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Didactic games and their inclusion to physics teaching at basic school
PÍŠA, Adam
The bachelor's thesis entitled "Didactic games and their inclusion in the teaching of physics at elementary school" describes the possibility of educating students in selected physics lessons in a playful way. The work focuses mainly on the refreshment of basic knowledge of individual physical disciplines, necessary for a proper understanding of the subject matter in secondary schools. In the first part we will focus on the theoretical description of games, its concept, important aspects and features. Next, a list of used parts of physics will be presented with a brief commentary on why this part was selected and which specific topics will appear in the second part. The second part contains examples of individual didactic games with a physical theme, in which the physical disciplines described above are used. The last game is a "roleplaying game", which is intended for future graduates of elementary schools as a playful form of repetition of physical knowledge acquired during physics classes. Finally, the process of creating this work, the expected results and a summary of the presented opinions will be evaluated.
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Teorie relativity - jak na středoškolské úrovni rozvíjet její pochopení
Ryston, Matěj ; Dvořák, Leoš (advisor) ; Novotný, Jan (referee) ; Šlégr, Jiří (referee)
The goal of this doctoral thesis is to find and implement possible ways to facilitate secondary school students' understanding of relativity. The thesis starts with an overview of existing literature as well as ongoingstudies concerned with teachingrelativityto secondarystudents, especially in connection with possible misconceptions and other learning difficulties. Furthermore, it maps available book and internet sources on relativity in both Czech and English that students might use outside of school. A research of Czech curricular documents for upper secondaryeducationandan online surveyamonggymnasium physics teachers were used to assess the current situation of teaching relativity in these schools. Based on the mentioned research, it was decided to develop learning resources focused on General Relativity. Following an analysis of a selection of relativity textbooks on this topic, a study website for interested students as well as a teaching-learningsequence for teachers to adapt in their own teaching were developed. The development and assessment of these materials are described in detail.
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Integrated e-learning in quantum physics and optics
Brom, Pavel ; Lustig, František (advisor) ; Koníček, Libor (referee) ; Ožvoldová, Miroslava (referee)
This doctoral thesis concerns the designs, creation, and a pilot survey of real remotely controlled laboratories that can be used for the introduction to modern physics within the integrated e-learning strategy. With grant support four new remote laboratory experiments could be created, featuring some innovations like the possibility to modify experimental setup, and the design allowing to make a mistake and to obtain nonsensical experimental data in order to test students' critical thinking. The new remote experiment topics are: laws of radioactivity, polarisation state of light, photoelectric effect, and the origin of spectral lines. The emphasis is put on easy experimental data acquision (measurement, record, and download) for further scientific statistical or advanced graphical data proces- sing. The pilot survey aims to select adequate research designs, tools, and data sources and it describes the results and experience from the observation at several Czech secondary schools. The most interesting findings were revealed by action log file analysis and interviews with teachers and students. Finally, real usability of remote laboratory experiments in lessons and physics education is discussed. 1
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Misconceptions in Physics at Elementary School - Suggestions on Procedure During Their Elimination.
Rusínová, Anita ; Drozd, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kolářová, Růžena (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I outlined the ideas of our school's students about certain physical phenomena. From my practical experience I regularly come across misleading ideas that my students hold, and which are common general public, yet do not correspond to reality and have no scientific base. They are called misconceptions. It is very difficult to disprove such ideas and, as previous research results have shown, almost impossible because most students turn back to their misconceptions when the classes are over. I try to suggest such teaching methods that would leave long-term information in some students at least and prevent them from returning to the original misleading ideas. I have also tried to find physical models which students come across during Physics lessons at an elementary school and through which they describe the reality incorrectly. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Application of Experiential Learning in Teaching Physics
Horálková, Zuzana ; Koupilová, Zdeňka (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Irena (referee)
The thesis deals with the method of experiential learning and its applications in teaching physics. Experiential learning is regarded as one of the possibilities how to accomplish educational goals. The first part of the thesis constitutes a reflection on the meaning of education, it offers, among others, a reason for discovering more about experiential learning. Furthermore, the theoretical background of experiential learning is described - Kolb's cycle and learning styles derived from it form a significant part; the growth zone is also presented. Attention is also paid to how the teacher and student are viewed in experiential learning. After the theoretical introduction, the thesis is more practical. It explains what a teacher has to know when creating and presenting an activity for students. This is followed by specific suggestions of activities which use the method of experiential learning and which are to be realised mainly outside the classroom (e.g. at an overnight school trip). The activities deal with different topics of physics (e.g. optics, acoustics or astrophysics). Students' own involvement and experience are emphasised. Suggested activities can supplement ordinary school teaching and thus let students know physics from a different perspective. 1
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Ice hockey in physics tuition
Adámek, Libor ; Drozd, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kácovský, Petr (referee)
1 This thesis is connection between physics and well known sport, ice hockey. It also contains findings and examples, which can be used in physics teaching in primary and secondary schools. The thesis gathers several theories, that describe why is ice slippery on its surface and tries to point out and comment a long term misconception of pressure melting and gives arguments to disprove it aswell. Another part contains hockey game situations, serving as great practical examples of physics and aims to bring them to physics lessons, because of their attractiveness for sudents.
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Basic models of simple electric circuits and their use in physics teaching and learning
Vítková, Miriam ; Dvořáková, Irena (advisor) ; Koudelková, Věra (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on simple models of electric circuits that are used in physics classes. First I selected the overview of the models from accessible sources. Subsequently I categorised them to models that are suitable for classroom demonstration and to models that are more appropriate for discussion or error analysis. For a basic overview of models that are currently used in physics classes I created an online questionnaire and also interviewed several teachers of physics.I discovered that although there are various simple models of electric circuits available, not all of them would be suitable for classroom demonstration without subsequent discussion about possible errors. I also found out that there are teachers who like to use models of electric circuits in their classes whereas others avoid them because of the risk of students' misinterpretation.
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Physical experiment with improvised tools in physics teaching
FIDLER, Ondřej
The main focus of the project- to show the physics to the schoolmates in an interesting way. The work concerns on the experiment analysis. Thereafter follows the analysis of these experiments, where the improvised aids are used. Physical phenomenon are evaluated in these experiments. Experiments are divided into six categories - hydromechanics, pressure and volume of the liquids, optical phenomenon, sound transmission, magnetic and electronic forces, forces around us.
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Integrated e-learning in quantum physics and optics
Brom, Pavel ; Lustig, František (advisor) ; Koníček, Libor (referee) ; Ožvoldová, Miroslava (referee)
This doctoral thesis concerns the designs, creation, and a pilot survey of real remotely controlled laboratories that can be used for the introduction to modern physics within the integrated e-learning strategy. With grant support four new remote laboratory experiments could be created, featuring some innovations like the possibility to modify experimental setup, and the design allowing to make a mistake and to obtain nonsensical experimental data in order to test students' critical thinking. The new remote experiment topics are: laws of radioactivity, polarisation state of light, photoelectric effect, and the origin of spectral lines. The emphasis is put on easy experimental data acquision (measurement, record, and download) for further scientific statistical or advanced graphical data proces- sing. The pilot survey aims to select adequate research designs, tools, and data sources and it describes the results and experience from the observation at several Czech secondary schools. The most interesting findings were revealed by action log file analysis and interviews with teachers and students. Finally, real usability of remote laboratory experiments in lessons and physics education is discussed. 1
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Brachistochrone in theory and experiments
Chamrová, Martina ; Dvořák, Leoš (advisor) ; Snětinová, Marie (referee)
Bachelor thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter essential facts about the brachistochrone problem are presented, especially its history and solution. Second chapter concerns specific methods of solution that can be found in literature. Classic methods as well as less common solutions are described. In the third chapter theoretical calculations including numerical results in specific cases are presented and other problems encountered in solving the brachistochrone problem are discussed. The last chapter is devoted to experiments. Firstly, energy losses during rolling with slipping were investigated. Secondly, a time comparison for balls rolling along three real curves was performed. For each experiment, a video or photo is available on the enclosed DVD. The thesis is suitable for students of teaching physics but it may also serve as motivation for students in compulsory courses of physics in high school.
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