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Possibilities and limits of student activation in chemistry education at lower secondary school using didactic games: Particle composition of substances
Šelepa, Jan ; Bílek, Martin (advisor) ; Koperová, Dominika (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of activating elementary school students in the topic of particle composition of substances using didactic games. The theoretical part discusses selected significant experts who have dealt with activation in the past, defines the concepts of activity and activation, and their importance in pedagogical practice. It also presents teaching methods and their possible classification, with a particular emphasis on didactic games (their definition, categorization, and significance). Subsequently, an analysis of critical topics in chemistry education at the elementary school level follows, within which a specific area of content ("particle composition of substances") was identified and for which individual didactic games were created. The topic of "particle composition of substances" is further analysed across several currently most used textbooks. The last chapter of the theoretical part focuses on introducing the so-called constructional research, which was chosen as the research method utilised for the purposes of didactic games creation. In the practical part, six protypes of didactic games were developed, which were subsequently modified based on feedback from two experts in the field of chemistry didactics, four experienced chemistry teachers, and their...
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Design and verification of inquiry-based tasks on the topic of separating the components of a mixture for elementary school learners
Sohar, Jakub ; Chroustová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Koperová, Dominika (referee)
1 ABSTRACT The bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of research-oriented teaching, mainly within the framework of teaching chemistry for elementary school students. In the first half of the theoretical part, I therefore focus on the definition of BOV levels, the process of including it in teaching and the definition of the term IBSE (inquiry-based science education). The second half is devoted to the description of chemical procedures and a search for published BOV topics on the separation of mixtures. The main goal of the subsequent practical part was to design and verify the newly created BOV tasks. Overall, three experiments are described specifically on the topic of filtration, which fulfill the essence of structured research and are designed for students who are just getting to know chemistry and its essence. An important idea for the tasks was to create them in such a way that the students could try them out at home and thus further deepen their research skills. The effectiveness and functionality of the experiments themselves was supported by my own implementation and qualitative analysis, which was based on information obtained from questionnaires that I sent to chemistry teachers from elementary schools.
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Fire Education and Chemistry at Elementary School
Friedlová, Eliška ; Bílek, Martin (advisor) ; Koperová, Dominika (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of fire education in elementary school and the School's fire protection obligations in relation to the teaching of chemistry. The risk of fire or other dangers is pervasive and can be encountered anywhere. What is important is preventative educational activity already in children at school age, to the extent that everyone can prevent a fire or other accident and respond adequately to it at the outset. The theoretical part is focusing on the characteristics of the connection of fire safety and protection to education at lower secondary education. It contains an analysis of available documents, including curriculum documents (Framework Educational Programme for Elementary Education and selected School Educational Programmes, chemistry textbooks, and other methodological materials) and topics of chemistry instruction that are closely related to fire safety and protection. The practical part, which contains teaching activities for students with topics related to fire safety and protection suitable for lower secondary chemistry education, are prepared or adapted. The prepared materials were reviewed by group of teachers and other experts in the field and their evaluation shows that the prepared materials are beneficial for the current practice of primary school...
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Effectiveness of the use of information technologies in the topic of waste and waste technologies in the lower secondary chemistry education
Vyskočil, Ondřej ; Bílek, Martin (advisor) ; Koperová, Dominika (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of the generation, processing and subsequent use of waste and the verification of the effectiveness of a set of activities on Waste and Waste Technology using information technologies in the teaching of chemistry in the 9th grade of primary school. The theoretical part provides a brief insight into waste and waste treatment, including the technologies used for this purpose. This issue is also examined in terms of its occurrence in the two levels of the state and school curriculum and in the most commonly used chemistry textbooks in primary school. The information technologies used are then based on an analysis of the newly introduced area of Computer Science. The practical part describes and evaluates the implementation of complex activities on the topic of Waste and Waste Technology in block teaching in the 9th grade of primary school using qualitative research in the form of a case study, and the results confirm that this topic can be implemented as designed, including the information technologies used. KEYWORDS waste, waste technologies, chemistry education, information technology, case study
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