No abstract available. / Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / gm2014 / Centre for Human Rights / unrestricted

Human protection in emergencies is one of the topics, which is getting more public attention nowadays and its teaching at schools is strongly supported. The main authority providing this support is mostly the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic. This institution organises various activities within the programme of population preparedness, for example educational books and booklets, videos etc. Raising the participation of the population in ensuring their own security is defined as one of the security interests in the Security strategy of the Czech Republic. It is also one of the key priorities listed in the Conception of the population protection till 2020 with the outlook to 2030. In the theoretical part of the master thesis, the basic information about the population protection, about the integrated rescue system, about the educational system and about the activities of individual authorities and institutions in the population protection education is summarised. This part of course summarizes also the problematics of the school subject Human Protection in Emergencies and of the teaching of this subject at schools, the tools needed for this teaching and also the possibilities, which teachers have to prepare for teaching this subject. The research part of the thesis elaborates on an analysis of teaching the subject Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools in the Rokycany district. The research was carried out by formulating and evaluating questionnaires, analysing the schools' educational programmes and creating a SWOT analysis. On the basis of the obtained results, the research question was answered: "Which form does have the teaching of Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools in the Rokycany district?" Currently, the teaching is carried out in other subjects, such as Natural sciences. The schools try to complete the classical teachers' explanations with debates with the employees of the integrated rescue system, excursions, or project days. The benefit of this thesis is the acquired complex overview about the teaching of the subject Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools. The thesis could furthermore serve as a topic for future bachelor or master theses, with the focus of the research part on other areas of the Czech Republic.

The diploma thesis deals with the teaching of human protection during emergencies at elementary schools, focusing on primary school pupils. In the theoretical part, the historical development of the protection of human beings during emergencies in the Czech Republic, the definition of the current legislative framework of this issue, the assessment of the current state of the teaching of human protection in emergency situations and the fulfilment of basic school programs for primary schools together with The Concept of Population Protection till 2020 with the outlook to 2030. The theoretical part follows the practical part, which evaluates the preparation of materials, teaching materials and its actual implementation on the Children's Day at Elementary School and Grammar school in Vodňany with a focus on human protection in during emergencies for pupils of the second degree, 6-9th year. The result of the practical part are the lessons learned from the realization of this event.

School readiness for an emergency situation should be one of the basic priorities for all employers and employees of these facilities. For this purpose, there was implemented a questionnaire survey with three types of questionnaires a questionnaire for school principals, teachers and students. The theoretical part deals with of legislative definition of emergency situation and terminology of concepts such as safety or emergency, emergency situation, an emergency threat, rescue and liquidation work, crisis situations, integrated rescue system, protection of the population and evacuation. Another chapter is the concept of public protection teaching , which is divided into periods before 1989 and after 1989. Within chapters population protection before 1989, we may include terms such as antiaircraft civil protection, civil defense and military training the concept of . Teaching in area of the population for emergencies in the Czech Republic after 1989 is divided into preschool education, elementary education, secondary education and university education. This chapter included preventive educational activities directed at the desired target group. Further chapters in the theoretical part of the thesis are Protection of Population and Concept of Population Protection. The last chapter was focused on the current state of schools in the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region and in the city České Budějovice. The target of the research part was to assess the readiness of selected schools in the emergency situation. For the purpose of research were developed three types of questionnaires. The first questionnaire was designed for school principals and contained 26 questions. Questions have closed answers. The beginning of the questionnaire characterizes the research sample. Followed by the thematic block that deals with the evacuation plan and the subsequent evacuation. Further questions are aimed to asses the readiness of schools, teachers and students for the emergency situation. The last questions asks whether directors ward appreciated to retrain the teachers in the area of Human Protection in emergency situation. The second questionnaire was intended for teachers. It included 34 questions and was organized into two thematic sections. The questionnaire was a combination of open and closed questions. The beginning of the questionnaire characterizes the research sample. The first thematic section discusses about the evacuation plan, how often it is performed evacuation training, whether the school is working with the Integrated Rescue System, whether the students are acquainted with the recommended behavior when an emergency event is and how, whether teachers participate in training to protect the population, or which training or thematic area should bet he best for them. The second thematic section was focused on the teacher knowledges. The third questionnaire was for students and included 28 questions. The first three questions were used to gather information about the respondent. After the questionnaire was focused on the students' knowledge in the area of civil protection, fire protection, first aid, release of radioactive and chemical substances. Each area contained four questions. Another 3 questions were focused on the knowledge of phone numbers which students should know in case of emergency. The last issues examined whether and how they were pupils and students introduced with the recommended behavior in the course of an emergency event.In case of school principals was used as a qualitative method PAPI - Paper and Pen Interviewing. This method is based on personal interviews in which respondents' answers recorded in a printed, standardized questionnaire. In The questionnaire for teachers and students was used a quantitative methods of questionnaire survey. All results were entered into the Excel program, which is a part of the Microsoft Office software package and evaluated in graphs.