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Programs that engage middle students in participatory, real-world, and hands-on field based instruction can be a powerful asset to the educational experiences for students; motivating and inspiring some to appreciate and value school in a different way. Overnight environmental science programs have a unique opportunity to support students by creating experiences where students can participate in learning in vastly different ways from what they may engage with in the traditional 4-walled classroom, while concurrently developing a relationship with the natural world. Decreasing educational budgets and increased need to substantiate educational programs in terms of their impact on students has added pressure for overnight environmental science programs to validate their impact through quantitative means. Utilizing overnight environmental science education program attendance records and merging them with school district data relating to attendance, this study investigates the impact of one such overnight environmental science program on students' attendance rate change. Analyzing the secondary data using multiple linear regressions modeling, researchers explored how the overnight environmental program impacted student attendance rate change and how it varied by demographic characteristics to understand if and how the program addresses school district and educational policy reform targets.

This diploma thesis deals with mutism from the perspective of specialized czech and foreign literature. The character of the thesis is theoretical and the thesis is divided into three parts. In the first chapter, there is mutism described based on the study of czech specialized literature as well as etiology, symptoms, diagnostics and treatment. The second chapter describes the same categories but based on the study of foreign literature. The last part is dedicated to the analysis and comparison of acquired knowledge in particular areas. The most signifiant differences can be found in the area of diagnostics and therapy of mutisms, which are more elaborated in foreign literature than in Czech literature. Some differences appear in all other areas of mutism. The learning theory is the characteristic feature of foreign literature in the field of etiology of mutism, also the social enxiety is the characteric feature in the area of symptoms and treatment; overall we can see a dominant influence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The Czech literature provides a number of different views not only on the definition of mutism, but also on the etiology and symptomatology. The diagnostics and the therapy of mutism is not further elaborated in the Czech literature.

Annotation: Thesis characterizes contemporary nursery and basic school, direct basic methods and forms mutual cooperation these institutions and points out how to facilitate children the transition from pre-school to primary education. The methods which have used are method of observation and the structured interview. Observation was carried out on the selected nursery and basic schools. Interviews were realized with directors or executives these institutions and with experts from pedagogical- psychological counseling. The aim of the thesis was to find out how take place school enrollment in the current elementary schools, how the students are successful/unsuccessful, what are the most common reasons for postponements schooling. Thesis also shows that preschool children are able in a relatively short period of time of great expansion capability. Another aim was to determine the forms and methods of cooperation of individual nursery and primary schools. Work also points to the possible difficulties of children in nursery or later difficulties at the beginning of schooling. Work also points to the possible difficulties of children in nursery or later difficulties at the beginning of schooling. The work also highlights the awareness of parents and children regarding suspension of school attendance.

The thesis is devoted to the issue of school readiness and its diagnosis. The aim was to compare the two tests used for the testing of school readiness and to assess whether the comparatively evaluate some aspects of school readiness. In the first chapter of the theoretical part the area of development of preschool children in describe. The second chapter is devoted to major changes in the legislation of our education. The next two chapters (third and fourth) are on school readiness, enrollment in elementary and diagnostics of school maturity. The last, fifth chapter of the theoretical part, deals with immaturity and unpreparedness for entry into school. In the practical part I focused on in-house testing and evaluation of tests used. For testing, I chose two tests used to evaluate school maturity. The results of the two tests I tried using statistical methods to determine whether these tests evaluate comparatively. Key words: school readiness, school preparedness, diagnostics of school readiness, child of preschool age, preschool education, postponement of school attendance, school immaturity

Thesis, "Analysis of reasons for delays in the school attendance within the regional investigation" deals in the theoretical level with the concept of school maturity and school readiness, and reasons leading to the postponement of school attendance. Most major theme of the thesis is to identify reasons for the school attendance delay in the Náchod region. It gives examples of test methods and remedial methods used in the educational-psychology counselling centre in Náchod and the kindergarten in Hronov. There are set the goal and hypotheses in the empirical part of the thesis, leading to the processing of the data obtained through questionnaires and interview. The resulting analysis is treated in the conclusion of the thesis.

Diploma thesis "Delayed School Attendance in the Region of Říčany" deals with survey of the region of Říčany with respect to opinions and experience of kindergarten and primary school teachers. The work is divided into two parts. The theoretical part contains information on delay school attendance issues necessary for successful realisation of a pedagogical research. The practical part is focused on answering of defined survey questions and on verification or falsification of the hypothesis. The research is based on the quantity method of questioning (by means of questionnaire and interview) and qualitative method of observation. The survey took place at 24 kindergartens and 7 primary schools taking into account 54 kindergarten teachers and 15 primary school teachers in the region of Říčany. It was found out, that the number of delayed school attendance in the region of Říčany is lower than the average value in the entire Czech Republic. Further, kindergarten and primary school teachers agree, that children often have problems with communication and concentration. Other important findings are that teachers don't feel any difference between children with and without delayed school attendance; they have individual approach to children on the basis of their abilities and needs. The end of the work contains...

The thesis "preparatory classes": on the theoretical end, a step into a successful start in elementary school aims on acquainting the reader with the preschool age of a child, providing information about school maturity and readiness of children for entry into primary school, and at last, familiarizing the reader with the reasons for suspension of school attendance as well as undestanding the significance of preparatory classes under the lead of elementary schools providing them. The objective of this research is to familiarize the reader with one particular preparatory class and that is the one under the conduct of The Elementary School U Říčanského lesa. This diploma thesis is trying to ascertain if this preparatory class is a step to a succesful take -off to elementary school, mapping the overall content of its childrens parents whose children attend this preparatory class. A capabalities test and interview were used to validate the thesis.

Learner absenteeism is one of the major precursors to poor academic performance. If learners miss school, they do not learn and ultimately they fail or drop-out. Notwithstanding, this problem does not receive the attention it deserves. A literature study, which reviewed research findings concerning absenteeism in South Africa and selected countries, provided a framework for the ensuing empirical inquiry. A qualitative study using in-depth interviews, focus group interviews, document review and observation as data gathering techniques focused on two selected primary schools with a high rate of learner absenteeism in the Acornhoek area of Mpumalanga, South Africa. Participants were purposefully selected as information rich candidates: absentee learners, parents of absentee learners, teachers and school principals. Learner absenteeism negatively impacts effective professional practice, that is, teaching and learning. The study concludes with recommendations to prevent learner absenteeism in order to improve teaching and learning in South African primary schools. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:33:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelica Lima da Silva.pdf: 831395 bytes, checksum: 484b5337192fea58cecebc8007f8b27b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-11 / The receipt of the benefit of the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP), public policy of cash transfer from the federal government program to families in poverty and extreme poverty is linked to compliance with conditionalities on health and education. In education the minimum school attendance of 85 % for children between 6 and 15 years and 75 % for adolescents aged 16 to 17 years is required . According rationale explicit in legislation and official documents BFP, ensuring school attendance of children and young people in school would be a major break with the call for intergenerational transmission of poverty factor. This paper assumes the following questions: is attendance important factor to prevent the call intergenerational transmission of poverty? Does the fact that the child is in school with the help of the program ensures your education? This study examined the perceptions of mothers beneficiaries of the program regarding the requirement of attending school and prepared to understand according to their placements, the education of their children was related to participation in the BFP. Twenty semi-structured interviews with mothers of BFP beneficiaries were held in the southern region of Campinas/SP. The survey results indicate that for the beneficiary mothers BFP education of their children is not linked to the program because, according to them, the only requirement BFP with respect to school is school attendance and that they declare comply. As to the education of their children, mothers argue that it is necessary to promote a school that develops a quality education that will prepare them for the job market, so they will have opportunities to break away from poverty in the future and build a better life. / O recebimento do benef?cio do Programa Bolsa Fam?lia (PBF), pol?tica p?blica de transfer?ncia de renda do governo federal destinado a fam?lias em situa??o de pobreza e de extrema pobreza est? vinculado ao cumprimento de condicionalidades nas ?reas de sa?de e educa??o. Na ?rea da educa??o ? exigida a frequ?ncia escolar m?nima de 85% para as crian?as entre 6 e 15 anos e de 75% para adolescentes entre 16 e 17 anos. Segundo justificativa explicitada na legisla??o e documentos oficiais do PBF, a garantia da frequ?ncia escolar de crian?as e jovens na escola seria um fator importante para romper com a chamada transmiss?o intergeracional da pobreza. O presente trabalho parte das seguintes indaga??es: ser? a frequ?ncia escolar fator importante para impedir a chamada transmiss?o intergeracional da pobreza? Ser? que o fato da crian?a estar na escola com o aux?lio do programa garante a sua educa??o? Este estudo analisou as percep??es de m?es benefici?rias do programa a respeito da exig?ncia da frequ?ncia escolar e se disp?s a compreender de acordo com suas coloca??es, se a educa??o de seus filhos estava relacionada com a participa??o no PBF. Foram realizadas vinte entrevistas semiestruturadas com m?es benefici?rias do PBF na regi?o sul de Campinas/SP. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que para as m?es benefici?rias do PBF a educa??o de seus filhos n?o est? vinculada ao programa, pois, segundo elas, a ?nica exig?ncia do PBF com rela??o ? escola ? a frequ?ncia escolar e isso elas declaram cumprir. J? com rela??o ? educa??o de seus filhos, as m?es argumentam que ? necess?rio promover uma escola que desenvolva um ensino de qualidade, que os prepare para o mercado de trabalho, assim eles ter?o possibilidades de romper com a pobreza no futuro e construir uma vida melhor.