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Metaphors and Analogies in Economics and Economic Education
Langer, Tomáš ; Krpálek, Pavel (advisor) ; Šlosár, Rudolf (referee) ; Pavera, Libor (referee)
Presented thesis explores the ground at the intersection of three topics: education, relational thinking and economics. Within the sphere of economic education it investigates the use of concepts known from (i) conceptual metaphor theory, (ii) psychological model of analogical reasoning, (iii) model of generative learning from educational psychology and (iv) existing research on use of metaphors and analogies in natural sciences education. Thesis shows the potential of metaphorical origin of economic terminology for teaching economic concepts and educational use of economic media content. At the same time it proposes a notation for visualizing metaphorical mappings between domains. It addresses economic interpretation from the viewpoint of the relationship between theoretical economic models and actual economic situations, as well as from the viewpoint of the relationship between mathematical structure of the model and its economic meaning. In the first case, it shows interpretative skill, being framed within the revised Bloom taxonomy, as a complex cognitive task, in the second case it develops model of economic interpretation of mathematical structures on the basis of psychological model of analogical reasoning. In both cases it formulates highlights students should know about the analogical nature of economic models. On the basis of the model of generative learning it develops a set of visual methaphors applicable in the introductory topics of microeconomics and macroeconomics and examines effects of their use in the classes of economics. By undertaking such research it initiates the exploration of paths leading in the directions suggested by the theoretical analysis.
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The further education of pedagogical employees at selected high school
Kenderešová, Martina ; Krpálek, Pavel (advisor) ; Pavera, Libor (referee)
The thesis deals with the further education of pedagogical employees at selected hight school. The work is divided into theoretical and empirical part. At the beginning of the first chapter are explained the basic terms. The next section is focused on legal framework that deal with further education. At the end of the theoretical part are presented some of the studies, which have already been conducted and which have investigated the opportunities of teacher´s further education and trends in that field in Czech republic and all over the world. The empirical part concentrates on the research and describes its implementation and the results and conclusions, which are derived from the research.
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Tiredness during studying and its overcoming (with a focus on the educational process in high school)
Trefná, Gabriela ; Pavera, Libor (advisor) ; Krpálková Krelová, Katarína (referee)
This diploma thesis addresses the issue of tiredness. I analyze tiredness from the point of view as the problem that may occur during the teaching process. The theoretical part is focused on the explanation of the concept of psychohygiene, from its historical development to the modern concept, i.e. mental health, tiredness, types of tiredness, its stages and determinants, the specification of the period of adolescence, the influence of environment on the individual. The part of the research addresses the root causes of student´s tiredness. It focuses on the subjective feeling of the perceptions of tiredness with regard to the day of the week, time, the environment of the high school, the influence of natural stimulants.
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Development of education of the Czech population in the years 1998 - 2012: issues and recommendations
Kaparykha, Kanstantin ; Pavera, Libor (advisor) ; Krpálková Krelová, Katarína (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the formulation of the concept of education, examines the development of education in the time between the years 1998-2012 in the context of international research on adult skills (PIAAC and SIALS). The work includes analysis of the dependence of unemployment of graduates without school-leaving certificate (maturita) on the number of university graduates. Furthermore, this thesis provides a number of recommendations to improve the educational system of the Czech Republic in the direction of higher education of its participants and better employability of secondary school graduates on the Czech labor market.
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