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Grammar school students criteria for university selection
BOJAROVÁ, Jana
The bachelor thesis investigates the issue of university selection made by Czech secondary grammar school students as well as the area of career counseling as such. The objective is to answer the question: What are the decision-making criteria of secondary grammar school students when choosing a university? The theoretical part explores professional literature focused on career counseling which deals with the choice of future profession and thus also with the university selection. The information related to various tertiary study motives is in compliance with the point of view of experts on individual criteria for university selection provided in the works mentioned in the theoretical part. The final part presents the results of the research aimed on finding the criteria for university selection of the Czech secondary grammar school students in the third year of their studies.
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Career choice in adolescence: role of gender stereotypes and identification with mathematics
Louda, Petr ; Smetáčková, Irena (advisor) ; Rendl, Miroslav (referee)
Career choice in education and the acquired/achieved level of education are factors that influence social status of men and women. Despite the fact that women, on average, currently achieve a higher level of education than men, women's marketplace status and their height of salary often do not correspond to it. One of the reasons is a low proportion of women in mathematics-related subjects. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of gender stereotypes and identification with mathematics in career choice. In the theoretical part of this thesis, I introduce the basic terms related to gender and gender stereotypes, the role gender plays in institutions and the potential causes of gender differences in the performance in mathematics. In the empirical part, I analyse data from a questionnaire study investigating career choice, level of identification with mathematics, attitudes to courses in the curriculum and the level of gender stereotypes in Czech adolescents. The results suggest few differences between girls and boys in these areas. However, the level of identification with mathematics and the level of gender stereotypes in the career area are related to the educational career choice.
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Difficulties in career decision making
Brožek, Pavel ; Kirovová, Iva (advisor) ; Rymeš, Milan (referee)
The theoretical part of this diploma thesis consists of four basic areas which are crucial for better understanding of profession choice difficulties and subsequently provides an introduction to the second part of the thesis - the empirical part. In the first chapter, the reader will be informed about the definition of the profession choice, its historical development, which covers a pretty wide context, in which the profession choice is being accomplished. The following chapter deals with career development theories focusing on personality, development theories targeting career and theories solely focused on social influences effecting the career development. The last two chapters deal with an adolescence period which plays the key role in the further career path of the individual. There is also a chapter describing and sorting difficulties while choosing a profession. The aim of the empirical part is to describe the development of profession choice difficulties at the end of secondary education - the period of life which is considered by many authors to be vitally important for the adolescent profession development. Hypotheses are verified by comparison of the results of the questionnaire that investigates profession choice difficulties in between third, fourth and fourth grade - directly before...
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The Family Influence over Choosing an Occupation of Elementary School Pupils
Rezková, Aneta ; Koťa, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Sedláčková, Daniela (referee)
RESUME The times based on one individual's decision about which school to study to be able to choose further continuous and smooth career path has been over. As a result of current global and local social changes everybody should be prepared to the every possible change in career. Nevertheless the first choice of career is still an important milestone and can direct the individual career, but it is not the only key milestone, that determines the individual career once and for ever. People in contemporary world should be able to respond quickly to constant changes, evaluate new situations and be able to make the right decisions. The widespread myth is that success means to raise money as quickly as possible to guarantee the freedom and happiness. But a real success is a contented life, which is a long way over such values as for example certainty that we are doing the work that we like and which fills us with satisfaction. Individual goal is to focus on the abilities and skills so that the decision directs to such a career path where one will be able to optimally exploit one's potential in a future career. In the beginning of a career path a family as a primary socializing agent and the closest partner institution in the life of the pupil should fulfil its role in close cooperation with the school that...
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Moral Factors And Their Influence Upon Career Choices of High School Students
Lukášová, Hana ; Klusák, Miroslav (advisor) ; Vacek, Pavel (referee) ; Kirovová, Iva (referee)
The subject of this research, namely career choice of high school graduates, has been considered from the position of moral reasoning. Qualitative analysis of data collected from interviews carried out with 32 graduates identifies career choice to be a significant factor determining the identity of each graduate. The research is based on assumption that moral reasoning is nourished by each one's identity and loyality to oneself, respectively. The basis of this career identity is formed by so called "inveteracy", reflected by various ways in individual's attempt to make a choice that is authentic. Categorically speaking, there exist "plots", that make career selection process complicated, as well as "problematizations", that make any authentic choice virtually impossible. Career choice is interpreted by means of three domains throughout which it becomes apparent both how this process fosters the individual's relationship with the outside world, with those closest to him/her and with himself/herself and what kind of affect this relationship has on his/her very identity. During the research, career choice turns out to be a continual and complex process that far surpasses the actual period of submitting a college application.
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Motivation of Students in Occupational Choices
Škoudlínová, Simona ; Mojžíšová, Jarmila (advisor) ; Prokop, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with internal and external motivation of pupils at the end of compulsory school attendance at elementary school, when pupils choose secondary school or apprenticeship for their future career they want to pursue. The aim of this work was to find out what factors are involved in the decision of this pupil. The text is divided into two basic parts - theoretical, where it is pointed out those factors that influence the future steps of pupils towards their further growth the choice of profession at the same time. It is outlined here which kinds of motivation are important for pupils for their advancement, development of pupil personality for professional focus. The second practical part is focused on the specific realized research concerning of the selection of a secondary school or a secondary vocational school in primary school pupils of the 9th class of two primary schools in Prague. The questionnaire method was chosen for research, when selected pupils checked anonymously, for data protection, or created answers to conceived questions that were partly closed, partly open. Pupils used their subjective feeling in their responses, expressing in the questionnaire what motivated them most to choose their future profession, to focus the field which they chose by selection a high...
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Possibilities of Using Career Guidance and Counseling in Elementary School
Palkosková, Klára ; Veteška, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pavlov, Ivan (referee)
This diploma thesis entitled "Possible Use of Career Counseling in Secondary school" focuses primarily on the possible way of introduction of career counseling into secondary schools that are within the czech standard eduacational system. The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze both the possibilities of use and ways of realization of career counseling in secondary schools, which is now provided primarily within educational counseling. Aim of the thesis was, based on given research assumptions, to analyze opinions of both students and educational counselor on the level of services provided by the career counseling in secondary school. The first part of the thesis will discuss terms related to the area of career counseling and professional orientation of students. It will also analyze occupation selection theories and career development of students, aspects of counseling process, and it will also list knowledge about adolescence period. There will also be identified those subjects and institutions providing career counseling servises that are situated in the Czech Republic. The research part of the thesis will focus on the topic of career counseling itself, more specificly on its concrete form in one selected secondary school which is part of czech standard educational system. A questionnaire...
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Self - concept in Adolescence
Hoferková, Eva ; Trpišovská, Dobromila (advisor) ; Viktorová, Ida (referee)
The aim of the thesis on the topic of Self-concept in adolescence is to clarify the construct of self-concept from the perspective of personality psychology, because self-concept is an individual specific characteristic of human personality and its meaning is unquestionable. In the course of human ontogenesis, self-conception gradually develops, and forms based on acquired knowledge about itself and has its differences in each developmental period. The work is focused on the period of adolescence and therefore also presents typical features of self-concept in adolescents. The end of compulsory schooling is an important milestone in the life of adolescents, which relates to the process of choosing a profession that his work is associated with school success. The empirical part focuses on finding out whether there is a relationship between the self-concept of school success and the choice of future profession in adolescents. In this respect, it is essential that the way in which adolescents experience and evaluate their own school success can affect the career choice process. The objectives and research questions were set for the quantitative research. A standardized SPAS questionnaire examining the self-concept of school success was used as a diagnostic tool to obtain data, as well as a...
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The link of education and popularization of astronomy with the choice of a future focus of study
Kříček, Radek ; Wolf, Marek (advisor) ; Kireš, Marián (referee) ; Štefl, Vladimír (referee)
This thesis provides an overview of Czech astronomy education both inside and outside of school environment and develops methods to explore its possible influence on science career decision. A mixed approach was chosen for the research. Based on the first qualitative part, hypotheses and specified research questions were formulated. Consequently, the hypotheses were examined using questionnaires distributed to students of several Czech universities. However, the data analysis showed a variable stronger than involvement in astronomy education - the breadth of science interest. Possible practical outcomes and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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