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Pupils' relationship to nature at the primary school level
ŤUKOVÁ, Adéla
The thesis focuses on finding out children's relationship with nature in primary school. The theoretical part describes the basic key concepts, the importance of nature for children's development, the causes and consequences of alienating children from nature and the influence of family and school background. Furthermore, the work focuses on outdoor teaching and its forms as well as the methods a teacher can use in teaching. This relationship is ascertained on the basis of a questionnaire created by psychologist and Dr. Jan Krajhanzl with a collective of authors. The practical part includes records from the questionnaire survey, which targeted fourth and fifth graders. Questions in the questionnaire are focused on pupils' experiences of nature, e.g. "What do you imagine when you say nature?" "Have you ever plucked an apple from a tree?" etc. Finally, the author compares the results of this study with previous surveys.
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Teaching science outdoors
ŠALANDOVÁ, Michaela
The aim of the thesis is to suggest possible educational programmes on the topic of "Meadow ecosystem", within the framework of primary school Science curriculum for 4th grade learners. The educational programmes are suggested both for outdoor and indoor learning. The thesis provides an awareness about outdoor teaching and offers some methodically developed units, including several worksheets. Both programmes were verified with 4th grade classes at ZŠ Třešť, in a normal way inside the classroom and outside as well. Modern technologies such as mobile phones and tablets were included into the teaching methods. The level of success was measured by pre-test and post-test system. These tests were realized a week before and a week after the learning block. The results show that learning in outdoor environment can be more effective than learning inside the classroom.
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Teaching about Invertebrates at the Second Grade of Elementary School: a Case Study
Píchová, Adriana ; Říhová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Brůnová, Linda (referee)
The main aim of the study was to find out how specific teachers teach invertebrate zoology at the 2nd grade of selected primary schools. The first part of the thesis is devoted to anchoring the invertebrate curriculum in the Framework Curriculum for Primary Education and selected methods and forms of teaching with motivational character (mainly outdoor education, experiential pedagogy, research-oriented teaching, excursions, and didactic games). A substantial part of the work is also devoted to cross-cutting themes, specifically environmental education about teaching invertebrates. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the analysis of teaching strategies and attitudes in teaching invertebrate zoology to specific teachers. Using a questionnaire survey and by comparing the results obtained, problematic points of teaching invertebrates were identified: the laa number of representatives, the (need for) reduction of the curriculum related to invertebrate anatomy, the interconnection of schools with environmental centers' use of live representatives in teaching. The second part of the research includes the results of semi-structured interviews with four science teachers who commented on the choice of teaching methods and forms of the environment in which the particular school is located (city ×...
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