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Gifted children and relationship to them
ŠIMEČKOVÁ, Šárka
The thesis is focused on talents and methods to deal with them. The basic terms (gifts, their types, talent etc.) are explained at the beginning of the work, followed by methods of detection and recognition of individual talent, types of talent and specific groups of talented individuals. Furthermore, there are mentioned approaches in educating gifted children and ways to choose appropriate method for specific individuals. In the practical part of this thesis, these approaches and methods are judged on the basis of realistic usage and use in practice. The basis for this judgement is the evaluations of the teachers and the parents. The information acquired by research work is compared with conclusions of the theoretic part.
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Full-time classes for gifted children in Czech elementary schools
Pecháčková, Iva ; Kasíková, Hana (advisor) ; Stolařová, Jaroslava (referee)
Pred presným vymezením predmetu práce bych nejprve ráda ctenáre zorientovala, v jaké oblasti pedagogických ved se budeme pohybovat. V nejširším smyslu slova je tématem práce pedagogika nadaných, v zahranicí tedy oblast zavedená predevším pod anglickým názvem "gifted education". Jedná se o oblast lidského zájmu, která má urcité koreny už ve staroveku a složitou historii, jak názorne uvidíme pri težkostech s definováním pojmu nadání a talent (2.1.1). V posledních nekolika desetiletích se stává tematizování speciálních potreb detí s mimorádným nadáním urcitým trendem, a to jak u odborné verejnosti po celém svete, tak i ve školsko-politické oblasti. Hmatatelným výrazem trendu muže být napr. skutecnost, že jde v soucasnosti o jednu z cílových skupin, ke kterým své financní prostredky pro oblast pocátecního vzdelávání smeruje Evropská unie. V rámci širokého pole zájmu pedagogiky nadaných si budeme vybírat otázky z oblasti školní didaktiky vztažené k mimorádne nadaným žákum. Ze zavedených didaktických kategorií nás tu obzvlášte zajímá tzv. forma výuky, protože práce bude zkoumat reálné fungování a vhodnost jedné z možných forem školní edukace nadaných. Onou formou je speciální výberová trída v rámci základní školy, která má krom speciálních i "obycejné" trídy. Presnejší odlišení zkoumané formy od jejích alternativ...
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The structure of interests and the possibilities for its development in a gifted child in organized education
Heráfová, Zuzana ; Pelikán, Jiří (referee) ; Krykorková, Hana (advisor)
This thesis comprises both the theoretical and empirical aspects. The theoretical part focuses on the latest developments in the research of gifted children. It attempts to formulate their characteristics, problems and education-specific requirements. Timely identification of a particular gift as well as a positive approach of parents, school and teachers are crucial for further development of each particular gift. In connection with this approach, potential improvements and further development of education system and school care are outlined. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with the issues of interests and their structure from the psychological point of view in general. The empirical part logically follows. Empirical inquiry analyses the interest structure of gifted children and proposes a diagnostic project, which would enable, especially the teachers, to recognize and encourage the interests of the gifted.
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Psychological impact of fostering on biological children of foster parents.
TÁBOROVÁ, Pavla
Foster care is currently being discussed a great deal, in particular in connection with the planned shutdown of infant care centres. Currently it is preferred to place a child in foster care rather than in institutional care. However, attention should not only be paid to the children placed in foster families. The families that receive the children should also be given a lot of attention. Within a family, one cannot only consider the adults who will become foster parents for the placed children, as a family can also have existing children. This bachelor´s thesis focuses on children, on the biological children of foster parents, as their attitude to foster care can significantly influence the situation in a newly created family. The theoretical part of the bachelor´s thesis consists of three parts. The first tackles the family as a primary socialising agent, the second deals with the relations between siblings, and the third focuses on substitute family care. The aim of the practical part of this thesis was to find out what psychosocial impact the parents´ fostering can have on their biological children. A partial goal was to find the fostering positives and negatives for the foster parents´ biological children. A quantitative approach was selected to obtain information. Data collection was executed with the help of semi-structured interviews with selected respondents. The selected respondents were the biological children of foster parents. The thesis results provide information about the impact parents´ fostering can have on their biological children and about what these children consider as the positives and negatives for them stemming from fostering. Subsequently, the results of the interviews are compared with each other and with professional information sources. Within the framework of the survey, it was found that the psychosocial impact of fostering revealed itself mainly in the following areas: the respondents learned to live in a group, help their parents, and be more independent; they had to learn to communicate with children who had also had bad experiences; and they had to cope with the reactions of those around them for whom their family was something unusual, something that attacted more more attention. One of the respondents felt the impact of foster care in that some people respected him more becaue of it. For one of the female respondents, the arrival of the child in foster care was stimulation to stop relying on her parents and on the fact that they were one family and she felt the need to be herself more. The mentioned positives included family experience that could come in handy in the future; helping parents; an active and diverse family life; people´s acknowledgement; independence; improved mental state of the mother; parents becoming closer to each other; and moving to a village. The mentioned negatives included family size with regard to transportation and admissions; people´s stares; losing their parents´ time; the suffering of the parents when they were accused by those around them that the unsuitable behaviour of the received children was caused only by their upbringing; and the fact that the children-in-care received various gifts from foundations, but the biological ones did not. Only in one case was foster care assessed primarily negatively, with the cause probably being the fact that the parents were not interested in the opinion of the biological child, that they knew the child did not agree to the reception of a child-in-care, but they did it regardless. In other families, the opinion of the biological children was important; they had the possibility of participating in the decision of whether or not a child would be received in foster care. This could be the main cause of the overall positive assessment of foster care.
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Gifted Child on the Grade School
FOITOVÁ, Klára
My bachelor?s thes is on the theme of talented children in grammar schools is composed of part theory and part observation. In thetheoretical part I concentrated primarily on the common characteristics of the actual meaning of the word ?talent?, and secondly on the different forms that talent can take and the identification of talented children. In following chapters I touch on specific method swich help in identifying talented children. Another interesting topic of discussion in my work is about talented children who have disabilities- so called ?double talented children? .The objective of my work is to determine how to deal with talented children in the school and home environments, this is why I have dedicated the following chapters on this topic.In addition to supporting and developing the talented within the school and at home there are other important extra-school activities, which they can attend. This is covered at the end of the theoretical part of my work.
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Younger school age children's drawings (children's drawings from common elementary classes and classes for gifted children)
HANUSOVÁ, Zuzana
The bachelor thesis is focused on younger age school children´s drawings. Drawings made by children in common elementary classes and classes for talented children are compared. The work is divided into two sections: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part includes three main chapters. The first deals with the development stage of younger age school children. It mentions personal development and self-perception. It also focuses on the cognitive, emotional, and social development in this period. In the second chapter, a particular child's drawing is described with emphasis on ontogeny. The last chapter is focused on talent and characteristic of gifted children In the practical part the children were asked to draw a self-portrait and a portrait of their dream house. It pursues a goal to find and describe the differences in children's artistic expressions. For this purpose, 28 drawings made by children from common classes of elementary school and a same number of drawings by gifted children aged 9 - 11 years are analyzed. Results are obtained on the basis of drawing observation and in advanced specified criteria.
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Homeschooling as Alternative
KUBECOVÁ, Markéta
The aim of this Bachelor´s dissertation is to discover the motivation and the reasons why parents decide for homeschooling, to get to the heart of the issue, and to provide information on homeschooling as an alternative of compulsory education to preschool teachers. What are the pros and cons of homeschooling from the point of view of the parents teachers, preschool and school teachers and the art school teachers who have had any kind of experience with homeschooling? What types of parents decide for homeschooling? What types of children is homechooling suitable and eligible for? What difficulties can homeschooling bring about and face? Are there any problems with the secondary socialization of homeschooled children? What is the hindsight attitude of homeschooled children to their homeschooling? As preschool teachers we should be able to provide parents with sufficient and satisfactory information on this more and more popular alternative. The following survey consists of three parts: the first, quantitative section, shows a questionnaire. In the second, qualitative section, the method of a narrative interview is used with the target research group being children who have undergone the homeschooling process. The third section again qualitative, uses the method of a narrative interview with the preschool and school teachers who have had a personal experience with homeschooled children, and with the teachers of primary schools who have examined the homeschooled children. The research shows that the motivation of the parents who have decided to teach their children at home is the desire to devote themselves to their children, to provide their children with a secure, friendly and peaceful environment and to show them unconditional love. Parents assumed responsibility for the education of their children. More than half of the homeschooled children attended kindergartens. The kindergarten teachers who had these children in their classes, had the same approach to them as to the other children and testify that the cooperation and communication with unselfish parents was outstanding. As positives of homeschooling have come out individual approach, family environment free of stress, and flexibility. Negatives of homeschooling are few; parents experience it as demanding and exacting and complain of the absence of financial support. Homeschooling is designed for all children (not only for the handicapped or the gifted) whose parents have decided and are willing to enable their children to do it. Socialization of the homeschooled children has taken place without problems. All those children have pleasant memories of their years at homeschooling.
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Theories of intelligence and their significance for educational theory and practice
KOTLÍN, Roman
The thesis deals with theories of intelligence and their significance for pedagogical theory and practice. The first part of the thesis describes theories of intelligence, specific theories of intelligence, mental retardation, causes of mental retardation, and focus on the relationship between theories of intelligence and pedagogical theory and practice. The second section presents an overview of current educational theories and practices, the education of gifted children and education of mentally retarded children. The last part deals with the range of leisure activities for gifted children and children with mental disabilities.
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