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Attitude of teachers to the new curriculum reform
Zelená, Lucie ; Basl, Josef (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
Diploma thesis is designed as quantitative research study. The aim is to find out the opinion and attitude of teachers from Czech primary schools concerning the new curriculum reform, which has officially come into use in the form of Framework Educational Program in 2005. The new system of curriculum documents replaces the former educational programs based on centrally imposed curriculum and thus broadens the autonomy of teachers and school institutions, who were assigned to prepare their own school educational program. Besides the changes both in the main objectives of primary education and to some extend in the educational content, there has also been a shift in the role and expectations related to the teacher profession. The main purpose of the study is to find out and describe teacher's prevailing opinion of such change in the educational concept and its benefits at the level of compulsory education. Another aim is to present, how teachers perceive the barriers and inner motivations related to these reform changes in schools, and how these barriers affect the overall attitude towards the reform. The research will also show how the changes in schools since the formal reform introduction are evaluated and which parts of the reform realization and to what extend are considered problematic. At last, the...
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Curricular reform in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and its comparison in terms of legal constitution, conduct and attitudes of the educational staff
Marešová, Pavla ; Kitzberger, Jindřich (advisor) ; Trojan, Václav (referee)
The main objective of this work is to identify similarities and differences of the curricular reform in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in terms of legal constitution, conduct and attitudes of the educational staff. As a research method uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research, textual analysis of documents (legal norms, conceptual and strategic documents) and the questionnaire (opinions and attitudes of teachers). Respondents for the survey were selected by stratified selection to include leading educators and ordinary teachers, primary and secondary schools in both countries. The comparison showed that the process of curriculum reform in both countries are very similar, although the Slovak conducted with less delay. Framework educational programs in the Czech Republic and public education programs to Slovak consistently beyond the compulsory education through learning objectives, competencies, learning outcomes and course content. Content, but among them there are also differences. Quantitative research has demonstrated a lower level of acceptance of reforms in the Slovak Republic in comparison, which is related to a lower degree of familiarity of teachers in the country. Intensity of methodological, material and financial is similar in both countries. Respondents in both...
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Comparison of long-term intents of education and development in regions of Czech republic
Světlíková, Božena ; Trojanová, Irena (advisor) ; Kalous, Jaroslav (referee)
In this work there is accomplished a comparison of long-term intentions of education and development of educational system in four regions of Czech republic - Jihocesky, Karlovarsky, Plzensky, Stredocesky. It's with aim to find how much are these intentions identical or different in chosen educational areas. The work compares fields - parity of opportunities to education, to support of foreign languages and informational and comunication technologies, also area of pedagogical workers and strategy of development individual levels of education according to demographical progress. At the same time, there is made the comparison of these long-term intentions of regions with long-term intentions of education and development of Czech republic.
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Teachers' attitudes to the curriculum reform
Tůmová, Anna ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kalous, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with teachers' attitudes to changes in the education and the curriculum reform of regional education system in the Czech Republic. The curriculum reform is a significant change for the education policy and the teachers' attitudes are important for the reform implementation. The methodology is based on quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Theoretical basis are the theories about teachers' beliefs and attitudes and a belief system according to Paul A. Sabatier. The teachers' approach to the reform is defined as their acceptance of the reform and the extent of their activities in the reform. The teachers' acceptance of the reform is formulated in two dimensions. The first one is teachers' acceptance of the reform objectives. The other one is teachers' acceptance of the new teacher role as a co-creator of the curriculum. The teachers' attitudes appear to be mainly problematic in the second category which deals to formalism of the reform. As main reasons of teachers' disagreement on the reform were identified the problems in the reform implementation phase, teachers' ideological opposition to the reform, inadequate explanation of the reform meaning by central authorities, which leads to a misunderstanding of the reform objectives by teachers, and an implementation of the reform...
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Parent's acquaintance with curriculum reform
Checcacci, Pavlína ; Kasíková, Hana (advisor) ; Sak, Petr (referee)
This thesis is of a theoretical nature: it does not include any field research. It includes a proposal for an elementary school brochure-guide for parents in Czech Republic, created by the author of this thesis. The thesis summarizes findings on the educational curriculum reform in the Czech Republic, which took place in 2007, and analyses ways in which parents were informed. The text focuses first on the reform itself, its objectives and its basic features. It then analyses the relationship between family and school, stating that parents as a group are of major importance for the successful implementation of the reform. It is therefore crucial to properly understand this group. In connection with the reform and its importance for parents, the text deals with how the informational campaign was conceived in the Czech Republic and in the UK. The 'Guide for Parents of English pupils aged 5 to 7 years' is then described as a source of ideas. Based on this, a proposal for a brochure-guide was created to be used as informational material for parents in the Czech Republic.
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Media Education in grammar school - Objectives and Reality
Hronová, Barbora ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis "Media Education in grammar school - Objectives and Reality" is focused on the introduction of a new topic in Czech schools - media education - as a part of the new reforms of the education system. The first part of the thesis defines the concept of media literacy in the context of different types of new literacies. Media education presents particular ways of how to increase media literacy. The thesis deals with the historical development of media education, various approaches to the media education movement, conditions abroad and questions under debate of this domain. The first part also illustrates different forms of media education in the Czech Republic, the new reform of media system and its formation, actual status of media education and its conception in mandatory documents. The second part of the thesis is empirical research that used the qualitative method focus group in discussion with students of grammar school. The research was executed in four groups. Students in two of the groups are passing at this moment subject of media issues, students in the other two groups never went over this subject.
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Teacher competence development for leading students to active citizenship
Zavadilová, Barbora ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Stracený, Josef (referee)
The bachelor thesis is dedicated to the development of active civic attitude among pupils and to teacher education in this field. Active citizenship education is internationally recognized as a key aim of education and, along with current developments, its importance is ever growing. The aim of the paper is to research the value of the topic in the Czech environment, and whether it is integrated into teacher education. The theoretical part of the paper is dedicated to the definition of the topic, the possibilities of its development in the classroom, the specifics of teacher education in this regard, and available methodological resources. In the practical part, a quantitative survey was carried out among the students of the Faculty of Education at the Charles University, accompanied by a qualitative research among the representatives of the academy, as well as of the non-governmental sector. The hypothesises of the paper were verified by the survey: there is a great emphasis to the topic from the side of the teacher educators as well as of the students of teaching; currently, however, its application in practice is limited. From the side of the faculty, there is a growing tendention to cooperate with the non-governmental organisations, which dispose of high quality resources in teacher education...
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Growth of teachers and the participation of management in art schools (related to the curricular reform)
Tomsová, Hana ; Voda, Jan (advisor) ; Kitzberger, Jindřich (referee)
The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the teaching profession in primary schools of art in the 21st century in the context of curricular reform. It addresses not only the readiness of teachers to changes that the curriculum documents bring, but at the same time solves position management (role of directors) in this process. Concretizes the development of the teaching profession from the perspective of management in art schools. The research part of the thesis analyzes the selected documents school curricula, defines the content development for teachers through the training of teachers and emerging approaches of directors in this process. Dissertation will complete the topic by the recommendations of advanced training teachers for the management of teachers in art schools. KEYWORDS teaching profession, competency model, basic art education, curriculum reform, school educational program, the strategy of educational objectives, training of teachers, role and attitudes of directors
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