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Experiencies of plurilinguistic families with educational counselling
Zayats, Inna ; Marádová, Eva (advisor) ; Bartoňová, Miroslava (referee)
This work aims to identify the specifics of plurilingual families with children with special educational needs and to provide insight into their experiences in the field of special education - educational counselling in the Czech Republic. The practical part (5), conducted in a qualitative manner and devoted to individual case studies, interviews with parents, and discussions, is preceded by a theoretical part. Its goals are (1) to outline the issues of language acquisition in children and introduce the reader to the concepts of multilingualism, subsequently multilingual, foreigner, and a child with Czech as additional language as understood by the Czech educational system if it employs these terms. Furthermore, it is essential to address (2) the definition of family in a sociological context with subsequent insights into plurilingual families and organizations that focus on supporting them. The third chapter briefly shed light on (3) the characteristics of the Liberec Region, where the research was conducted. The theoretical part concludes with a chapter (4) addressing special education for plurilingual children in the Liberec Region. KEYWORDS Plurilingual children, children with Czech as additional language, family, educational counselling, cooperation with parents, support
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The Definition of community school concept in the Czech educational system
Lauermann, Marek ; Bendl, Stanislav (advisor) ; Trojan, Václav (referee) ; Matulayová, Tatiana (referee)
This dissertation is designed as a theoretical research study, whose aim is to explore the possibilities of mapping and development of the community aspect of schools. This field of study is still relatively unexplored. The goal of this dissertation is to outline theoretically the concept of a Community school, and to stress the change of paradigm of current education and focus on how the role of school changes in current society. The dissertation also focuses on theoretical aspects of school perception and current scientific knowledge in given area. The research focuses on the analysis and characteristics of the Community school model. Further goal of the empirical research was to determine whether there is a reliable instrument to help identify the type and quality of a given Community school, identify a basic typological distribution of Community schools in the Czech Republic, identify how individual concepts of Community schools differ in the content and delivery of their curricula, and how are principles of Community schools interconnected with the principles of inclusive education, and in particular with the provision of equal opportunities. The qualitative research was carried out in five elementary schools in the Czech Republic that identify themselves as Community schools. These five...
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European schools
Cohen, Pavla ; Tomková, Anna (advisor) ; Loudová Stralczynská, Barbora (referee)
European Schools are educational establishments in some European Union countries, providing the children of employees of the European institutions a multilingual and multicultural education in nursery, primary and secondary levels. Due to the multiculturalism, for the successful functioning and management of the system, it is necessary to find compromises. It is on a similar principle that the new curriculum of Early Education in European schools - Early Education Curriculum is based. The first part of my work is the presentation of the European Schools system (its history, principles, structure, functioning) and of the Early Education Curriculum. The aim of the next section is to compare this Curriculum and the Czech Framework Education Programme for Early Education, seeking for mutual inspiration and ideas in both systems. This is a theoretical and analytical comparison of the documents with a deeper focus on cooperation with parents, transition between nursery and primary school, and evaluation methods. Several videos, interviews and responses to the questionnaire answered by the teachers in the European Schools illustrate the application of the the Curriculum in the practice of the European Schools, particularly in the monitored areas. A collected set of opinions of the Czech nursery teachers on the...
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