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The Work of a Class Teacher with Rules at Primary School
Rožánková, Jana ; Hejlová, Helena (advisor) ; Poche Kargerová, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the work of a class teacher with rules at primary school. The theoretical part offers a comprehensive view of class rules as a tool of classroom management. The subchapters explain the meaning of the rules for teachers, pupils and individual development in general. They are also devoted to the characteristics of the teaching profession in relation to classroom management, climate, and discipline. Practical suggestions related to the creation and establishment of rules, their enforcement, reinforcement, and work with rules throughout the school year are also part of the theoretical framework. The practical part presents a mixed-method research combining a quantitative questionnaire method for teachers with qualitative interviews with second and fifth-grade pupils, complemented by structured observation. The aim of the research is to find out the opinion and attitude of first-grade teachers towards classroom rules as a classroom management tool with the potential to positively influence classroom climate and discipline, and whether and how this tool is used in practice. The research investigation further monitored the view of the first-grade pupils on the classroom rules, how the pupils perceive and understand the rules. It was found that teachers consider classroom...
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