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Educational envinronment of Waldorf preschool in Prague with its philosophical starting point
Andrštová, Tereza ; Syřiště, Ivo (advisor) ; Blažková, Veronika (referee)
This exploratory case study is focused on the educational environment and the school climate in one particular Waldorf preschool in Prague. Emphasis of the research was oriented towards the original philosophical basis of Rudolf Steiner, who invented Waldorf education in the early 20th century. The goal of this study was to underpin the specific environment and point out the way, in which the principles of Steiner education are demonstrated in the environment. Within the qualitative research method I have created complex questionnaires for two groups of respondents: parents and teachers. In the creation of the questionnaires I have utilized my own experience form the environment and my knowledge of Waldorf theory and theory of climate. The questionnaires have created a template with predefined codes. After the respondents answered the questionnaires, the codes than got their unique characterizations. The output of this study is a defined elementary hypothesis about functioning and affecting of the environment and the climate from the viewpoint of the two groups of respondents. The results are discoveries that the functioning of the school climate is intensive and positive and its common characterization is its lovingness. The environment is functioning situationally (in the same way with its...
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Youth Training in Dukla Praha Football Club
ŠVEC, Martin
The main research objective of this thesis is to determine how the intentions of educational activities carried out by the football club correspond with observable reality. The theoretical section of the thesis deals with the educational environment in the context of a football club. Further analysis of the club documents and interviews with coaches to determine their educational aims. The empirical part of the research presents the results of observation as well as a comparison of these results with educational aims proclaimed by the club. We have found that the aims fully correspond with observed reality. The club prefers personal development of players and their enjoyment of the game to match results. The educational strategy in Dukla Praha draws on the assumption that education of a strong personality is crucial for education of an excellent athlete.
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School Architecture as an Educational Concept
Chudá, Kateřina ; Voda, Jan (advisor) ; Uhlířová, Jana (referee)
What are the modern architectural trends in foreign and domestic learning enviroments? That is the main question of this thesis that is trying to merge both architectural and pedagogical points of view. Even though this topic is becoming more and more actual, it can still be hardly found in czech literature. This thesis analyses new trends in school projects and how they align to the schools educational concept. The theoretical part explains the terms of educational enviroments, educational concept and shows the main architectural trends in school designs. The analytical part presents ten foreign schools looking into the alignment between architectural concept and educational concept. In the research section nine recently built school projects are presented, eight czech and one austrian primary schools are investigated via interviews and observations. The research comes to a conclusion that according to the new changing educational reguirements, most of the examined school projects implements some new features like relaxation places for pupils and places for improving students social and personal skills. Just few of the examined architectural projects are taking into consideration the educational concept, mostly it is the educational concept that is subordinated to the school building project....
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Educational styles of secondary school teachers
Lukáčová, Monika ; Gillernová, Ilona (advisor) ; Mertin, Václav (referee)
The present thesis is devoted to educational styles of secondary school teachers. The literary overview describes progressively the most important educational environment of high school students - their family, school and peers. This section provides more detailed information about socialization in adolescence. The interaction with other people is considered as the starting point of their socialization. The concept of "significant others" (parents, teachers) as an irreplaceable factor of adolescent's development and growth is particularly highlights at the thesis. Follow-up to the characteristics of interaction and communication at pedagogical-psychological context the different views of educational styles of teachers and specifics that relate to the educational environment of secondary schools are introduced. In another part of the thesis a research project is proposed. It pays attention to secondary school teachers who teach "Pedagogy" and "Psychology" which are characterized briefly by their specific position in relation to the educational styles at the introduction. The aim of such research project should be comparing educational styles of these teachers. It should be filled by using a questionnaire "Pupil about a teacher" by author Ilona Gillernová. Key words: educational environment,...
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The comparison of the educational environment of groups of adolescent girls with and without conduct disorders
Šimonová, Kristýna ; Gillernová, Ilona (referee) ; Čáp, David (referee)
The presented thesis deals with the comparison of the educational environment of adolescent girls with and without conduct disorders. It concentrates primarily on the educational environments of family and school, in respect of their importance for the socialization of the individual. The theoretical section first briefly characterizes the adolescent period in its bio- psycho-social aspects. Furthermore it is dedicated to the issue of conduct disorders, their classification, symptoms, but also the etiology or specifics of these problems in girls. In conclusion, it offers insight into correlation between different characteristics of the educational environments and conduct disorders with a focus on the specifics in girls. The empirical part then aims to compare the educational environment of girls with and without conduct disorders through twenty detailed case studies of girls aged fourteen to eighteen. One half of the studies concerns with girls placed in institutional facilities, because of their problematic behaviour. The other half is focused on girls without educational troubles. Subsequently the work tries to find possible common features for both groups separately and then also compares these groups mutually. Both qualitative and quantitative methods have been used for this research. The...
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The educational environment of adolescent girls with bahviour disorders
Šimonová, Kristýna ; Gillernová, Ilona (advisor) ; Čáp, David (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the educational environment relating to the development of conduct disorders in adolescent girls. These are mainly the educational environments of family and school, in respect of their importance for the socialization of the individual. The theoretical part first briefly characterizes the adolescent period in its bio-psycho- social aspects. Further it deals with the issue of conduct disorders, their classification, manifestation, but also the etiology or specifics of these problems in girls. In conclusion it offers insight into correlation between different characteristics of the educational environments and conduct disorders with a focus on the specifics in girls. The empirical part of the work aims to map the possible relationship between conduct disorders in girls and educational environment by the form of ten detailed case studies of girls aged fourteen to sixteen placed in institutional facilities. Both qualitative and quantitative methods have been used for this research. The diploma project contributes to understanding the psychological context of the problematic development of adolescent girls and brings new data into the wider monitoring project of educational environment in adolescents. In addition to the benefits of detailed case studies of girls that give...
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