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Beginning teacher of (not only) biology
Nedavašková, Michaela ; Rajsiglová, Ina (advisor) ; Kotvaltová Sezemská, Karolína (referee)
This work provides an insight into the professional start of beginning teachers which is key for their future direction. It turns out that many teachers leave the profession during the first years. The first part defines the concept of the induction period and highlights its importance, describes the role of the mentor and school management, and then the difficulties and needs of beginning teachers. The second part is devoted to the German and Swedish educational systems and primarily focuses on their approaches and ways of induction of beginning teachers. Germany was chosen based on its unique system of two-phase teacher education and Sweden as a representative of the Nordic countries investing a significant proportion of its government budget into education. Key words: beginning teacher, induction period, mentoring, induction of beginning teachers
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The Influence of the Higher Education and Support of the School Environment for Beginning Teachers of Biology
Přibylová, Kateřina ; Rajsiglová, Jiřina (advisor) ; Blažová, Kateřina (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis was to find out how beginning teachers perceive the influence of the higher education and the support of the school environment in the course of their first years of practice and also how they subsequently propose to improve the quality of the higher education and the support of the school environment. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with twelve beginning teachers with a one to five years of experience. The data were processed by the method of the grounded theory. It was discovered that the beginning teachers' perception of the higher education and the support of the school environment is influenced not only by the form of those two elements but also by the teachers' perceived problems, which are very individual. The factors that cause the individuality of the problems and subsequently the point of views of the beginning teachers are discussed in the thesis. It is not possible to determine the form of the higher education and the support of the school environment that would suit everyone given the individuality of the beginning teachers' views. On the other hand, there are some trends across the opinions of beginning teachers and thus they are presented in the thesis. Key words: beginning teacher, problems of beginning teachers, higher...
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