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Motivation for parents with children of Waldorf Kindergarten to continue their education at Waldorf type of elementary schools.
TROJÁČKOVÁ, Danka
The aim of the thesis is to gain a deeper view of primary school selection. Specifically, why the parents of children attending the Waldorf Kindergarten Sluníčko decide to continue, or not to continue with the started alternative education of their children. In the theoretical part, the concept of alternative school and Waldorf pedagogy is described as one of the possible alternatives. One chapter is devoted to the founder of Waldorf pedagogy R. Steiner. This chapter also explains the background of the first Waldorf school in the world and in the Czech Republic. It refers the requirements, which needs to be implemented in order to be registered in the International Registry of Waldorf School. In the empirical part, the thesis describe the beginning of Waldorf Kindergarten Slunicko in Písek. Qualitative survey helps to understand opinions and attitudes of parents to this alternative. It also find out reasons why parents choose Waldorf pedagogy at pre-school and also elementary school level for their children.
Parental Choice of Elementary School in the City of Vrchlabí
Cingrová, Kateřina ; Mouralová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Pavlovská, Veronika (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis called "Parental Choice of Elementary School in the City of Vrchlabí" is to find and describe strategies used by parents when choosing elementary school in a small town, in this case Vrchlabí. The text engages with the way parents influence educational trajectory of their children, and which factors play a role in deciding about the elementary school selection. In this respect it aims to discover and disclose the different strategies of parents from a small town opposite to those of parents from Prague a few years ago. The thesis presents parents as players of educational policy; it attempts to find opportunities for parents to join in on its creation and later to discover up to which level parents take advantage of these opportunities. The thesis describes possible educational inequalities and their impact on child's educational trajectory. It displays differences between elementary schools, which are enabled by current educational system of the Czech Republic, and differences which exist between individual elementary schools in Vrchlabí. It describes changes, which happened in the compulsory schooling in the past. Further, aims to show how big the impact of parents own experience is on their choice. The next part of the text stems from interviews, which were...

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