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Professional training of pre-service teachers of biology in the field of scientific skills
Nejedlý, Adam ; Veteška, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Svobodová, Zuzana (referee)
In many cases, understanding the nature and validity of information presented on the basis of scientific knowledge is essential for application in contemporary society. Similarly, in line with the rapidly developing fields of science, technology and engineering, it is necessary to have enough competent people prepared to work in these areas. Consequently, scientific skills appear to be an essential component of scientific literacy, the development of which is the focus of pupil education in many countries. Teachers' attitudes towards the importance of scientific skills play a crucial role in pupils' education, as perceptions of their importance are the starting point for conveying their relevance to pupils and subsequently for their development. It is also important that teachers feel competent enough to teach these skills. A prerequisite for this is that they receive good and sufficient preparation in teacher education. The aim of the research was to characterize the professional training of biology teachers in the field of scientific skills. A content analysis of the annotations and syllabi of the courses in the study programmes was carried out. To determine attitudes, a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate students' perceptions of the importance, self-competence, and higher...
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Simple science experiments in kindergarten
JÍŠOVÁ, Diana
The bachelor thesis contains a set of simple research activities in the form of experiments, for each season for children in kindergarten.In the theoretical part of the work is the primary goal of the concept of science education within the kindergarten curriculum, research teaching and its possibilities or limits in pre-primary education.The practical part contains the characteristics of the target group, the way in which the didactic materials were processed, and the presentation of individual proposed research activities, including reflection after their verification in practice.
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Inter-curricular tasks using laboratory systems in human biology at the lower-secondary level
HAŠKOVÁ, Tereza
This thesis focuses on cross-curricular relations and integrated teaching methods in natural science subjects at the upper grade of elementary schools. The literature review describes the development of natural sciences subjects teaching methods and it further explores cross-curricular relations and integrated teaching alongside the with its incorporation into curricular documents and mentions teaching methods that support integrated teaching.The second part is focused on the created worksheets and their practical verification with pupils of 7th and 8th grade in an elementary school.
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school garden as a natural trail
ROUBÍČKOVÁ, Tereza
The thesis is on nature learning using the school garden in science education at the first grade of primary school. In the theoretical section, the author presents the history and present of school gardens. It also describes garden pedagogy, its effects and methods. On the basis of the information found in the theoretical section, the author proposed a learning trail, which he discusses in the practical part. In total, five stops related to the normal natural phenomena of the Czech countryside were proposed. A worksheet has been drafted for each stand to fix the information received. Feedback from practical teachers points to the fact that individual suggestions are usable at primary school level.
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Effectiveness of activation teaching methods in science education at the primary level of elementary schools
HLINŠŤÁKOVÁ, Anna
The diploma thesis is focused on the evaluation of the effectiveness of activating teaching methods in science education at the first stage of primary school. The data were obtained in two parallel classes, in which teaching with activating elements and teaching without activating elements took place. The total of 60 pupils from the 3rd to the 5th classes participated in the research. After evaluating the survey, it turned out that teaching units using activation elements appear to be more effective in acquiring new knowledge than teaching in the traditional way.
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Inter-subject relations between chemistry and geology in natural sciences
Kálalová, Anna ; Čtrnáctová, Hana (advisor) ; Teplý, Pavel (referee)
Thesis is fixed on inter-subjects relations between chemistry and geology in context of science education. Thesis concern subject matter defined in curricula for grammar schools, which is devoted inorganic chemistry, mineralogy and petrology. Next there is lucid compile inclusion these themes to school curricula in other grammar schools. Thesis emphasizes mainly to practical works in teaching mentioned subjects i.e. experiments. There are compile topics for chemical and physical experiments, which are useful for demonstration inter- subject relations between these subjects and geology. Worksheets with creative solutions were made for these experiments; there are component of enclosure of this thesis.
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Chemistry - Physics relatives in the Science education
Konečný, Martin ; Čtrnáctová, Hana (advisor) ; Teplá, Milada (referee)
Title: Chemistry - Physics Relatives in the Science Education Department: Department of Teaching and Didactics of Chemistry Abstract (in English): Within the master's degree thesis was conducted a literary research. Overview of interdisciplinary relatives in science education was done based on this research. The interdisciplinary relatives are described in the work as well as a historical development of integrated science education in the Czech Republic and in Europe. Three teaching tasks were created for use in science lessons with the following topics: The universe evolution and formation of elements, Luminescence, and The substance composition. Teaching tasks can be used during the class work or as a material for talented students and have both theoretical and practical parts. The teaching tasks were evaluated by teachers who used them during their chemistry lessons. The final part of the master thesis is a survey, in which teachers answered the questions concerning the establishing of new conference called "Chemistry Teachers' Inventions Fair" for secondary school and high school teachers. Keywords: interdisciplinary relatives, physics, chemistry, science eduaction, integrated teaching
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The position of the chemical experiment at the time of ICT - aluminum and its compounds
Sloup, Radovan ; Čipera, Jan (advisor) ; Havlíček, David (referee) ; Šmejkal, Petr (referee)
The main goal of the thesis is to describe a position of the real experiment in chemistry at the beginning of the 21 century and to contribute to solution of speculations if this didactic tool is or is not at current schools such a rarity as it's often described. The starting point of the thesis is extensive research of the literature related to history of natural science literacy which is condition not only for the right experiment interpretation but also of its suitable usage in the lessons. The theoretical part observes also the ensuring of the chemical experiment in the curricular documents and its position in the chemistry teaching in recent past. The experiment is a dynamic visualia therefore the visualias are classified in particular part of the thesis and their occurrence and function are described - in today's information society, chemistry textbooks, as a part of hypermedia programs for chemistry teaching and in lessons in general. The thesis focuses partly on hypermedia programs, especially then on materials for chemistry teaching that proved to be helpful in e-learning. Through the questionnaire inquiry at primary and secondary schools in Czech Republic were discovered not merely material also personal options of the schools and chemistry teachers in relation to the experiment...
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Research-like education in primary schools
Svátková, Barbora ; Vančata, Václav (advisor) ; Skýbová, Jana (referee)
In this thesis, we assume a pan-European issue of the decline of interest in science and science education. In connection with this issue we conducted a literature search. We have also mapped the literature related to the issue of education research in the Czech Republic and the rest of the world. In an effort to increase pupils' interest, increase enthusiasm for science, we deal with activation teaching methods that compare with frontal teaching. As a motivational method we chose a research method of teaching. We prepared a lesson, which we tested among pupils of secondary school. In this work we watched 16 hours in 6 classes. Those lectures were inquiry and frontal way led. The results are presented in the practical part of this thesis. During lectures we wanted to stimulate students' interest in science and science research. Keywords academic instruction, frontal teaching, science education, cooperation, sensors Pasco, microscope, pupil, elementary school, Key Competencies
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