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Children Preparedness to Beginning of Compulsory Education from Social-cultural Handicapped Background
Marková, Jitka ; Koťa, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Valášková Vincejová, Eva (referee)
This thesis is focused on the issue of children coming from socially and culturally disadvantaged environment before their entry to the compulsory education from a socially- pedagogical point of view. It describes the influence of the environment the child lives in, its family, the community, and the living conditions affecting its readiness for admission to an elementary school. The nature of work is theoretical work and research. The theoretical part of the thesis in quires into such terms as socialization, family, social and cultural disadvantage, the Roma, preschool education, and their interdependence. It describes the current methods used for recognizing the school maturity and preparedness for an entry to the compulsory education of children in the Czech Republic. It compares the most common institutional forms of preparation for the compulsory education, i.e. nursery school and preliminary classes at elementary schools that are designated especially to the children of socially and culturally disadvantaged background. The practical part of the thesis uses qualitative research methods and through document analysis, observation, and interviews it gathers information for creating three case studies, in which it thoroughly describes the family environment and the lifestyle of socially and culturally...
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Children Preparedness to Beginning of Compulsory Education from Social-cultural Handicapped Background
Marková, Jitka ; Koťa, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Valášková Vincejová, Eva (referee)
This thesis is focused on the issue of children coming from socially and culturally disadvantaged environment before their entry to the compulsory education from a socially- pedagogical point of view. It describes the influence of the environment the child lives in, its family, the community, and the living conditions affecting its readiness for admission to an elementary school. The nature of work is theoretical work and research. The theoretical part of the thesis in quires into such terms as socialization, family, social and cultural disadvantage, the Roma, preschool education, and their interdependence. It describes the current methods used for recognizing the school maturity and preparedness for an entry to the compulsory education of children in the Czech Republic. It compares the most common institutional forms of preparation for the compulsory education, i.e. nursery school and preliminary classes at elementary schools that are designated especially to the children of socially and culturally disadvantaged background. The practical part of the thesis uses qualitative research methods and through document analysis, observation, and interviews it gathers information for creating three case studies, in which it thoroughly describes the family environment and the lifestyle of socially and culturally...
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The use of art therapy approaches in working with socially disadvantaged children
SPÁLENSKÁ, Dagmar
Presented dissertation thesis endeavours to specify possible usage and effects of art therapy within visual arts education of socially and culturally disadvantaged children at the setting of primary and secondary schools and in the Children Centre. Theoretical section first clarifies the term "socially and culturally disadvantaged", than presents findings regarding the influence of socially disadvantageous background on social skills, the role of family and education style. One chapter is devoted to the education of handicapped children. This chapter further focuses on importance of creativity for children and on developmental aspects that influence the use of art therapy. Practical section comprises of two parts: Education at Special Primary School, which features a casuistry of a girl with middle level of mental retardation, living in socially disadvantaged family. Her artwork is used to show her cognitive and emotional development. Second part of practical section presents four case studies of children, which due to their family situation had to be placed in Children Centre Strakonice, an intervention facility for children in need of immediate help. First case study features a boy who lived in the Children Centre from one year of his age until the time when he was, based on the decision of the court, placed in Children Home. There he was together with his younger brother, who was located there immediately after his birth. Second case study features a boy who was placed in the Centre by provisionary court decision and returned to his mother's custody after several months of investigation. Third case study presents the artwork of a boy placed in the Centre based on his parents requirement, as they struggled to provide him with proper upbringing. He left the Centre and returned into the family care. Some changes were suggested regarding the parent's approach to the child. The fourth case study concerns a girl, who was placed in the Centre based on her mother requirement. This girl also returned to her mother's custody, who in the mean time gave birth to a second child. Each case study includes a description of individual approach to each child, all based on their individual needs while dealing with their personal situation. This thesis presents specific forms of art therapeutic education in this environment, it's influence on psychological settings and communicativeness of children.
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The reasons and the extent of drug abuse within the children from social and cultural unfavourable environment
CHRTOVÁ, Ivana
For my thesis I have chosen this topic Reasons and the extent of drug abuse within the children from social and cultural unfavourable environment. I was attracted by this theme during my school practical training. Drug experiments with the follow-up abuse within the children?s population are becoming more and more a serious problem not only in the Czech Republic but in the whole world too. Lately the age limit has cut down for the experiments related to legal as well as illegal drugs. The children from the social and cultural unfavourable environment are involved in drug abuse and other pathological phenomenon much sooner than the major society, which explains the lower age limit. When the child belongs to the social and cultural disadvantageous group of inhabitants, he/she comes into the social, health, economical and often criminal problems. To be a member of such excluded group can cause that the child is more likely exposed to frequently and risky drug abuse. The thesis refers to the drug abuse by the children from the social and cultural unfavourable environment. The data for the thesis were collected from the 14 and 15 year old children in special pedagogical institutions in the South Bohemian region. The quantity research was applied to get the data, via anonymous questioner enriched with the additional discussion with the therapists of the respective institution, and were analysed in quality. The previously stated hypothesis were verified and evaluated based on the results qualification. The thesis contains the theoretical part which explains the basic terms, describes models of drug addiction, as the base for the statement and the cause of drug experiments and abuse within the children?s population from disadvantageous environment. The theoretical part concludes the research results of this subject provided within the children?s ordinary population to be compared with this thesis research results. The practical part marks out the goals and describes the own steps of the research. The aim of this work is to find out the reasons and extent of the drug abuse by the children from the social and cultural unfavourable environment. The partial aim was to compare the reasons and extent of drug abuse within these children with the data previously obtained from the ordinary children?s population in the Czech Republic. The research results present higher segment of the respondents from the social and cultural unfavourable environment related to addictives, including higher frequency of the abuse, rather younger age of the first experience with addictives, even regular abuse and experience with various types of addictives compared to regular children?s population. Thanks to the research results we can point to the fact that the reasons of using addictives by the children from the social and cultural unfavourable environment differ from the reasons of the ordinary children?s population. It consists mainly in psychological and social deprivation of those children and absence of the basic psychological needs fulfilment. Such stigma subsequently influences the predisposition to addictives abuse by the children from the social and cultural unfavourable environment, who owing to the drug may be able ?to forget? their problems at least for a while. The thesis results can be used in practice, for teaching, for further research or as the source of information for general public as well as for experts.
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