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Assessment strategies in Civic education
Kubrová, Barbora ; Dvořáková, Michaela (advisor) ; Fapšo, Marek (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to document the issue of assessment in civic education at an elementary school by conducting a case study. The study was conducted through an in- depth interview with the teacher, a focus group interview with the students, and participatory observation. The collected data was subsequently analyzed using open coding and further interpreted using the ‚card sorting' method. The result is a perspective on assessment from both the teacher's and students' viewpoints compared with observations of specific teaching sessions. The results of this study were evaluated and further discussed from the perspective of the specifics of civic education. Additional potential options for utilizing assessment methods, tools, and techniques were proposed with consideration of the possibilities and goals of the particular teacher. This work can be considered beneficial for other teachers as it contributes to a better understanding of the assessment issues in civic education and offers specific suggestions and recommendations for improving this area. This contributes to enhancing the quality of teaching and supporting further professional development, not only for the author but also for other teachers. KEYWORDS assessment, Civic education, formative assessment, summative assessment,...
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Methods for Evaluation of Culturural and Environmental Potential of a Tourism Destination
HANUS, Ondřej
The diploma thesis deals with methods for evaluation of the cultural and environmental potential of the tourism destination. The theoretical part defines the professional terms that need to be understood for processing. In the practical part are implemented selected methods, which were applied on the regions of the Czech Republic. Subsequently, these methods were compared by results and their strengths and weaknesses were defined. The design part deals with innovation and improvement of current methods.
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Students´ assessment in the instruction of vocational subjects in secondary school
MEJDRECHOVÁ, Petra
This bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of assessment of students when teaching vocational subjects at high school. The work has theoretical and empirical character. In the beginning it deals with the definition of term, types and the function of the school evaluation. Following parts deal with methods and forms of assessment. A special attention is paid to the classification and verbal evaluation. The thesis also deals with the definition of self-assessment and peer assessment. In empirical part of the thesis there is the result of a case study which was intended to find out how teachers and students evaluate and what methods and forms of assessment are used. This case study is based on the observation of teaching vocational subjects at high school using video recording, questionnaire survey among teachers and students.
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Assessment in Biology Education in Prachatice and Surroundings
MIESBAUEROVÁ, Lucie
Bachelor thesis is focused on methods of assessment which are using during biology lessons at secondary schools and grammar school in Prachatice. In this thesis is covered general exploration which devotes methods of assessment and theirs characteristics. There are also results of questionnaire which is bearded on assessment during biology lessons. It was found out that the most using form of assessment is written examination and the least using form is oral examination. Afterwards was found out that there is not significant contrast between pupil who have heard about the term formative assessment and pupil who have never heard the term. Respondents considered formative assessment more motivating than summative assessment.
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