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Science worksheets on the topic "Water" for teaching in a school garden
Kakešová, Kristýna ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Svobodová, Silvie (referee)
Most elementary schools in the Czech Republic have a school garden, but despite frequently emphasized benefits of fieldwork, it is difficult for many schools to include their school garden in their classes. Therefore, the main goal of this diploma thesis was to create and test worksheets for teaching in a school garden at the second grade of elementary school (i.e. pupils 12 to 15 years old). Ten worksheets are focused on the topic "water"; four of them are dedicated to measurement of precipitation. The created materials were tested at a small rural school, whose school garden has been modernized in recent years. After minor modifications, the worksheets are useable in all school gardens. This thesis also contains created materials - worksheets with author's solutions and methodological manuals for teachers. The second goal of this thesis was to determine the effect of teaching with these worksheets on the pupils' attitude towards the school garden and the environment. To collect data from 34 respondents, I used modified standardized research tools Inclusion of Nature in Self (INS) and Two Major Environmental Values (2-MEV), the research was based on pre-test/post-test design. The achieved results show a positive effect on the pupils' attitude towards the school garden, the effect on the pupils'...
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Interdisciplinary teaching in the environment of school gardens on primary schools
DOKULILOVÁ, Petra
The main aim of the work is to make an offer of educational activities for primary school, which will be used in the school garden environment. At the same time, it will be applied intersubject relations in them. The selection of the topics was based on an analysis of The Framework Educational Program and textbooks of FRAUS publishing. The six areas of educational activities include detailed instructions for realization, worksheets, and other teaching aids. All activities were verified in the school garden of Horka-Domky, Třebíč primary school. On the testing participated pupils in the third and fifth year of primary school. Success was evaluated by pre-test (test of input knowledge) and post-test (test of output knowledge), realized before the teaching and a week after. For the Art lesson was used a questionnaire about the popularity of the lesson and satisfaction with their own artefact. The results show that pupil's input knowledge was at a very high level. They achieved the greatest improvement in educational activities focused on English vocabulary and measurement. According to the questionnaire was the lesson of the Art assessed as fun. Pupils appreciated working outdoors.
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Teaching biology and mathematics with the use of model school gardens
KOSOVÁ, Kamila
The aim of the diploma thesis is to develop an educational offer usable for outdoor teaching at upper primary schools. The interdisciplinary principles between the school subjects of biology and mathematics are applied in a series of complex tasks. The theoretical part summarizes the issues of the FEP (Framework Education Programme), also the anchoring of natural history and mathematics in the FEP BE (Framework Education Programme for Basic Education) and lastly the interdisciplinary relationships and the use of school gardens. The main benefit of this work is a development of a specific curriculum for subjects of mathematics and natural history. It consists of eight activities applicable to teaching in school gardens. However, most activities are suitable for both outdoors and indoors teaching. Individual activities include a methodological sheet for teachers and a worksheet for students. By reason of the Covid-19 pandemic, the worksheets were evaluated by fifteen practicing teachers using a structured interview method. Final versions of the worksheets were finished based on their comments and observations. Respondents' answers are included in the chapter Discussion.
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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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Utilization of School Garden for Practical Activities with Plants at Lower-secondary School
Grygová, Petra ; Skýbová, Jana (advisor) ; Říhová, Dagmar (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with use of a school garden for practical activities during excursion activities. The specific selected locality is the school garden of Business Academy and Secondary School of Agriculture and Ecology in Žatec. The main goal was preparation of practical activities that might be implemented in the school garden and their verification in classes of lower grades students of the lower-secondary school. The proposed research was carried out through didactic tests, in which the input knowledge was considered before the implementation of practical activities (pretest) and the knowledge acquired was afterwards verified in a posttest. The overall didactic concept of botanically oriented activities was elaborated in accordance with biology didactics. Subsequently, another survey took place in a form of attitude questionnaire, which aimed to determine popularity of practical activities in the school garden by the students themselves. The achieved research results demonstrate that practical activities with plants in the school garden are effective and popular form of teaching. KEYWORDS student, teaching forms and methods, school garden, practical activities, excursion activities, didactic test, attitude questionnaire
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Using school garden to teach biology in ZŠ Hostýnská school
Sičák, Erik ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Novotný, Petr (referee)
The thesis aims on complex description of environmental features of ZŠ Hostýnská school ground and evaluating its using for teaching biology. In theoretic part the importance of school grounds for educating is introduced, history of school gardens and current state of their using is described. Next part is focused on current using of school ground and description of its environment. Floristic investigation made by author in 2014-2015 is included. In frequent visits author found and determinated 117 species of vascular plants, which is a sign of relatively high biodiversity. Finally using of school ground is compared with school book and key competences. Plans and suggestions for future improvements are given. Five work sheets with methodic suggestions are included.
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Biology Fieldwork in School Gardens in the Czech Republic
Kakešová, Kristýna ; Janštová, Vanda (advisor) ; Chlebounová, Irena (referee)
This bachelor's theses is dedicated to fieldwork in Biology at secondary school in the Czech Republic. It is dedicated to the topic of school gardens. The first part is presenting the advantages of fieldwork and also its obstacles, which could make the implementation of fieldwork harder. One of these concerns is the emplacement of Biology fieldwork in the curriculum for different educational levels (lower and upper secondary schools), where this method is not often explicitly included. The second part is dedicated to the school gardens in the Czech Republic, it summarizes results of studies exploring gardens' conditions, facilities, and usage. Results show that most of the lower secondary schools have their garden and they also use it for teaching, mostly practical subjects as gardening or cultivating work. In the case of upper secondary schools, there is a lack of comprehensive studies. Other foci of the thesis are: a history of school gardens in Czechia; organizations involved in Biology and Science education in school gardens, and selected teaching methods appropriate for teaching Biology in school gardens.
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