively mainly because of the perfect linking theory with practice, the lower the number of pupils and their proactive approach in teaching. Negatively seems time consuming, consisting mainly of fetch and training material. Keywords: biology education and science courses, lab courses, school laboratory, time allocated to science practices
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Design and testing of students'materials for a field trip to Brdy area
Přibylová, Anna ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Kroufek, Roman (referee)
The reason why I chose this topic is that field trips (short-term or long-term) have demonstrable effect on students' knowledge, values and attitudes as well as teachers' skills. The objective of this thesis was to prepare a field trip including all needed teaching materials and evaluate it's effect on students' knowledge. Created teaching materials were tested in four classes in two primary school in Příbram and a nearby village. Students from these schools were divided into two groups - experimental and control. The experimental group attended the field trip and the control group got involved in the same program but at school. Both groups completed pretest, teaching, posttest 1 (with a feedback about teaching), posttest 2 and 3. Data collected from this research were evaluated using statistical methods. The results from these methods proved a significant difference of knowledge between groups in posttest 1 and 2. The score of both groups gained in posttest 3 was similar. We can conclude that students of both groups learned new information and their knowledge improved. Nevertheless the field trip had significantly higher effect on students' knowledge than the school lesson. Key words: teaching methods, field trip, students' knowledge, knowledge testing
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Comparison of effectiveness of teaching using computers vs. 3D models
Andělová, Denisa ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Jáč, Martin (referee)
Currently, pupils' interest in science continues to decline, although this area of education is very important in every day life (medicine, environment, etc.) and there is high demand for science professions on the labor market. Molecular biology curriculum concerning DNA and the transfer of genetic information is abstract and difficult topic for pupils to imagine, and for teachers to explain. There are many ways to teach this topic. Very popular are iquiry and laboratory practise. But not all schools have their own laboratories, and can teach molecular practical effectivelly. Inquiry based teaching is time consuming to prepare, and not every topic is appropriate to be taught this way. Another possibilities how to visualize "invisible" molecules and processes are computer software and animations or 3D physical model. In my thesis, I examined the effect of using computers and animations to teach abou DNA compared to using a 3D physical model on students' knowledge. I laso tested the possible influence of gender and pupils' preferences on their achieved score on knowledge tests. The research was performed in five classes at three high schools in Prague. Students in year 12 were on different types of high school and some of them took special biology class, their age was between 15 and 18 years. The...
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Preferences of pupils for different zoological objects in biology lessons
Sailerová, Barbora ; Mourek, Jan (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
The main object of this thesis was to find out whether grammar school students prefer zoological objects in biology lessons presented a) on photo in their natural habitat or b) the real specimen presented in liquid in glass cylinders and burettes. I have chosen these research questions: 1. In which form do pupils prefer zoological objects, the real specimen presented in liquid in glass cylinders or burettes or in their natural habitat on a photograph? 2. How do these preferences differ during the course of their high school study? 3. How do these preferences differ according to gender? 4. Are these preferences influenced by a specific animal? 5. Are these preferences influenced by other factors, e.g. by the appearance and personal experiences with live nature or frequency of using these objects in biology lessons. The research was implemented by using a questionnaire and a preferential test and was given to first and third year students from five Prague high schools. The conclusion of my research study shows that students prefer neither animals on photographs nor the real specimen presented as a liquid preparation. My research did not show that the preferences of the tested students were influenced by any of the tested factors, e.g. type of living, popularity of biology or students' grade in...
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Field education in science and its effect on attitudes and knowledge of pupils
Šibravová, Jitka ; Mourek, Jan (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
This thesis discusses the effectiveness of field education in science and its impact on the attitudes and knowledge of pupils from primary and secondary schools. It summarizes the findings from researches already performed on this topic. The studies indicate that the inclusion of field trips in curriculum plays an important role in the educational process and positively influences the attitudes and knowledge of students. An alternative to real excursions to the countryside can be a virtual field trip, during which the students gain information about the topic using the information technology. Moreover, this thesis deals with the factors affecting the implementation of field trips and also comprises the attitudes of teachers towards this method of teaching. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Evaluation of High school biology classes and proportion of practical courses
Chudomelová, Iva ; Drda Morávková, Alena (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
Science courses, as biology, chemistry and physics, constitute significant real subjects it is necessary to rely mainly on experiments and observations. In other words, the practical training is the hallmark of science. Practical training has a positive effect on increasing the attractiveness of individual objects, but in meaning of cognitive function is still debated its merits. What stand the laboratory work for the teachers, as a mediator of the teaching process? Research shows that the practical training teachers perceived positively mainly because of the perfect linking theory with practice, the lower the number of pupils and their proactive approach in teaching. Negatively seems time consuming, consisting mainly of get and preparation the material. Keywords: biology education and science courses, lab courses, school laboratory, time allocated to science practices
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The molecular causes of human diseases and teaching of this topic on high school
Jirkovská, Magdaléna ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Mourek, Jan (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is a literature research that deals with The molecular causes of human diseases and teaching of this topic on high schools. The first part is focused on an explanation of the molecular causes of selected human diseases mentioned in textbooks for high schools. It also touches another possibilities of teaching these topics at secondary schools. Human diseases mentioned in this part of the bachelor's thesis were chosen by researche of textbooks. The second part of the thesis deals with the evaluation of textbooks. Textbooks were evaluated only in terms of the content of information related to the topic of my thesis. The evaluation criteria were stated upfront and they were identical for all textbooks.
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Drug prevention in secondary schools
Čermák, Martin ; Rajsiglová, Jiřina (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
Drugs seem to be really hot topic discussed especially at high schools. Not only the particular drug addicted person but also the entire society and even the state have to face to many risks. School institutions should become one of the places where the primary steps of prevention should be implemented. In order to prepare proper topics and themes for discussions and meetings against drug use, it is important to know which drugs are used and preferred by young Prague citizens. The main aim of this thesis is to map the real situation that exists in the area of drug us in Prague. That is why a survey - based on a questionnaire - was carried out to gather the data to be able to analyze the differences that exist among the students of high schools, especially grammar schools and vocational schools as well as the boys and girls. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on detailed information about particular drugs and mapping of the situation that exists in this area in Poland, Austria, Slovakia and Germany. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Histological Sections of Mouse Organs and their Usage in Secondary Education
Maratová, Klára ; Mourek, Jan (advisor) ; Janštová, Vanda (referee)
This thesis is concerned with the topic of teaching histology at secondary schools. Histology is focused on the study of microscopic structure of tissue. By this it comprises the basic foundation stone for the studies of organs and organ systems not merely in humans, but also in other animals. The method of preparing the permanent histological slides, which has also been tested in practice, is thoroughly described in this thesis. The main goal of the practical part was to prepare a representative collection of the permanent histological sections through the organs of the house mouse (Mus muculus), to acquire its photo documentation as a base for an interactive histological atlas. House mouse (Mus musculus) was chosen as the model animal, because of its frequent utilization in various laboratory experiments and because this model mammal has the structure of tissues similar to human. The atlas consists of the photo documentation of histological sections through the following organs: lungs, skin, heart, thymus gland, spleen, epididymis, testicle, penis, spermatic sacs, striated muscle, heart muscle, smooth muscle, liver, tongue, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, kidney, urinary bladder, urethra, cerebellum and hippocampus. The sections are stained with application of...
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