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Learning with Elements of Inquiry-based Science Education Focused on Invertebrate Animals of the School Garden for Pupils of the 2nd Grade of Primary School
Sedláčková, Denisa ; Svobodová, Silvie (advisor) ; Říhová, Dagmar (referee)
The thesis delves into teaching with elements of inquiry-based education, with a focus on invertebrate animals in the school garden environment. The theoretical section addresses the instruction of invertebrate animals at the 2nd level of primary school, characterizing representatives commonly encountered by students in the school garden. Simultaneously, it identifies the potential of the school garden for natural science education. This section also describes activating teaching methods to be implemented in the proposed educational program. The practical part of the thesis thoroughly explores the design of an educational program with an emphasis on investigative elements. This program includes the production of tools for collecting and capturing invertebrate animals, such as creating insect hotels, beetle traps, and pitfall traps. The thesis also meticulously examines the practical utilization of various tools for identifying captured invertebrates. The proposed educational program has been carefully implemented and subsequently thoroughly verified in practice. In the research section of the thesis, a systematic study was conducted using pretests and posttests to examine the impact of the applied educational program on changes in students' knowledge and attitudes towards invertebrates. This...
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Environmental education in the after-school club
Hrabíková, Adéla ; Thorovská, Alena (advisor) ; Zvírotský, Michal (referee)
Title of bachelor's thesis: Environmental Education in School Clubs This bachelor's thesis is focused on school clubs, environmental education and possibilities of introducing the environmental education into extracurricular education of children. The theoretical part describes basic terms of the school clubs and environmental education, their history and offers examples of implementing the environmental education into the school clubs. Further on it summarizes possibilities of realizing the environmental education in school gardens. It emphasizes the importance of forming relationship with nature and the environment. The practical part of the thesis looks at using the school gardens as an irreplaceable attribute to school education. It not only forms positive attitude and knowledge of students but also provides school clubs with an outdoor space for leisure time. It gives examples of suitable and unsuitable plants and other elements for the school gardens. The thesis presents a draft design of a school garden with description of individual parts and plants of garden and its use for primary and secondary school and school clubs. It descibes the place within the garden and its close proximity. Keywords: school club, environmental education, school garden, nature, environment
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School gardens from the point of view of primary school pupils
KUŠTOVÁ, Sabina
This master's thesis focuses on school gardens and how 5th-grade pupils perceive them. Findings about school gardens, their facilities and educational benefits can be found in the literature review section. The data collection was conducted via survey with the goal of gauging elementary pupils' current opinions on school gardens. Based on the 157 answers, their outlook on school gardens is positive and the pupils themselves would like to spend more time in the gardens as a means of learning outdoors.
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Science worksheets on the topic "Water" for teaching in a school garden
Kakešová, Kristýna ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Svobodová, Silvie (referee)
Most elementary schools in the Czech Republic have a school garden, but despite frequently emphasized benefits of fieldwork, it is difficult for many schools to include their school garden in their classes. Therefore, the main goal of this diploma thesis was to create and test worksheets for teaching in a school garden at the second grade of elementary school (i.e. pupils 12 to 15 years old). Ten worksheets are focused on the topic "water"; four of them are dedicated to measurement of precipitation. The created materials were tested at a small rural school, whose school garden has been modernized in recent years. After minor modifications, the worksheets are useable in all school gardens. This thesis also contains created materials - worksheets with author's solutions and methodological manuals for teachers. The second goal of this thesis was to determine the effect of teaching with these worksheets on the pupils' attitude towards the school garden and the environment. To collect data from 34 respondents, I used modified standardized research tools Inclusion of Nature in Self (INS) and Two Major Environmental Values (2-MEV), the research was based on pre-test/post-test design. The achieved results show a positive effect on the pupils' attitude towards the school garden, the effect on the pupils'...
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Interdisciplinary teaching in the environment of school gardens on primary schools
DOKULILOVÁ, Petra
The main aim of the work is to make an offer of educational activities for primary school, which will be used in the school garden environment. At the same time, it will be applied intersubject relations in them. The selection of the topics was based on an analysis of The Framework Educational Program and textbooks of FRAUS publishing. The six areas of educational activities include detailed instructions for realization, worksheets, and other teaching aids. All activities were verified in the school garden of Horka-Domky, Třebíč primary school. On the testing participated pupils in the third and fifth year of primary school. Success was evaluated by pre-test (test of input knowledge) and post-test (test of output knowledge), realized before the teaching and a week after. For the Art lesson was used a questionnaire about the popularity of the lesson and satisfaction with their own artefact. The results show that pupil's input knowledge was at a very high level. They achieved the greatest improvement in educational activities focused on English vocabulary and measurement. According to the questionnaire was the lesson of the Art assessed as fun. Pupils appreciated working outdoors.
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Teaching biology and mathematics with the use of model school gardens
KOSOVÁ, Kamila
The aim of the diploma thesis is to develop an educational offer usable for outdoor teaching at upper primary schools. The interdisciplinary principles between the school subjects of biology and mathematics are applied in a series of complex tasks. The theoretical part summarizes the issues of the FEP (Framework Education Programme), also the anchoring of natural history and mathematics in the FEP BE (Framework Education Programme for Basic Education) and lastly the interdisciplinary relationships and the use of school gardens. The main benefit of this work is a development of a specific curriculum for subjects of mathematics and natural history. It consists of eight activities applicable to teaching in school gardens. However, most activities are suitable for both outdoors and indoors teaching. Individual activities include a methodological sheet for teachers and a worksheet for students. By reason of the Covid-19 pandemic, the worksheets were evaluated by fifteen practicing teachers using a structured interview method. Final versions of the worksheets were finished based on their comments and observations. Respondents' answers are included in the chapter Discussion.
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school garden as a natural trail
ROUBÍČKOVÁ, Tereza
The thesis is on nature learning using the school garden in science education at the first grade of primary school. In the theoretical section, the author presents the history and present of school gardens. It also describes garden pedagogy, its effects and methods. On the basis of the information found in the theoretical section, the author proposed a learning trail, which he discusses in the practical part. In total, five stops related to the normal natural phenomena of the Czech countryside were proposed. A worksheet has been drafted for each stand to fix the information received. Feedback from practical teachers points to the fact that individual suggestions are usable at primary school level.
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Utilization of School Garden for Practical Activities with Plants at Lower-secondary School
Grygová, Petra ; Skýbová, Jana (advisor) ; Říhová, Dagmar (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with use of a school garden for practical activities during excursion activities. The specific selected locality is the school garden of Business Academy and Secondary School of Agriculture and Ecology in Žatec. The main goal was preparation of practical activities that might be implemented in the school garden and their verification in classes of lower grades students of the lower-secondary school. The proposed research was carried out through didactic tests, in which the input knowledge was considered before the implementation of practical activities (pretest) and the knowledge acquired was afterwards verified in a posttest. The overall didactic concept of botanically oriented activities was elaborated in accordance with biology didactics. Subsequently, another survey took place in a form of attitude questionnaire, which aimed to determine popularity of practical activities in the school garden by the students themselves. The achieved research results demonstrate that practical activities with plants in the school garden are effective and popular form of teaching. KEYWORDS student, teaching forms and methods, school garden, practical activities, excursion activities, didactic test, attitude questionnaire
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