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The Experience of Teachers with a Pupil with Asperger's Syndrome in Primary School
Lampová, Klára ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Valentová, Hana (referee)
The diploma thesis follows the bachelor thesis "School and Counselling Trajectory of a Child with Asperger's Syndrome", where the experience of children with this diagnosis and their parents with school attendance was described. This time it is viewed from the perspective of primary school teachers who have experience with a pupil with Asperger's syndrome. For data collecting a semi-structured interviews about Asperger's syndrome were used and a qualitative method was chosen. Based on the analysis of the results, the following areas were found: "how it all started", what it means to have a pupil with Asperger's syndrome in the classroom, conflicts, what helps, experiencing inclusion of a child with Asperger's syndrome by his class teacher, "…so one wonders, if it's worth it". The results most often included the individuality of the child and the lack of time and space on the part of teachers in meeting the individual needs of included children, the importance of support from the teaching assistant and also the importance of cooperation with the child's family. The work also includes the theoretical definition of the inclusion of pupils with Asperger's syndrome into regular primary school. KEYWORDS Asperger's syndrome, teachers, primary school, experience, autism spectrum disorders
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Specifics of elementary school supervision from the perspective of a supervisor.
Hoppe, Dominika ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Vozková, Anna (referee)
The intention of the thesis is to map how the supervision process in primary schools is perceived and assessed by supervisors.The thesis also seeks to contribute and highlight the importance of supervision for mainstream educators. The theoretical part initially focuses on the conceptual definition of supervision, its functions, forms, participants and the supervision contract, and then discusses the risk and ethical aspects of supervision. The following section of the theoretical part focuses on supervision in elementary education and the specific aspects that education brings to the supervision process. It also discusses the benefits and limitations of supervision in school settings. The theoretical part concludes with a overview of research on supervision conducted in Czech schools. The empirical part focuses on the presentation of qualitative research aimed at the supervision experiences of supervisors in primary schools. The results of the research showed us the opinions of supervisors on the issue of mandatory implementation of supervision in schools. Those conclude that the majority are in favour of recommending this service rather than making it compulsory, with a minority in favour of making supervision compulsory. Supervisors' motivations for an involvement with schools can be summarised...
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Evaluation of Zippy's friends for primary school age children
Masařová, Anna ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Frombergerová, Anna (referee)
The thesis focuses on the Zippy's Friends prevention program, which is aimed at promoting social skills among children between 5-7 years of age. The first part of the thesis presents the theoretical framework for the main practical part. The goal was to conduct an evaluation of the implementation of this programme. The thesis is focused on alternative uses of the methodology and application. The data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with five respondents. The research shows that working with the methodology is not just a matter of the teacher within the classroom, but it involves a wider sphere of professionals working with children. In practice, the methodology is used not only for children between 5-7 years of age, but also for older children with various specificities. According to the respondents, some flexibility in working with the methodology and adapting it to the needs of specific children seems to be effective. According to interviewees, the Zippy's Friends methodology is a very versatile tool that can be used in different ways. However, the essence of the programme in the form of "Zippy Tips" and the Zippy's Friends story remains in most cases. Despite the fact that none of the evaluations conducted so far have dealt directly with alternative uses, some similar conclusions...
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The relationship between personality traits and attitudes toward electronic cigarettes in adolescents
Pokorná, Vendula ; Lukavská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (referee)
BAKALÁŘSKÁ PRÁCE The attitudes of adolecents towards e-cigarettes and tobacco Abstract In my bachelor thesis I deal with the attitudes of the czech adolescents (students of the first year of the the high school) to combustible cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and heated tabacco. I was interested especially in one concrete cognitive attitude - perceived risk of all mentioned products. The perceived risk of the electronic cigarette and of the heated tabacco I compared with the perceived risk of combustible cigarettes. My goal was also to find out whether the czech adolescents know how theese products function, since when it is possible to buy them and since when it is possible to use them. I aimed for finding out different predictors of percieved risk, such as gender, type of school and the knowledge of the certain product. I was also observing the relations between the perceived risk of the electronic cigarettes, the heated tabacco and the personal characteristics according to Big 5. The data has been gained through the cooperation with high schools of the capital city of Prague. School specialists of primar prevention had a very important function in the research, because they distributed the questionnaires to students in the schools. It has turned out that the czech adolescents perceive the electronic...
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Evaluation of an Educational-Psychological Counselling Centre's Primary Prevention Programme
Divišová, Nikola ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Presslerová, Pavla (referee)
This bachelor thesis evaluates a primary prevention programme of one educational- psychological counselling centre. The aims of the thesis were to evaluate whether the programme met the Professional Competency Standards for School Providers of Primary Prevention of Risk Behavior, to describe its strengths and weaknesses and to formulate recommendations for further improvements of the programme. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the topic of primary prevention, important terms in the field of primary prevention and relevant publications. There is a chapter dedicated to theory of evaluation as well. The empirical part of the thesis evaluates the programme of universal primary prevention implemented by an educational-psychological counselling centre in Prague. It contains descriptions of the programme's strengths and weaknesses, as well as recommendations for further improvements. The Professional Competency Standards for School Providers of Primary Prevention of Risk Behavior were used as the evaluation tool. The scoring system provided together with the Standards was used for this purpose as well. The evaluation showed that some standards in the mentioned publication were not met by the programme. Some problematic areas and other issues worthy of attention were also identified and...
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Orientation in the moral dimension of children group games - the influence of experience with circus pedagogy
Licholetova, Kateřina ; Klusák, Miroslav (advisor) ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (referee)
Following Piaget's research on children's moral judgment, Kuruczova found that in school aged children, the development of orientation in the moral dimension of games organized as a competition significantly preceded the development of orientation in the moral dimension of games organized as cooperation. According to Kuruczova, considerable differences in the degree of orientation between the two types of games may be related to how ordinary school institutions build on competitive ideology, thereby promoting a sense of social relations in the game competition at the expense of sensitivity in game cooperation. Thereafter she discussed that it could be different for children with experience with circus pedagogy, which builds on the ideology of cooperation. The objective of this thesis was to contribute to Piaget's theory of the development of children's moral judgment and to examine whether children's alternative experiences affect their moral orientation in the children's group games and the transition from heteronomy to autonomy in understanding the imperative of obedience to authority. Theoretical introduction includes the main findings of Piaget's theory of moral judgment of children. Than it focusses on the ideology of circus pedagogy and social circus, including knowledge about their positive...
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Experience with online teaching at lower secondary school
Divišová, Anna-Marie ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Frombergerová, Anna (referee)
The work deals with the experience of online teaching at the lower secondary school in the English language subject. This is a qualitative research investigation carried out by semi- structured interviews with English language teachers. The work contains authentic testimonies of respondents, experiences and their experience of distance learning in the autumn and winter of 2020. It presents profiles of individual respondents with their quotes. It also discusses the resulting topics such as online teaching in the general sense, where it describes what online teaching means to teachers as a concept, what they imagine underneath, etc. It lists the main circumstances that may have influenced online teaching, from a teacher's point of view. The work is provided with a theoretical framework that mainly approximates the role of communication in online teaching, the motivation of pupils to learn and also presents the results of other research investigations already carried out into distance learning. The main research questions are: how teachers experienced online teaching; what positive and negative aspects were brought about by online teaching in the eyes of teachers; what behavioural or attitude changes were shown by pupils in the online environment in the eyes of the teacher. Research shows that online...
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Screen use by children aged 6-9 years
Svobodová, Lucie ; Lukavská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the usage of digital technologies by children of early school age (1st to 3rd grade of elementary school). The aim of the thesis is to map in detail the use of screens in children aged 6-9 years and determine the age that would be suitable for the implementation of prevention programs aimed at the healthy use of technologies by children. The research is interested in how much time the children of a given age spend using electronic screens and what type of screens they usually use, what activities they do on the device, how the use differs between boys and girls and whether there are differences in use by children among the first three grades of primary school. The chosen research design is a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in an online form intended for parents. The results of the research showed that the amount of screen time increased with the age of the child and a larger increase was observed mainly in children in the 3rd grade of primary school. Most often, children spend time on mobile devices (smartphone or tablet) and watching TV. We also noticed a slight increase in the use of game consoles for boys in the 3rd grade of primary school, while girls use these devices hardly ever. Thus, prevention programs and education on the safe use and the risks...
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Stress load in beginner teachers and their coping strategies
Budil, Jan ; Vozková, Anna (advisor) ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (referee)
The diploma thesis is aimed at the issue of stress load in beginner teachers and at the ways they cope with it. The theoretical part amasses and elaborates on the information available in literature and presents the results of research endeavours dealing with the topic. As a follow-up of the theoretical part, the research part constitutes the second major portion of the paper. It is carried out in the way of an explorative research which aims at the deeper examination of the topic, at providing both professional and non-professional persons with useful information, at the formulation of new hypotheses and at the directing of future research efforts in the right way. The aforementioned aim is identical with the aim of the entire thesis as well. Based on the aim, the research itself is divided into two constitutive parts, where each presents the reader with certain kinds of information. The first part uses descriptive statistics to summarize the data amassed by the quantitative method of a questionnaire survey, whereas the second part makes use of the methods of inferential statistics in order to analyse said data and draw a comparison of two different subsets of the sample involved. At the end of the diploma thesis, results of the research are presented and used to draw a conclusion about the topic,...
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The cooperation between school psychologists and teams of teachers from the school psychologists's perspective
Sakmárová, Barbora ; Smetáčková, Irena (advisor) ; Pavlas Martanová, Veronika (referee)
My thesis deals with cooperation between school psychologists and teachers. The paper focuses on activities for teachers that are created by school psychologists. The purpose of this study is to look at approach of the school psychologists towards implementation of the activities and to describe attitudes and practices of the school psychologists. Theoretical part consists of the following - history of the school psychology, definition of the school psychology, related legal provisions in the Czech Republic, job description and difficulties that are described by various studies. The paper also deals with teaching, the profession that is often related with stress and burnout syndrome. At the end of the theoretical part several activities for teachers are discussed along with tricky relationship between teachers and school psychologists. Empirical part of the thesis includes results of research consisting of 13 interviews with school psychologists. The interviews are analysed by thematic analysis. The results show that school psychologists create mainly group sessions focused on sharing experiences and thoughts. They also create educational workshops or even relaxation training. During pandemic they send emails of support to the teachers. By creating these activities, the school psychologists offer...
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