Orientador: Vitor Machado / Resumo: O presente estudo tem como contexto educacional uma escola rural no município de Pariquera-Açu, no interior de São Paulo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, com características de estudo documental e desenvolvimento de produto. Teve por objetivos: a) desenvolver uma análise documental dos registros de uma proposta de sequência didática e dos documentos curriculares oficiais do componente curricular Ciências; b) Com base nos registros e resultados das práticas analisados, sistematizar um objeto de aprendizagem com base na sequência didática desenvolvida na disciplina de Ciências, à luz da Pedagogia Histórico-Crítica. A pesquisa foi utilizada como técnica, a análise de conteúdo. Os resultados da análise documental apontaram para a escassez de conteúdos relacionados a temática sobre problemas ambientais no currículo do Estado de São Paulo e consequentemente da falta de materiais didáticos no Ensino Fundamental I específicos para as comunidades rurais e salas multisseriadas. O produto educacional denominado “Lap Book”, compreende um conjunto de três jogos, a saber, contém um jogo de trilha, um jogo da memória e um caça palavras, que é parte da sequência didática desenvolvida nesta pesquisa, com o intuito de instrumentalizar os alunos e tornar a aprendizagem dos conteúdos mais significativa através de ferramentas de aprendizagens lúdicas que contemplem a realidade local, uma vez que todos os jogos abordam conteúdos do componente curricular Ciências, levando-se em c... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: ABSTRACT The present study has the educational context of a rural school in the municipality of Pariquera-Açu, in the interior of São Paulo. It is a qualitative research, with characteristics of documentary study and product development. Its objectives were: a) to develop a documentary analysis of the records of a didactic sequence proposal and of the official curricular documents of the Sciences curricular component; b) Based on the records and results of the analyzed practices, systematize a learning object based on the didactic sequence developed in the Science discipline, in the light of Historical-Critical Pedagogy. The research was used as a technique, content analysis. The results of the documentary analysis pointed to the scarcity of content related to the theme about environmental problems in the curriculum of the State of São Paulo and, consequently, the lack of didactic materials in Elementary School I specific to rural communities and multi-serial classroom. The educational product called “Lap Book”, comprises a set of three games, namely, it contains a track game, a memory game and a word game, which is part of the didactic sequence developed in this research, with the aim of instrumentalizing the students and make the learning of the content more meaningful through playful learning tools that contemplate the local reality, since all the games address contents of the Science curricular component, taking into account the social role of the school, in the face of e... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

This work examines amenity migration and its main focus refers to the second generation of amenity migrants. The work also touches on the current world expression of ones attitude and the opinion about the rest of the world, but also the socialstatus. Amenity migration has became a phenomenon over the past few decades and usually is a reaction to the bustling, impersonal and stressful lifestyle, which relates to living in urban areas. The subject of this work are two groups of the direct descendants of the amenity migrants. The first group being the children, who knew the city life before moving to the countryside, while the second group are the descendetns, who were born into the amenity way of life. Additionally, the amenity migrants themselves were approached as well. The aim of this work is to find out whether the descendatns of the amenity migrants are determined to continue in the existing way of life, into which they were brought to by their parents. The circumstances of the aforementioned phenomena are recorded in the theoretical part of this thesis. The main authorities dedicated to this issues of amenity migration, whose work became the inspiration for my research and was cited and paraphrased, are Ing. M. Bartoš, Professor L.A. Moss and Dr. R. Glorioso. A qualitative research was chosen...

This thesis deals with recreational activities at the end of 19th and beginning of 20th century. Theoretical part focuses on society that is going through significant changes in the process of industrialization. The middle class of society is trying to demonstrate their social status by leisure time activities. Many people are becoming members of sports and touristic clubs. They also take interest in their local environment and cultural events generally. These activities are also frequently followed by raising nationalism. Important chapter is devoted to landscape ecology. At the end of the theoretical part there's also analysis of historical novel mentioning this topic. The empirical research describes origins and development of Pikovice summer resort which served to Prague citizens mainly. First there's a description of environment and geography of the region followed by local history. The key chapter is explaining in detail the development of private recreational houses and then it analyzes social status of their owners and of the construction companies that were involved. Also a discussion is given about the changes in landscape caused by extended construction works. Key words: Pikovice, Recreation, Villas, Cabins, Tramping, Industrialization, Countryside

Digital consultations in primary care have the advantage of offering equal healthcare for people residing in the countryside. While it is gaining acceptance among young- and middle-aged people, the elderly are reluctant to use it. The aim of this study was hence to identify reasons for non-use among elderly in the countryside and describe perceived possible challenges and opportunities with digital consultations. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 persons over 65 years old residing in the Swedish countryside. There was a mistrust for services offered by private companies and their public funding, a lack of knowledge of available services, and a lack of perceived usefulness. Personal interaction and continuity was more important than time or travel conveniences, although these advantages were recognized. To prevent digital exclusion, caregivers need to offer information, encouragement, or tools for the elderly. Digital primary care also needs to offer familiarity, with continuity and personal connections.

This diploma thesis had two basic aims. The first was an analysis of the processes shaping regional identity particularly of the study area of Neveklovsko and the identification of the inner potential in the region from the socio-economic and sociocultural aspects. The second aim was to identify the differences in the various areas of Czech region, specifically the high concentration of settlements with a predominately tourist and recreational function, where the research was conducted within the grant project. The research was carried out on using a field survey and questionnaire. The Neveklovsko area is an example of a rural area of the inner periphery containing a high concentration of settlements with the predominating tourist and recreational function. The Second World War played an important role in shaping regional identity, particularly because of forced displacements and its use as a training ground of the SS. Keywords: second housing, regional identity, countryside, inner periphery

This master thesis examines the possibilities of tourism development in selected peripheral area. Specifically, it includes areas of Kralovicko, Manětínsko, Žluticko, Jesenicko and Podbořansko. It is an inner periphery, which territory is administratively divided into four different regions. The possibilities of tourism development are discussed on the basis of analysis of localization and realization requirements and on the basis of interviews with actors, who are directly or marginally involved in tourism in the surveyed area. The thesis is complemented by map outputs and tables. The main findings of this thesis are that the surveyed area has suitable localization requirements for the development of tourism on regional or national level. Except of public transport, the realization requirements are also on a good level. However, in some cases would be appropriate additional research. It is clear from the interviews that the surveyed area is facing a number of problems. Due to that, current potential of tourism existing in this area is not sufficiently used. Better promotion of the territory regardless of regional borders, which would require deeper cooperation between individual actors, seems to be a possible solution. Key words: tourism, potential, development, periphery, countryside

Using metacommunity theory, I investigated the mechanisms of meta-assemblage structure and assembly among medium- to large-bodied mammals in North Texas. Mammals were surveyed with camera-traps in thirty property units of the LBJ National Grasslands (LBJNG). In Chapter II the dispersal and environmental-control based processes in community assembly were quantified within a metacommunity context and the best-fit metacommunity structure identified. A hypothesis-driven modelling approach was used in Chapter III to determine if the patterns of species composition and site use could be explained by island biogeography theory (IBT) or the habitat amount hypothesis (HAH). Islands were defined as the LBJNG property unit or the forest patch bounded by the property unit. Forest cover was selected as the focal habitat for the HAH. Seasonal dynamics were explored in both chapters. Metacommunity structure changed with each season, resulting in quasi-nested and both quasi and idealized Gleasonian and Clementsian structures. Results indicated that the anthropogenic development is, overall, not disadvantageous for this assemblage, that community assembly receives equal contributions from spatial and environmental factors, and that the metacommunity appears to operate under the mass effects paradigm. The patterns of species composition and site use were not explained by either IBT or HAH. Likely because this assemblage of generalist, dispersal-capable mammals are utilizing multiple habitat types both in the protected land and in the private land. This research highlights the versatility of these species and the potential value of rural countryside landscapes for wildlife conservation.

In the Czech Republic little attention has been given to the research of civil society in rural areas. One of the fundamental preconditions for the development of civil society is engagement of citizens. The aim of this work is to explore social engagement, which is an important part of civic engagement, in two villages. The research was conducted in the north of the Czech republic, in the specific area of the former Sudetenland. Promoting social engagement may be one of the factors influencing the development of the Czech countryside, which is struggling with a long- term depopulation. Through in-depth interviews and document analysis the study argues about what are the main factors for social engagement and how social engagement contributes to the development of social capital.

This thesis focuses on the concept of public space as a construct which is formed at time and is a subject to the contemporary social conditions. The first part maps the historical evolution of this construct. The changes of content of terms that have been used at different times in the sense which today is understood as a public space are described. This part presents contemporary theoretical basis, their reflections in the society and also their reflection in the lived reality. It describes the key influences that shaped today's "modus vivendi" of public space. Apart from the ancient agora the work focuses on the Czech environment from the 19th century to the present. The second part, the research work describes how the current discourse of public space, represented by the Via Foundation (Nadace Via) and its program The place, where we live (Místo, kde žijeme), transcribed into the social structure of the three Czech villages. In the context of three case studies we focus on how the public space of these villages have changed and which elements from the past survived in this structure.

Diploma thesis "The Intensive Motherhood in the Czech Society" deals with the motherhood. It focuses on finding the forms of motherhood in two different social environments in the Czech Republic reflecting the Ideology of Intensive Mothering. In response to identified information from secondary sources in this thesis I consider motherhood a social construct that is proved by the analysis of primary data too. The qualitative research strategy was chosen to achieve defined goals. Outcomes of analysis of the Problem-Centered Interviews, realized with mothers of young children from different social backgrounds, show two different realities of motherhood. This distinction also proves that The Intensive Mothering is not accepted by all mothers. Although the cited authors present it like dominant model, it can't be automatically considered the dominant model in practice.