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Perception of strategies for working with general-reference map among students of various ages
Poldová, Viktorie ; Trokšiar, David (advisor) ; Machová, Daniela (referee)
The main topic of this thesis are strategies used while working with a map and their perception by students of different ages. A general-reference map, which students often interact with in geography lessons, was chosen for the research. 92 students in grades 6 and 9 and in the final year of secondary school participated in an experiment involving an achievement test and a follow-up questionnaire to explore perceived strategies. The eye-tracking camera used during the test allowed to obtain real strategies. The perceived strategies were qualitatively and quantitatively processed and explored in terms of four dimensions, i.e. repertoire, distribution, adaptability and efficiency. The results showed a wide repertoire of perceived strategies and the most frequently reported types of strategies. The largest repertoire was found among final year secondary school students, while the smallest repertoire was found among 6th grade students. Based on the distribution of strategy types in the tasks and the use of the necessary elements in the mentioned strategy, final year secondary school students showed the highest ability to adapt their perceived strategies, while 6th grade students showed the lowest. The ideal fastest and most accurate strategies were determined for the efficiency evaluation. Despite the...
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(Non-)use of textbook in the geography lessons at lower secondary education.
Faltisová, Kateřina ; Hanus, Martin (advisor) ; Marada, Miroslav (referee)
This master's thesis addresses the issue of using geography textbooks by Czech teachers at the lower secondary education level. The uniqueness of this work lies in its focus on the specific aspects of teachers' approaches to textbooks, a topic that has not been explored in the Czech educational context. Given the variety of possibilities for working with textbooks, the main goal of this work is to identify the key features of textbooks that lead to teachers' decisions not to use them. One of the subsidiary goals is to perform an analysis of geographical topics in relation to the extent of textbook use in teaching. To fulfill these goals, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 geography teachers at the lower secondary education level. The interview scenario was based on the professional literature directly related to the topic. All interviews were subsequently transcribed and open coding of respondents' answers was conducted. The card sorting method was incorporated into the interviews, through which the most important functions and selection criteria for textbooks were evaluated by statistical methods. Subsequent analysis found that the method and extent of textbook use depend on the teacher's concept of teaching. It emerged that teachers consider the ability to present information to be...
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Geography pre-service teachers' perceptions of using artificial intelligence in education
Balvín, Vojtěch ; Krajňáková, Lenka (advisor) ; Cimová, Tereza (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on pre-service teachers'perspective of artificial intelligence. The thesis aims to explore how geography pre-service teachers perceive using artificial intelligence during their study and teaching. The stated aim was achieved through semi-structured interviews with twelve students. For the evaluation of the students' responses, the content analysis method was utilised. The findings show that most of the interviewed pre-service teachers have a positive view of artificial intelligence, and each of them has used it at least once during their studies. It is mostly used by them for writing seminar papers and for information retrieval during their studies. When teaching in lower- or higher-secondary schools, AI is then mainly used by the students to prepare lessons and educational materials. Respondents themselves are trying to deepen their knowledge and skills regarding artificial intelligence. They would also like to attend courses where they would be given the basics of how to work properly with artificial intelligence.
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Strategies of use of general geographic map as a source of information
Trokšiar, David
The main topic of this thesis are map skills, and the key point of interest are strategies used for map analysis. General reference map was found as a suitable map given its frequent use in the school atlases. The main goal of this study is evaluation of the general reference map analysis strategies in terms of their dimensions, i. e. their repertoire, distribution, efficiency, and adaptability. 20 upper secondary school students participated in an eye-tracking experiment that consisted of the test and the follow-up questionnaire. The eye-tracking data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively to obtain information about the strategy dimensions. Results showed that students used broad repertoire of strategies when analyzing the general reference map and they pointed to the most chosen strategies as well. In some cases, students used more than one strategy to solve the task and thus the most frequent strategy combinations were detected. The efficiency of strategies was evaluated based on the students' success rate and the length of the solving cycle which was affected by the type of elements, respectively map content, used for solving the task. The ability to adapt to specific task demand was proven by addition of elements needed into the strategy or using entirely different strategy type. The...
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The possibilities of the use of virtual reality in geography education
Sojková, Kamila ; Řezníčková, Dana (advisor) ; Hanus, Martin (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is focused on the implementation of virtual reality in geography teaching. Its aim is to gain deeper knowledge about possibilities and possibly even weaknesses of the use of the concept of virtual reality in geography teaching in general education schools. The thesis takes the form of systematic research. The selection of studies is made on the basis of predefined keywords in available professional foreign and Czech papers. Through the research of publications of a theoretical, methodical and research nature we want to summarize the existing knowledge about the methodology of geography teaching using virtual reality and about research focused on this issue. Key words: virtual reality, types of virtual reality, education, education and information technology, geography education
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Students' questions about geological map
Flašar, Jan ; Hanus, Martin (advisor) ; Matějka, Dobroslav (referee)
The analysis of student-generated questions (SGQ) is a method to investigate the way of understanding and solving a problem. The style, frequency, type, etc. of the questions can help analyze the target topic, but we can also study differences in understanding and way of thinking among individual groups of respondents. This study was focused on the analysis of the questions generated by high school students working with the geological map of the Czech Republic and the local geological map (map of Prague). The main goal of this study was to find out whether the questions generated by students differ between individual groups of respondents (according to their age, gender, grade, etc.) and whether they differ for individual types of maps. The questions obtained were classified into categories and the frequency of questions in different categories was determined. Furthermore, individual questions were assigned to the corresponding map skills that are necessary for the formulation of the question. Younger students were found to ask significantly more questions about the map display; while older students are also interested in the geological content and the way the map was created. There was also a difference between the geological map of the Czech Republic and Prague. The students were able to obtain...
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Strategies of use of general geographic map as a source of information
Trokšiar, David ; Hanus, Martin (advisor) ; Marada, Miroslav (referee)
The main topic of this thesis are map skills, and the key point of interest are strategies used for map analysis. General reference map was found as a suitable map given its frequent use in the school atlases. The main goal of this study is evaluation of the general reference map analysis strategies in terms of their dimensions, i. e. their repertoire, distribution, efficiency, and adaptability. 20 upper secondary school students participated in an eye-tracking experiment that consisted of the test and the follow-up questionnaire. The eye-tracking data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively to obtain information about the strategy dimensions. Results showed that students used broad repertoire of strategies when analyzing the general reference map and they pointed to the most chosen strategies as well. In some cases, students used more than one strategy to solve the task and thus the most frequent strategy combinations were detected. The efficiency of strategies was evaluated based on the students' success rate and the length of the solving cycle which was affected by the type of elements, respectively map content, used for solving the task. The ability to adapt to specific task demand was proven by addition of elements needed into the strategy or using entirely different strategy type. The...
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Geoinformatics in secondary school's curriculum
Král, Luboš
This thesis is focused on the use of geospatial tools in secondary schools in Czech republic. Subject of study are mainly Geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote sensing and their implementation into secondary school curricula. Aplication a research in this area is in the centre of interest of IGU. Previous works showed, that GIS has great potential to contribute to effective learning of geographic concepts, knowledge and GIS can be a tool for display, inquiry and analysis in problem based learning. The main goal is to explore the current state of geoinformatics involvement in teaching in secondary schools and to identify how to develop this condition at all levels of the curriculum (intended, implemented and attained). In order to achieve this general objective in thesis are chosen for each level of curriculum following goals: 1) At the level of intended curriculum we are dealing with two questions: At first, how is geoinformatic's topic presented in national's curriculum of a selected countries. At second, which geoinformatic skills should be acquired by secondary school's students. The main method is content analysis of documents. 2) At the level of implemented curriculum we try to provide findings regarding the current state of proliferation of the GIS software at Czech grammar schools...
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Map use according to the students' level of mathematical skills
Švubová, Kateřina ; Hanus, Martin (advisor) ; Řezníčková, Dana (referee)
The presented diploma thesis belongs to studies that deals with map skills. This thesis focuses on thematic maps - namely the choropleth map and proportional symbol map - and research correlation between map skills and mathematical skills. The main aim is to research correlation between these two variables using didactic test. This thesis also researches the effect of success in a given mathematical skill in the mathematical part of the test on success rate in questions that examine that skill in the map part of the test. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the mathematical skills that are needed while working with maps were defined and analysed. Given that various mathematical skills are needed while working with various cartographic expression methods, detailed list of these skill has been developed for the four most widely used cartographic methods - flow map, area class map, choropleth map and proportional symbol map. The main part of the thesis is devoted to general testing of map and mathematical skills among pupils in the ninth grade of elementary schools and corresponding class of grammar schools. In the first part the test verified reading, analysing and interpretation of choropleth map and proportional symbol map, in the second part the mathematical skills used while working with these...
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Geoinformatics in secondary school's curriculum
Král, Luboš ; Řezníčková, Dana (advisor) ; Herber, Vladimír (referee) ; Hofmann, Eduard (referee)
This thesis is focused on the use of geospatial tools in secondary schools in Czech republic. Subject of study are mainly Geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote sensing and their implementation into secondary school curricula. Aplication a research in this area is in the centre of interest of IGU. Previous works showed, that GIS has great potential to contribute to effective learning of geographic concepts, knowledge and GIS can be a tool for display, inquiry and analysis in problem based learning. The main goal is to explore the current state of geoinformatics involvement in teaching in secondary schools and to identify how to develop this condition at all levels of the curriculum (intended, implemented and attained). In order to achieve this general objective in thesis are chosen for each level of curriculum following goals: 1) At the level of intended curriculum we are dealing with two questions: At first, how is geoinformatic's topic presented in national's curriculum of a selected countries. At second, which geoinformatic skills should be acquired by secondary school's students. The main method is content analysis of documents. 2) At the level of implemented curriculum we try to provide findings regarding the current state of proliferation of the GIS software at Czech grammar schools...
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