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Student's inquiry skills at lower secondary school
Nejedlý, Adam
Scientific thinking is an essential skill for full application in society associated with responsible human decision-making. The development of research skills and knowledge also contributes to its complexity. For the possibility of their systematic development, it is necessary to map the current situation of students in primary schools. The aim of the work was to find out what are the research skills of these students in the field of correctly formulating a research question based on specific problem and after finding a solution to formulate an answer to a given research question. Four research-oriented tasks were used, which were solved by 58 students from the seventh grade of primary school. It was found that more than half of the students are not able to formulate the research question correctly and more than one third of the students are unable to formulate the answer to the given research question correctly.
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Proposals of Practical Excercises in Zoology Based on Protists and Invertebrates from Freshwater Aquaria
Talavášková, Barbora ; Mourek, Jan (advisor) ; Říhová, Dagmar (referee)
This thesis deals with proposals for practical exercises using freshwater aquaria in teaching elementary schools and junior high schools that focus on protozoa and invertebrates. The main aim of the thesis is to propose practical exercises using elements of inquiry-based science education. Using identification cards of protozoa and microscopic invertebrates, pupils can learn about these organisms during laboratory exercises with microscopes. A total of fourteen cards with representatives of protozoa, invertebrates, algae and cyanobacteria typical of freshwater aquariums are presented. Each of the identification cards contains a basic description, as well as a procedure for the pupils to observe and draw the organism. They are accompanied by a photograph, a pen drawing and a QR code that links to a video of the observation of the representative under the microscope. Another proposal is a practical exercise focusing on the food chain of standing water. Also included is a worksheet focusing on independent laboratory work by students on water quality analysis using the Pasco laboratory technique. The contribution of this work is the actual experience of setting up a school freshwater aquarium. The process of setting up the aquarium and investigating it is described in this thesis. The succession of...
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The role of vegetation in the solar energy distribution and the water cycle in the landscape - an impact of inquiry based education on pupils understanding
BRČÁKOVÁ, Tereza
This article brings the results of the survey aimed on the impact of inquiry based education on the students' knowledge of the role of vegetation in the solar energy distribution and the water cycle in the landscape, which was realized at four schools. The introduction presented the issue of the role of vegetation in the solar energy distribution and the water cycle in the landscape. Further, the bachelor thesis presents problems of inquiry based education, and also implementation of inquiry based science education on this theme in elementary schools education and grammar schools education relating to didactic textbooks. The outcome of the thesis brings the results of the survey made by pretest and posttest forms. From the data collected follows that inquiry based education increases the pupils' knowledge of this topic. Knowledge regarding distribution solar energy by plants is important for understanding water cycle in landscape and evidence based water economy, which can reduce losses of water in a local measure and mitigate subsequent drought.
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Student's Inquiry Skills at Lower Secondary School
Nejedlý, Adam ; Vojíř, Karel (advisor) ; Brůnová, Linda (referee)
Scientific thinking is an essential skill for full application in society associated with responsible human decision-making. The development of research skills and knowledge also contributes to its complexity. For the possibility of their systematic development, it is necessary to map the current situation of students in primary schools. The aim of the work was to find out what are the research skills of these students in the field of correctly formulating a research question based on specific problem and after finding a solution to formulate an answer to a given research question. Four research-oriented tasks were used, which were solved by 58 students from the seventh grade of primary school. It was found that more than half of the students are not able to formulate the research question correctly and more than one third of the students are unable to formulate the answer to the given research question correctly.
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CSI effect and its influence on the perception of forensic biology
Míková, Zuzana ; Pinkr, Tomáš (advisor) ; Ehler, Edvard (referee)
1 Abstract This bachelor thesis tries to give an outline on how the TV projects into our everyday life. There are many crime TV series that we can watch. These programmes unfortunately give a distorted view of the forensic and investigative work performed in crime laboratories, as they show a great number of inaccurate or altogether false information. This thesis shows some cases of the 'CSI effect', which emerged after crime series got increasingly popular both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Then it explains how the so often used DNA analysis really works. Finally, it gives some ideas and examples of what teachers can do to prevent the CSI effect from spreading. Key word CSI effect, biological materials, DNA analysis, inquiry based science education
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Selected Vertebrate Species of the Jizera Mountains in Inquiry Based Science Education at Primary and Secondary Schools
Kršková, Adéla ; Andreska, Jan (advisor) ; Hanel, Lubomír (referee)
The thesis consists of two main parts: a theoretical one which includes a separate chapter about the Jizera Mountains as a whole, introducing their geological structure, climate, botanical and zoological species and three public figures connected with the Jizera Mountains. The second part is a practical one. The first chapter which is divided into ten sub-chapters, introduces typical vertebrates, especially those which can be included in education at primary schools and grammar schools. The next chapter mentions nature trails which are later suggested as enriching elements in zoological excursions. These must follow the official paths within the nature conservation area. Certain thought in this thesis is also given to the SPA (Special Protection Area) established to protect the black grouse and the boreal owl. The last but one chapter involves selected centres of ecological education and other organisations organising programmes focused on vertebrates. Then there is classification of primary and secondary education with emphasizing a short survey of which biology textbooks are used at primary schools around Jablonec nad Nisou. Education at secondary schools is supplemented with international researches called PISA and TIMSS serving as a base for the last chapter, which is about enquiry based...
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Survey of the pupil's skills by PISA-research connected with IBSE
Pražienka, Miroslav ; Čtrnáctová, Hana (referee)
CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE - Faculty of Science Department of Teaching and Didactics of Chemistry Albertov 3, 128 40 Praha 2, Czech Republic Survey of the pupils' skills according to PISA-reserch connected with Inquiry Based Science Education Mgr. Miroslav Pražienka prazienkam@gymlovo.cz The described topic of the testing of the pupils and modern methods of teaching the science subjects connect two trends in Czech and European schools. Nowadays the methods of the modern education have been promoted in the proces of preparation of the future teachers but also in the lifelong learning of the teachers. The thesis is focused on Inquiry Based Science Education. This modern method is connected with the international testing PISA and is described in theoretical part. Both are integrated in practical part and testing. After careful studying of materials and the method of PISA, there were elaborated the testing tasks with inquiry skills for experimental part of this work. After the first trial testing, the materials were modified and prepared for real testing. The testing was carried out on four schools (secondary school near Prague, grammar schools in Prague and in Lovosice), four classes and 101 fifteen- years-old pupils were included. The results of the testing were represented in graphs and discussed....
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