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A special educator and a psychologist in every school? Institutionalisation of support teaching positions in primary schools
Panák, Petr ; Mouralová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Černý, Jakub (referee)
The thesis focuses on the policy of institutionalisation of support teaching positions, which extends school special educators and school psychologists to primary schools and tries to ensure the stability of professions of the support teaching positions. The thesis focuses on the piloting of institutionalisation in small primary schools with 20-179 pupils, where schools are provided with support teaching positions by pedagogical-psychological counselling centres. The aim is to describe the functioning of the institutionalisation model and to understand how it is perceived by school special educators, school psychologists and heads of pedagogical- psychological counselling centres. The thesis is framed by two theoretical concepts: the street- level bureaucracy and the theory of accountability. The thesis uses various data sources, from questionnaires to interviews, public policy documents, and administrative data. Based on these data, the thesis concluded that it has not yet been possible to ensure a sufficient expansion of support teaching positions into schools, mainly due to the lack of qualified staff nor the professional stability of support teaching positions, as these do not have the certainty of continuation of institutionalisation in 2025. At the same time, the role of pedagogical- psychological...
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Narrative evaluation from the perspective of teachers
Kopecká, Natálie ; Mouralová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Gargulák, Karel (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to understand how teachers in upper primary schools using verbal assessment perceive this type of feedback. This goal is achieved through ten in-depth interviews that focus on the teachers' own understanding of the concept and relating to it, its benefits towards teachers and the problems they face because of its application. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on teachers' understanding of their own role in the process and their view of the roles of other actors, especially in terms of the principle of affordance. The analysis revealed that verbal evaluation is perceived by teachers as an essential part of their professional identity. The main benefits of the application of verbal assessment are considered by teachers to be the opportunity to get to know their pupils better and to improve their pedagogical and psychological skills. On the other hand, the biggest difficulty for them is the lack of time and, in terms of emotional experience, the translation of verbal assessment into grades. In terms of accountability, teachers identified the pupil as the main beneficiary to whom they render accounts, but at the same time they described several other actors whose demands they must take into account. One could therefore speak of an overload of accountability, or even of...
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The Proposal for Changes of Organization Rules of Backer Elektro CZ Corp.
Plíšková, Pavla ; Tvrdíková, Hana (referee) ; Němeček, Petr (advisor)
Bachelor´s thesis analyses the present state of the organization rules of Backer Elektro CZ Corp. It specializes chiefly in organization structure. It describes the structure and refers to determinate deficiencies. It includes proposals of possible solutions of identified problems which should resoult in the improvement of cooperation and cost reduction of the company in future years. Main objektive is more effective organization of manpower.
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Implementation of the human rights-based approach in development cooperation by Czech non-governmental non-profit organizations
Stehlíková, Magda ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (advisor) ; Košák Felcmanová, Alena (referee)
This thesis seeks to describe the development and theoretical anchoring of the concept of the human rights-based approach (HRBA) in the context of development cooperation and to examine how it is taken into account by Czech NGOs. The theoretical part focuses in particular on the still controversial issues related to the universalism and cultural relativism of human rights, as well as their mostly individualistic nature. Then, the gradual penetration of human rights into international development discourse and the role and specifics of development NGOs are described in more detail. The thesis presents theoretical insights and concrete examples of the application of the human rights-based approach by NGOs. Critical perspectives and problematic implications associated with its application by NGOs are also discussed. In the Czech environment, the implementation of the HRBA is examined through a case study of two prominent NGOs.
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Accountability of international NGOs
Staša, Michal ; Skovajsa, Marek (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
Diploma thesis concerns two current issues filling scholarly magazines in recent years. The first one is a discourse about the global civil society, its existence, definition and scope. Thesis maps the basic approaches and creates three groups of authors: globalists, skeptics and empiricists. The second issue is about the need of better accountability which arises after few scandals of global institutions in the early years of new century. The scandals didn't avoid the international non-governmental organizations. The diploma thesis summarizes few types of typologies of accountability and introduces the basic areas divided into the two groups: moral and political accountability and procedural and internal accountability. The research part of thesis comprises the accountability assessment of three branches of international non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Hnutí DUHA - The Friends of the Earth. The goal was to find the appropriate methodology for assessing the national branches and verify it. The main result is the modification of an existing methodology of One World Trust organization and the finding that the organizations have the low rate of accountability.
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Accountability of Public and Private Elementary School
Čermáková, Olga ; Voda, Jan (advisor) ; Trojan, Václav (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the school accountability. It explores accountability as a phenomenon that exists but it is not explicitly expressed and systematically integrated into the process of managerial control in Czech school. The work summarizes the gained knowledge and approaches to accountability in Czech and foreign environment and their links with the school management in general. The aim of qualitative research is to contribute to the expansion of scientific knowledge in this area. There are identified external subjects of public and private schools in the case study, their main interests which are subsequently compared. The work is intended for school directors; bringing a more detailed view on demands of external subjects, both public and private schools, offering specific procedures and recommendations to school management, which can be considered as an accountable proceeding to external subjects. KEYWORDS: Accountability, accountable, responsibility, school autonomy, assessment, accountable proceeding, external subjects, school management
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Responsibility for the United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Jarkovská, Michaela ; Bílková, Veronika (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
Summary: Responsibility for the United Nations peacekeeping operations The purpose of this thesis is to analyze an issue whether the United Nations (UN) or troop contributing countries are responsible for the conduct of military contingents in the UN peacekeeping operations. The thesis focuses solely on UN-led operations and on peacekeeping forces - military troops contributed by member states in whole contingents, rather than as individuals. The reason for focusing on peacekeeping forces is their unique hybrid legal status. While they remain in the service of their states, they become for the period of their assignment international personnel under the authority of the UN. This thesis is composed of four chapters. Chapter one describes the meaning and the legal basis of peacekeeping operations and defines which types of operation are subject of the thesis. Second chapter deals with general rules governing international responsibility of states. Chapter three examines legal personality and responsibility of international organizations, in particular the UN. These two issues are closely related because for an entity to bear international obligations, it must first be established that the entity is a legal person. The fourth and crucial chapter addresses the specific issue of responsibility for a conduct of...
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The central bank, its legal status and scope of activities
Blažková, Jana ; Kotáb, Petr (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee)
The Central Bank, its Legal Status and Scope of Activities Central banks are very powerful institution and central banking is a very complex discipline. Monetary policy, the most important activity of central banking, has become the key instrument of macroeconomic stabilisation. The aim of my paper has been to analyse all the areas of central banks' operations, aiming especially at monetary policy and its instruments, and also to tackle the recently emerged doubts about what the main objective of central banks should be. I also provide a review and an analysis of the current legal status of the Czech National Bank from the independence and accountability point of view. The first chapter of my work is dedicated to the history of central banking. Second chapter examines the individual functions that central banks carry out, with third chapter analysing the most important of them, the monetary policy. The last chapter is dedicated to the Czech National Bank (CNB) and is subdivided into four parts: the first one is outlining the history of CNB, the second one gives us the detailed overview of the individual functions of CNB, its main target and instruments CNB uses to reach the target. The third one is devoted to CNB relations with European Union and the fourth part focuses on the legal status of CNB...
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Autonomy of directors and teachers in the current Chinese educational system
Wagenknechtová, Radana ; Voda, Jan (advisor) ; Šafránková, Jana Marie (referee)
Autonomy of directors and teachers in the current Chinese educational system Mgr. Radana Wagenknechtová 2015 ABSTRACT This thesis looks at the Chinese educational system and the autonomy that directors and teachers share in the decision making process. It not only examines the educational system as a whole but analyses different levels of the educational system, puts an emphasis on the autonomy of teachers and directors in a school environment, and introduces various school reforms in China since 1976. Consequently, it clarifies the current Chinese educational system with an emphasis on various organizational levels along with the power they have in the decision making process and the options for creating change. Through the study of key documents of the Chinese educational system, political system, and other foreign literature, the legislative processes and documents that are responsible for the Chinese educational policies are made apparent. The thesis compares the official Chinese educational system's documents and processes with the actual situation. Based on this research, the thesis determines the real level of autonomy that directors and teachers possess in the decision making process.
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Good Governance in Theory and Practice
Vošahlíková, Radka ; Ochrana, František (advisor) ; Půček, Milan Jan (referee)
This master's thesis offers comprehensive perspective of good governance concept in a theoretical level as well as from a practical point of view with emphasis on the Czech Republic. The objective of the thesis is to investigate the theoretical background of the good governance concept and its basic principles, focused on dealing with the concept in the Czech Republic. The work also provides the assessment of the critical points associated with the good governance concept implementation and attempts to provide the possible solutions to eliminate these points. Thirteen research interviews were conducted with the public administration staff members and the leading experts in the field to analyze the current state of good governance in the Czech Republic. Thematic analysis was utilized for this purpose and results have shown that good governance is not broadly applied yet. Besides the apparent issues such as problems with human resources, communication, politicization of public administration, departmentalism or absence of long-term vision, the key obstacle to implementation of the good governance concept in the Czech Republic seems to be low level of cultural and social standards.
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