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Methods and Concepts of Teaching Geology at the Selected Primary Schools at the Ústí nad Labem Region
Lupińská, Lucie ; Teodoridis, Vasilis (advisor) ; Němečková, Linda (referee)
This MSc. thesis analyzes the attitude of 9th grade students and their teachers to geology, which is taught at lower secondary schools most often in the course of natural history. The thesis examines the connection between the teacher's interest in the subject and teaching forms, difficulty level of the subject and the student's interest in the subject. The theoretical part of the thesis summarizes the pedagogical terminology, concepts of the teaching, discusses special aspects of the teacher personality and specifics of geology as a scientific field of the subject in the education system. The research part is dealt with the description of the questionnaire and its evaluation, further it summarizes and discusses the results of the questionnaire survey among 202 students and 21 teachers from 10 elementary schools in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The questionnaire survey shows that teachers and students consider geology an important subject in terms of general education and possible use in practical life. It has also found that students do not take in geology as an interesting subject, but thanks to the creative teaching approach and using of variable methods by their teachers the geology has become acceptable for them. The teacher's personality and his/her creative teaching approach and methods are...
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Development of metacognitive students' thinking with RWCT methods
Picková, Jitka ; Tomková, Anna (advisor) ; Hejlová, Helena (referee)
The thesis on topic "Development of Metacognitive Thinking of Pupils by RWCT Practices" asks a research question: "How does RWCT develop the metacognitive thinking of pupils at elementary school and what are the outputs?" The aim is to find out the possibilities and the limits of the pupils' metacognition using the RWCT (Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking). In the theoretical part, this thesis deals with the definition of metacognition, relation among metacognition and autoregulation, metacognition and self-reflection, metacognition and teaching, and last but not least the RWCT procedures in terms of the objectives of the program itself and the objectives of the RVP ZV (Framework Educational Program for Basic Education). The possibilities of using the RWCT procedures in connection with the development of metacognitive thinking of pupils at elementary school level were examined using the action research that took place in a fifth grade, where RWCT procedures are being regularly used. During searching answer on the research question is used analysation and description on basis of participated observation, pupils' products, written reflection and pupils' self-reflection. Furthermore with non-structural interview. From action research results that RWCT practices initiate discussion between...
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The use of the freshwater ecosystem in the preschool science education.
BROŽOVÁ, Anežka
Environmental and natural science education is important part of education of every individual. This issue takes part in education and upbringing in kindergarten. Children are getting to know to different water ecosystems, water states, circulation of water in nature, importance of water for life; they observe animals in water and around. Different activities are based on experience learning, observing; bring understanding to effects and relation to nature and its protection. The aim of the thesis is to find and to prove suitable methods and forms of work in natural science and environmental education realized in kindergarten.
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