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Various psychological aspects of children's drawings
Kotenová, Nikola ; Šulová, Lenka (advisor) ; Šturma, Jaroslav (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the psychological aspects of drawings of preschool children from complete and incomplete families. In the theoretical part the child's drawing is described as one of the basic manifestations of the semiotic function and it emphasized its importance in the process of cognitive maturation. Drawing is also taken into consideration as a projective diagnostic method. In the research part we interpret drawings by children of different ages in the preschool period with an emphasis on cognitive maturity of the individual and family relations with consideration to the projective function of drawings. The results may lead to a better understanding of children's perception thanks to the interpretation of various drawings.
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Interpretation of the drawing of an enchanted family in the context of social work with foster families
Gazdová, Marie ; Novák, Petr (advisor) ; Drahoňovský, Jan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis will be focused on the drawing of the "enchanted family". In the theoretical part, I deal with concepts related to the family. I also deal with surrogate family care, its forms, the perception of family care, etc. The theoretical text also contains an approach to the topic of children's drawing, especially its developmental stages, family drawings and drawings of the "enchanted family." The practical part is focused on drawing an "enchanted family" with children from foster families and talking to them. With the drawing of the enchanted family, it is essential that the child can express his view of the individual members of the family by bewitching them into an animal. Drawing in my research part is used to get to know the child's personality, especially his relationships between family members and his overall experience while drawing. I also decided on child development and substitute family care. Keywords Family, Foster Care, Child, Child Drawing, Family Drawing, Enchanted Family Drawing
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Drawings as a tool for investigating lower-secondary students' knowledge of cell structure
VLČKOVÁ, Barbora
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the use of drawing as a tool to assess students' knowledge of cell structure. The aim of the study is to examine how drawing can serve as a means of gathering information about students' knowledge and to evaluate the level of understanding of cell biology among 6th-grade students. The research involved 41 participants from two elementary schools. A questionnaire with three parts was used to collect data from the participants. The first part of the questionnaire inquired about basic personal information and the participants' interest in drawing. The second part consisted of open-ended and closed-ended questions to assess knowledge related to cells. In the final part, the participants were given space to draw and describe organelles of animal and plant cells. The questionnaire was administered to the participants twice. In the first administration, they were asked to demonstrate their knowledge without any preparation. During the second visit to the schools, the participants were provided with an educational text about cells, accompanied by illustrations of individual cells, to quickly familiarize them with basic information about cells. They then completed the same quiz again. The results indicate that drawing can be an effective tool for assessing students' knowledge of cell structure. Through drawing, students express and visualize their understanding of cells. The majority of respondents believe that drawing significantly contributes to their learning. The first quiz yielded average results, with at least half of the respondents answering correctly to most questions. Improvement in results was observed in the second quiz. The evaluation of the third part of the questionnaire was based on predetermined criteria. With one exception, each respondent included at least the nucleus in their cell drawing. Most respondents depicted more than one organelle in the cell.
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Lower-secondary students' drawings as a tool for finding their knowledge about external and internal constitution of fish body
VAŠKOVÁ, Iveta
The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyse drawings of internal and external constitution of fish bodycreated bylower secondary students atselected schools in South Bohemia. A total number of 127 respondents from four schools and one grammar school were involved in the research. The questionnaire with three parts was used to collect data. First part was focused on demographic data about the respondent. Second part included a task for students to draw the external structure of the fish's body, while paying attention to the correct location of all fins. Third part of questionnaire contained pre-printed silhouette of a fish (carp), where students tried to correctly sketch pre-selected organs (heart, brain, stomach, intestines, liver, kidney, gas bladder, gills and lateral line organ). There was found in the analysis of the second part of questionnaire that the carp was the most frequently sketchedfish species. Most students had difficulty with drawing correct number of fins and placing them correctly. In third part of questionnaire, brain was the most often drew and correctly located organ. On the other hand, liver was the least drawn and kidney the most incorrectly drawn organ. Activities which could help with teaching this topic in biology lessons were designed based on the collected data. Three selected activities were introduced to lower secondary school teachers in order to get their feedback. Based on this information and pilot testing of two activities the methodological recommendations were written and some activities were slightly modified. The contribution of this diploma thesis can be considered in the practical use of theoretical knowledge of this topic and also activities which can be used by biology teachers at lower-secondary level. The results of the diploma thesismay be useful for the professional community as well as general public. They can become the basis not only for improving teaching this topic, but also for follow-up research using drawing as a tool for investigating the level of students' knowledge. Key words: children's drawing, externalconstitution of fish body, internal constitution of fish body, teaching activities, textbook.
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Development of graphomotor skills in preschool children
Marková, Kateřina ; Felcmanová, Lenka (advisor) ; Valešová Malecová, Barbara (referee)
- anglicky Title: Development of graphomotorics in pre-school children The present diploma thesis is focused on the topic of development of graphomotorics in pre- school children. The theoretical part deals with the description of children in pre-school age and everything related to this stage of life: the curricular documents, the concept of school preparedness and readiness as well as its diagnostics. The second half of the theoretical part describes the area of graphomotoric skills - its development and stages it undergoes, children drawings and its development and finally an overview of possible roadblocks and dysfunctions in graphomotorics. The empirical presents the result of research conducted via questionnaire for parents of pre-school children. Its aim was to uncover how well the parents are informed about and how much they are interested in the development of graphomotorics of their pre- school children. Key words: Pre-school and primary school age child, school readiness, school preparedness, pre-school education, children drawing, graphomotoric dysfunction.
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