The subject of this MA thesis is “The Relation between Learning Ability and Learning Motivation in 4th – Graders”. The thesis analyses an urgent educational issue of developing learning competence in primary school, in particular learning ability and learning motivation. Learning motivation is perceived here as a set of inner (knowledge prestige, communication, self – expression, future) and outer (learning for personal benefits, out of compulsion or fear) stimuli. The thesis discusses the structure of the ability to learn as that to raise learning objectives, to plan the learning process and to act purposefully in order to achieve the learning objectives (the ability to relate the new learning material or experience to what is know; the ability to clarify misconceptions and correct them accordingly; the ability to select and apply appropriate strategies; the ability to use sources of information; the ability to cope with learning difficulties; the ability to cooperate). With a view to measuring the 4th – graders‘ level of learning ability and expression of learning motivation, a questionnaire and a situational method were constructed. The reliability of the answers was tested at interviews and with the help of a questionnaire in which some teachers evaluated their pupils’ ability to learn. The computer programmes Excel and SPSS were used to process and correlate the data about the pupils’ learning ability and learning motivation. 305 4th – graders from Vilnius schools... [to full text]

Kiekvieną dieną žmonės ir ypatingai pradinių klasių mokiniai susiduria su tobulėjančiomis technologijomis (internetu, televizija, kompiuteriniais žaidimais) ir dideliais įvairios informacijos srautais. Reikia sugebėti nepasiklysti tarp jų ir atsirinkti tai, kas svarbu bei reikalinga. Todėl daug dėmesio reikia skirti jau pradinėse klasėse, kad padėtume mokiniams susivokti, kokia pateikiama informacija jiems yra naudinga, o kokia ne. Taigi šiuos gebėjimus reikia ugdyti ir ugdytis jau pradinėse klasėse. Vaikai į mokyklą ateina norėdami įgyti kuo daugiau svarbios ir naudingos informacijos. Todėl pradinių klasių mokytojas turi puoselėti ir stiprinti vaikų norą įgyti naujų žinių ir gebėjimą jomis tinkamai naudotis. Jis turi juos išmokyti naudotis vadovėliais, kad bet kada juose sugebėtų susirasti reikiamą informaciją. Todėl svarbus pedagogų darbas išmokyti vaikus skaityti ne tik grožinius, bet ir negrožinius tekstus. Mokytojas turi nuo pirmos klasės padėti pradinių klasių mokiniui išmokti ieškoti ir susirasti informaciją ne tik internete, bet ir vadovėliuose, kurie yra vieni iš pagrindinių pagalbininkų mokymosi metais. Tyrimo tikslas – ištirti pradinių klasių mokinių gebėjimus naudotis vadovėliu kaip informacijos šaltiniu. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Apibendrinti informacijos šaltinio sampratą; 2. Aptarti psichologinius skaitytojo ugdymo pradinėse klasėse aspektus; 3. Apžvelgti pedagoginius skaitytojo ugdymo pradinėse klasėse aspektus: • Apibūdinti skaitytojo ugdymą mokėjimo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Every day people and especially pupils from the elementary school confront modern technologies (internet, television, computer games) and big sources of various information. It is very important to choose what is important and necessary. For this reason we should pay a very big attention for elementary school, in order to help pupil understand which given information is necessary and which is not. For this reason these abilities should be already developed in elementary school. Children come to school willing to get a lot of necessary and useful information. For this reason a teacher of elementary school has to cherish and strengthen children wish to get new knowledge and abilities to use them properly. He has to teach them how to use coursebooks, in order children could find necessary information. Thus teachers has to teach children to read not only fiction, but also nonfiction. Since the first grade the teacher has to teach children how to look for and find the necessary information not only in the internet, but also in the coursebooks that are one of the main helpers during learning. The purpose of the research – to explore the abilities of elementary school pupils in using a coursebook as a source of information. The tasks of the research: 1. Generalize the concept of a source of information; 2. Discuss psychological education aspects of a reader in elementary school; 3. Overlook pedagogical education aspects of a reader in elementary school: • Describe reader‘s... [to full text]

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This thesis deals with the core competencies of a manager, a set of inter-disciplinary skills and their importance in today's business environment. It determines the level of key competencies of managers of the firm. It contains instructions and recommendations to improve the efficiency of managerial work through the development of key competencies.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to show the possibilities of using the Internet in order to make language learning more effective. In the centre of attention is the language learning at secondary schools in the Czech Republic. The aims, contents and particularities of teaching German at secondary schools in the Czech Republic are defined at the beginning, followed by a discussion about convenient didactic methods according to the educational theories. Internet tools and other its characteristics, which could contribute to the efficiency improvement of language teaching, are also introduced. The thesis also pays attention to the specialized terminology. In the practical part, we can find, at first, some specific prerequisites of using the Internet in teaching a foreign language. We can also find some concrete examples of using the Internet as a support in teaching with regards to the established educational aims. All is based on my own teaching experience and on an extensive internet and foreign literature research. Some useful internet web pages are also mentioned. The thesis shows that the Internet offers quite a lot of possibilities which could, in a way, contribute to efficiency improvement in teaching German.

The Master's Thesis deals with manager´s key competences and their importance in the context of present entrepreneurial environment. It provides the idea of manager´s key competences level in the company. It includes proposals and recommendations to increase efficiency of manager´s work by improving concerete key competences.