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Waldorf pedagogy in times of distance education
Košnerová, Štěpána ; Krčmářová, Tereza (advisor) ; Stará, Jana (referee)
The thesis deals with distance education at Waldorf primary schools in Czech Republic, which occurred under the influence of COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretical part of the thesis describes alternative concept of Waldorf pedagogy, its theoretical background, and principles. Further on, it deals with the definition of the term "distance education" and its relationship to the period of school closure. In the field of distance education, the term "e- learning" is defined, which has become a contemporary tool of education. Empirical part of the thesis aims to examine the effect of the transition to distance education during the pandemic on Waldorf pedagogy. The method of semi-structured interview is used to determine the results of qualitative research. Prior to the data collection, a preliminary survey was conducted in the form of a meeting with a Waldorf teacher. The aim was to penetrate the situation from the point of view of a Waldorf educator and to formulate interview questions. Subsequently, one test interview was conducted. The acquisition of research data took four months, with a total of twelve in-depth interviews. The average length of one interview was less than 57 minutes. The selection of respondents is subject to three criteria. All respondents are teachers at Waldorf primary schools in the...
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The Rural Teacher Jaroslav Petr and His Legacy to Contemporary Education
Martincová, Petra ; Váňová, Růžena (advisor) ; Kasper, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis seeks to introduce and systematize the work of a long-time forgotten rural teacher Jaroslav Petr (1862-1922). Today basically unknown, he once was an important figure in the pedagogic circles. Although isolated, misunderstood and boycotted by conservative colleagues as well as by then highly influential Catholic authorities, he strived for emancipation of Czech schools within the Habsburg monarchy and especially for modernization of elementary education (refusing herbartianism, promoting hands-on teaching, free school, child-centered approach and other modern concepts). Naturally, he mainly addressed rural-specific challenges. As one of the first Czech education workers he realized the important impact of environment on the development of a (child's) personality, developed so called pedagogic regionalism and accordingly is an author of an innovative model textbook called Elementary teaching for rural schools (Prvouka na škole venkovské) which is based on its principles. At the same time, Petr was alarmed by the low quality of literature written for children or chosen for children to read, and strived for improving it - he wrote numerous literary reviews, essays on how children literature should look like, proposed reading lists, edited several children's readers with special emphasis on folk...
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Parents Motivation for the Alternative Kindergarten Choice
VÁCHALOVÁ, Eva
The goal of the thesis is to clarify the reasons which lead parents to choosing Waldorf´s kindergarten as an alternative option for their children. Alternative schools, reasons why the schools were founded and their main contribution to the education are described in the theoretical part. In the following part of the thesis the founder of the Waldorf´s school Rudolf Steiner is mentioned as well as the description of its foundation, conception and goals. The other chapters are dedicated to family topics, family development and its functions. The following chapters are crucial as well. They are devoted to the motivation and the life values we meet during our lifetimes. The research part is conceived by statistically quantitative method by using the questionnaires which were responded by the parents of the children from four Waldorf´s kindergartens.
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