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The Science in Intended Curriculum and Framework Documents in Selected Countries
Holec, Jakub ; Dvořák, Dominik (advisor) ; Knecht, Petr (referee) ; Žák, Vojtěch (referee)
The main aim of this study is to enrich the discourse on developing an intended form of the science curriculum in different country contexts. A multi-case study research design uses methods of content and comparative analysis to find answers to the research questions. The empirical part of the thesis consists of single case studies of England, Finland, Scotland and the United States of America containing contexts of the current curriculum development, description and interpretation of analysed structural and content phenomena in the curriculum of primary (ISCED 1) and secondary education (ISCED 2). Based on the single case studies of curricula, a comparative multi-case study is conducted, which focuses on the identification and interpretation of common and different features in the structure and content of the curricula to be compared. The studied documents can be divided into competency- oriented and subject-oriented curricula, nevertheless, each curriculum contains elements of both approaches. The subject content of the contemporary curricula seems to be more elaborated or at least more detailed than in documents of the previous decade. It is possible that even in the field of curriculum development there is political influence of neoconservative forces or an intellectual influence of so-called...
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Reflection of the Highland Clearances in Historical Novels
Hejtmánek, Matěj ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with historical events of the Highland Clearances. This concept refers to the events that took place in the late eighteen century and early nineteenth century. In this time period Scottish Highlands were going through significant social and cultural changes. The Highland Clearances caused the displacement and dispersion of many thousands of local people from Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland; mostly it was people with agricultural background who eventually had to move to big cities in the south of Scotland, to England or even abroad. These events still matter to a lot of Scots and are widely regarded as historical tragedy or trauma. This thesis focuses on analysis of 3 historical novels which portrayed these events. Specifically it is Waverley (1814), Butcher's Broom (1934) a Consider the Lilies (1968). These novels are analyzed and compared based on the origin of their author, the selection of the aspects of the Clearances, which they focus on, and its overall contribution and the form of presentation.
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Jacobite Risings and its Reflection in Literature
KUBNÁ, Marie
The Diploma thesis, Jacobite Risings and its Reflection in Literature, deals with historical and literary analysis with the aid of historical texts, which describe events and mood of people in the course of Jacobite risings in Scotland. The aim of this thesis is to compare historical novels from fourth of the chosen authors and to find out if history is only background or the main theme of the story. The chosen representatives of historical novels are Sir Walter Scott, Nigel Tranter, Neil Munro and Anya Seton. The first part of the thesis introduces the theory and characterization of the genre of historical novel and describes historical events at the beginning of the 18th century. The next part focuses on analysis of the chosen historical novels. The objective of the analysis is to point out the differences of the texts and the connection of the story with historical facts.
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Pride and the Nation.
Bartošík, Jan ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis is dedicated to political, legal and cultural relations on the lands of the present British Isles in the second half of the thirteenth century and at the beginning of the fourteenth century. A person that is considered crucial for this period and the pivotal "point" of this thesis is King Edward I of England. The first part of this work deals with his life before his accession to the throne. Annexation of Wales is analysed in the second part of thesis as well as the means used by Edward and subsequent administrative division of the country. The third part analyses the situation in the lands of Scotland. The author scrutinizes hereditary succession of the crown and interference of the English King in the Scottish nobility disputes. Moreover, it analyses the beginning and the times during the Scottish war for independence and deconstructs the positions of the leading figures involved. In the last part of the thesis, the author analyses the political and social situation on the British Isles after the death of Edward I of England and the succession of his son, Edward II.
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Landscape and Environment of Peter May's Novels
FIXOVÁ, Jitka
The thesis focuses on the description of the Scottish landscape, especially the Hebrides archipelago (The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man, The Ches Man), in a contrast to the description of nature and landscape in the epic series of novels from the European continent (The Enzo Files) by Scottish regional author Peter May. In comparison with the description of nature and landscape and of the French countryside in The Critic, the work includes the author's narration of the city environment in the novel Extraordinary People. The work characterizes the genre of May's novels (Criminal Thriller) and examines the relationship between the descriptions of the landscape and the location of the plot with the elements of the genre mentioned (motives of tension and mystery, violence, crime and emotionally escalated life situations). The work also tries to watch the author's relationship with the region and the tradition of Scottish regional literature.
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The Anglo-Scottish Struggle from the Outset of the Hundred Years' War to the Battle of Neville Cross: The Perspective of English Official Documents
Novota, Pavel ; Drška, Václav (advisor) ; Suchánek, Drahomír (referee)
Why the term 'Anglo-Scottish Struggle' between 1337 and 1346? Why 'The Perspective of English Official Documents'? What influence did the so-called 'Hundred Year's War' have on the Anglo-Scottish relations in the first years of the war? What impact did the 'Scottish issue' have on the policy of the English king during the Anglo-French conflict? How did the perspective of English official documents differ from that of English chronicles or Scottish/French primary sources? What role did the rhetoric of these source play? How was it portrayed? The following thesis will try to analyse some of the aforementioned issues and will strive to prove that the Scottish kingdom had a profound impact on the English policy in multiple respects from the outset of the Hundred Years' War until the battle of Neville's Cross almost ten years later.
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Media Image of Brexit in Scotland
Knoblochová, Martina ; Marjanovič, Teodor (advisor) ; Moravec, Václav (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals with media image of Brexit in Scottish media, particularly in three chosen newspapers The Herald, The Scotsman and Daily Record, considering specificities of the Scottish culture. The thesis focuses especially on reactions in opinion articles towards the referendum about leaving the European Union and coherent separatistic atmosphere one month before and after the historical voting (from 23rd May until 23rd July 2016). Firstly, this thesis provides theoretical facts including the historical context, a description of a political situation in the UK and Scottish culture or a definition media background in Scotland. The author assumes referring of authors of opinion articles about Brexit was crucially influenced by the perception of "Scottishness", which defines Scots from their British neighbours, most importantly Englishmen.The goal of the thesis is not to discover, how many articles were published but what were the most often mentioned topics, what Scottish authors regarded as important and how did they face the idea of Scottish independence in connection with the results of the Brexit referendum.
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Tourism in a Chosen Region of Scotland
Šrámková, Adéla ; Jenčková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Kalábová, Markéta (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor's thesis is to find out and to assess the condition of tourism in a chosen region of Scotland. It is concentrated mainly on incoming tourism. The thesis focuses on characteristics of accommodation facilities, their classification and categorization. The theoretical part includes characteristics of the whole Scotland in general, describes preconditions for the tourism development and presents some organizations related to tourism. In the theoretical part, there is also a description of the chosen region and its attractions. Moreover, different statistics related both to the whole country and the chosen region were processed. Using the method of structured interview, three accommodation facilities were analysed in a certain location. The interviews helped to obtain more detailed cognition of local accommodation facilities and to identify advantages and problems related to tourism in the location. Thanks to the comparison of statistics and thanks to the own research, the condition of tourism in the region was assessed.
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Media Image of Brexit in Scotland
Knoblochová, Martina ; Marjanovič, Teodor (advisor) ; Moravec, Václav (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals with media image of Brexit in Scottish media, particularly in three chosen newspapers The Herald, The Scotsman and Daily Record, considering specificities of the Scottish culture. The thesis focuses especially on reactions in opinion articles towards the referendum about leaving the European Union and coherent separatistic atmosphere one month before and after the historical voting (from 23rd May until 23rd July 2016). Firstly, this thesis provides theoretical facts including the historical context, a description of a political situation in the UK and Scottish culture or a definition media background in Scotland. The author assumes referring of authors of opinion articles about Brexit was crucially influenced by the perception of "Scottishness", which defines Scots from their British neighbours, most importantly Englishmen.The goal of the thesis is not to discover, how many articles were published but what were the most often mentioned topics, what Scottish authors regarded as important and how did they face the idea of Scottish independence in connection with the results of the Brexit referendum.
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