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Issue of creating school curriculum
Rozkydalová, Andrea ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Čapek Adamec, Martin (referee)
1 ABSTRACT: This bachelor's work covers the issue of creating school curriculum (SC). The theoretical part proceeds from the system of curriculum documents and methodology of creating SC. The next part of this work deals with analysis of seven different SC, specifically the part People and nature and Educational subject Chemistry and analysis of characteristics of Educational subject Chemistry. Sample of analysed schools consists of seven elementary schools. With connection to creating SC the next part focuses on articles that deal with this issue in specialist magazines and teachers' opinions about implementing SC into schools. It also includes dialogs with teachers that created SC for their schools. Advantages and disadvantages of implementing SC into schools emerge from these dialogues as well as valuable advices about creating the documents themselves. The conclusion of this work was creation SC for Educational subject Chemistry that is going to be used as a sample for teaching since school year 2014/2015.
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Interactive Tools in Chemistry Education
Helceletová, Zuzana ; Čapek Adamec, Martin (advisor) ; Rusek, Martin (referee)
Information and Communication technologies (further only "ICT") are becoming an essential part of the society, of its structure and functions and impact the lives of individuals. Integration of ICT into education together with a change in the traditional education system into a modern one is therefore seen as an important factor of further development. The paper deals with some of the options of how to utilize electronic support for teaching chemistry at secondary schools. It is mainly the visualisation of the subject matter, proper positive motivation of students and their activation. The paper describes in detail presentation of chemistry using specialized computer software and visualisation of chemical processes. One of the goals of this paper is to present different software for teaching support and to compare them with regards to functionality, user-friendliness and possibilities of other application. Among the selected software there are: ACD/Chemsketch, Isis/Draw, WebLab Viewer Lite, Orbitel Viewer, ArgusLab, Anorganicka chemie, ChemDraw, ChemLab, Basic Chemi and LM Chemie. The significant part of the paper is dedicated to Wolfram Mathematica software, summarizing the essential information about the author, distributor, different versions of the software and their possible utilization....
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Creating Illustrative Excercises for Standards for Elementary Education in the Thematic Area of Organic Compounds
Žitný, Vladimír ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Beneš, Pavel (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the way of verification of the fulfilment of expected outputs of primary education in the thematic unit of organic chemistry. Based on the gradual evaluation of the reform of the Czech educational system, requirements to formulate the outputs more specifically have emerged and led to the initiation of the primary education standards. In the theoretical section the need of the preparation of the standards for the natural science studies is justified, further the methodology of the illustrative tasks output for the thematic unit of organic chemistry is decribed. In the practical section the way of verification of suggested illustrative tasks is explained, as well as the evaluation of the results of the verification and resume of the comments of primary school teachers participating in the research. The conclusion presumably suggests the necessity of revision of the framing educational program (RVP) of primary education for the science subjects and also shows further work options in this sphere, namely creating other illustrative tasks.1
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Constructivism in Organic Chemistry Nomenclature Education
Musilová, Lucie ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Kotoučová, Hana (referee)
Organic chemistry nomenklature is one of the most importatnt matter of chemistry education. Its last change occured in 1993. The available high school chemistry textbooks, which have been analized, deal with nomenclature very briefly. They use the instructive educational approach which is mostly based on deduction. However, it is contrary to the contemporary attitude of education. This is the substantiation for creating the alternative procedure and verifying the availability in practice. This work presents two worksheets that deal with the introduction of the organic chemistry nomenclature. This is the substantiation of creating the alternative procedure and verifying the availability practice. This metodology has been assesed by teachers of grammar schools. Due to the reactions, the material was positively evaluated not only by students but also by teachers themselves. Remarks acquired by piloting were incorporated into the material and can therefore be tested on a larger representative sample.
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Interdisciplinary Access to Teaching Science at Vocational Schools with Nonchemical Specialization
Kuželová, Nikola ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Beneš, Pavel (referee)
Implementation of school educational programmes brought many changes, particularly at secondary schools in the Czech Republic. One of them is the inclusion of education into the field of natural sciences in many fields of secondary vocational schools, where it was previously missing. This brought some specifics and problems. Some schools are coping with the current situation by implementing an integrated science course. A part of this bachelor thesis is focused on the current state of science teaching in the Czech Republic. The main contribution of this thesis are the results of the content analysis of educational programmes at schools, where the integrated science course is taught. Special attention was paid to the actual implementation of the course, number of hours, general objectives and educational strategies. Another part of this thesis contains the results of a research on teachers' approach to teaching chemistry at secondary vocational schools and the results of a structured interview with a teacher of the integrated science course. The approach to the integration of science courses and teachers' attitudes towards this concept of teaching is evaluated as well.
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Students' Attitudes Towards Chemistry According to the Secondary School They Attend
Rusek, Martin ; Beneš, Pavel (advisor) ; Bílek, Martin (referee) ; Škoda, Jiří (referee)
TITLE: Students' Attitudes Towards Chemistry According to the Secondary School They Attend AUTHOR: PhDr. Martin Rusek DEPARTMENT: Katedra chemie a didaktiky chemie SUPERVISOR: prof. RNDr. Pavel Beneš, CSc. ABSTRACT: The research presented in this thesis completes the data with the information about so far neglected vocational schools students' attitudes towards chemistry. After the curricular reform, impact put on general education, including chemistry, brings considerable changes in this area. The questionnaire used was focused on three spheres: students' attitudes towards chemistry, didactical facilities used in chemistry education and students' attitudes towards particular chemical topics. The questionnaire was submitted to students (N = 959) at the beginning of the school year after they entered secondary school. That way the results reflect students' attitudes constructed at primary schools. The results show negative students' attitudes. They are mostly affected by the difficulty of the subject and also by students' low interest in the topics. It was also proved that topics close to students' lives play a vital role. Based on the results of the research, proposals may be word in order to solve the situation: emphasizing activating methods such as: experimental work and active observation, also...
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Tools for Creating Organic Compound Formulas and Possibilities of their Use in Chemistry Education
Stárková, Dagmar ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Čapek Adamec, Martin (referee)
The thesis explores suitability of software for drawing formulas in organic chemistry and its preparation in elementary and high schools. It uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods and notes that this kind of software could be a practical teaching aid if it was properly placed in the educational process. The thesis represents essential functions of these programs with respect to their technical demands. It also examines the current status of the use of software for drawing formulas from the teachers perspective in primary and secondary education. Presented is an overview of the functions of software for drawing formulas with regard to their use in organic chemistry. The findings of this research indicate that organic chemistry is the topic where the editors are most commonly used. It was also found that respondents use software for drawing formulas very rarely, especially to prepare for teaching, less in the school. In today's digital age, this condition cannnot be accepted. It is necessary to examine various options for the use of information and communication technologies and to promote their effective integration into chemistry education as many researches have shown.
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Activating Strategies of Managing Students' Learning Process in Chemistry
Gabriel, Štěpán ; Rusek, Martin (advisor) ; Beneš, Pavel (referee)
TITLE: Activating Strategies of Managing Students' Learning Process in Chemistry AUTHOR: Št pán Gabriel DEPARTMENT: Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Education VEDOUCÍ PRÁCE: PhDr. Martin Rusek ABSTRACT This thesis is focused on literature-search evaluation of modern methods applied in chemistry education. Firstly, the development of chemistry education from the beginnings of the Czech schooling system until present is briefly described. Further, currently the most widely discussed methods used in Science education eventually Chemistry were defined based on the analysis of scientific literature and other available electronic resources. These methods are briefly characterized; an evaluation of the possibility of their usage in teaching practice in terms of Czech schools is made not only with regards to the educational reality in schools, but also with respect to the law (Framework Educational Programmes). KEYWORDS: Chemistry teaching, modern teaching methods, constructivism, project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, STEM, STEAM
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Model of creating motivational items for use in non-chemical vocational schools
Rusek, Martin ; Pumpr, Václav (advisor) ; Dušek, Bohuslav (referee)
TITLE: Model of creating motivational items for use in non-chemical vocational schools SUMMARY: Presently, there have been significant reforms in the field of education in progress in the Czech Republic. Among others, formerly valid educational standards are being replaced by new standards - Framework Educational Programmes. They have also become effective for secondary schools since 1st September 2009. One of the changes is an addition of science based subjects (thus also chemistry) to all the framework educational programmes for every field of study in vocational schools. Hence, the number of pupils who will be taught science has grown comparing to the previous years. As it was confirmed by an inquiry made for the purposes of this thesis, the above mentioned group of pupils represents the majority among pupils in secondary schools. It was important to analyze the learning environment at non-chemical vocational schools, in order to support as effective utilization of learning units assigned for this schools as possible. For this purpose, there were several surveys run. Out of the results, it is possible to imply that the learning environments at non-chemical vocational schools and grammar schools are very different. Therefore it is important to perform the chemistry based education at non-chemical...
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Model of creating motivational items for use in non?chemical vocational schools
Rusek, Martin ; Beneš, Pavel (referee) ; Pumpr, Václav (advisor)
TITLE: Model of creating motivational items for use in non-chemical vocational schools SUMMARY: Presently, there have been significant reforms in the field of education in progress in the Czech Republic. Among others, formerly valid educational standards are being replaced by new standards - Framework Educational Programmes. They have also become effective for secondary schools since 1st September 2009. One of the changes is an addition of science based subjects (thus also chemistry) to all the framework educational programmes for every field of study in vocational schools. Hence, the number of pupils who will be taught science has grown comparing to the previous years. As it was confirmed by an inquiry made for the purposes of this thesis, the above mentioned group of pupils represents the majority among pupils in secondary schools. It was important to analyze the learning environment at non-chemical vocational schools, in order to support as effective utilization of learning units assigned for this schools as possible. For this purpose, there were several surveys run. Out of the results, it is possible to imply that the learning environments at non-chemical vocational schools and grammar schools are very different. Therefore it is important to perform the chemistry based education at non-chemical...
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