To intertwine: to twist or connect together. Intertwinement can be two or more elements, physical or metaphysical, that interlace and fuse with one another. Architecture that is designed for people and the human experience, as all architecture should be, must be intertwined in many ways at a variety of scales. As said by Steven Holl in his book titled "Intertwining", "By weaving form, space, and light, architecture can elevate the experience of daily life through the various phenomena that emerge from specific sites, programs, and architectures." Architecture that intertwines with its surroundings and encourages entwinements within is what impacts and builds the human experience. Throughout this year long exploration, ideas of intertwinements have been a reoccurring theme that's been studied under three main concepts: •Relationships – Perceptual and physical relationships, the relationship of the building to the site, and how the architecture impacts human relationships and interactions. •Ideas of pushing and pulling as a condition of intertwinement •Ideas of unrestrictive, loose, ambiguous boundaries These three main concepts were analyzed at a variety of scales including site scale, building scale, and spatial or room scale. Each example of these ideas at varying scales is in the form of a duality, exploring how two or more opposing ideas intersect and entwine with one another. These dualities include: •nature/campus •movement/node •stone/glass •social/recreational/study •together/separate •in/out •table/object •active/quiet •large group/small group/individual Examples of these dualities of intertwinements were studied through the design of a residence hall on Virginia Tech's campus to explore how the architecture of a residence hall can also contribute to building community and fostering an inclusive environment. / Master of Architecture / Through the design of a residence hall, ideas of intertwinements are explored and studied. To intertwine means to be twisted or connected together. The thesis explores how the architecture of a residence hall can also contribute to building community and fostering an inclusive environment. In order to do this, ideas and conditions of intertwinements were studied under three main concepts: •Relationships – Perceptual and physical relationships, the relationship of the building to the site, and how the architecture impacts human relationships and interactions. •Ideas of pushing and pulling as a condition of intertwinement •Ideas of unrestrictive, loose, ambiguous boundaries

Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, трех глав, заключения, списка литературы и приложения. В работе рассмотрены теоретические аспекты к определению понятия многоквартирного дома, и проанализировано правовое обеспечение реализации предложенного проекта. Проведен анализ динамики макроэкономических показателей, характеризующих строительную отрасль в России, а также рассмотрен рынок жилой недвижимости Екатеринбурга. На основе изученных материалов разработана концепция девелоперского проекта по созданию жилого комплекса и сформированы основные положения соглашения изучены основы планирования инвестиционно-строительной деятельности партнёрства для реализации проекта с участием государства. Предложена концепция девелоперского проекта. Дано технико-экономическое обоснование и расчет эффективности реализации предложенного проекта. Сформулированы основные выводы, приведены основные результаты диссертационного исследования. / The master's thesis consists of an introduction, three chapters, a conclusion, a list of references and an Appendix. The paper considers the theoretical aspects to the definition of the concept of an apartment building, and analyzes the legal support for the implementation of the proposed project. The analysis of the dynamics of macroeconomic indicators characterizing the construction industry in Russia, as well as the market of residential real estate in Yekaterinburg. On the basis of the studied materials the concept of the development project on creation of a residential complex is developed and the basic provisions of the agreement are formed the bases of planning of investment and construction activity of partnership for realization of the project with participation of the state are studied. The concept of a development project is proposed. The feasibility study and calculation of the effectiveness of the proposed project. The main conclusions are formulated, the main results of the dissertation research are given.

This dissertation is conceived as a theoretical - empirical study, which is focused on modifications in attitudes of fourth and fifth grade pupils towards people with disabilities. The research is based on three possible influences for attitudes, (1) the effect of classmate with disability on pupils' attitudes towards people with disability, (2) teacher's approach to the issue, their inclusive teaching competences and the effect on pupils' attitudes and (3) if school and its inclusive setting (which is represented by schools with "Fair school" certificate) has any influence on pupils' attitudes towards persons with disabilities. We try to explain one elemental empirical question by dealing with these three particular research issues. Does inclusive environment have positive influence on fourth and fifth grade pupils towards people with disabilities? We decided to choose a quasiexperimental design of this study to answer this question. Two validated empirical instruments were used in the research, they were administrated on a sample that consists of 1948 pupils from fourth and fifth grades and (their) 102 teachers. The acquired data were processed by appropriate statistical methods. Our outcomes partly confirmed the assumption that inclusive environment may have an impact on pupils' attitude towards...

MATĚJKOVÁ, Jana. Homeschooling and adaptation of homeschooled children to school. Praha, 2014. Diploma Thesis. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education. The thesis is focused on homeschooling in the Czech Republic (considering the situation abroad). In detail, it deals with its position in the Czech education system based on legislation, as well as with its particular implementation. The aim of the research is to explore experience of Czech teachers with homeschooled children after their inclusion to school, emphasizing the possible benefit of homeschooled children as the source of inclusive environment in regular school. The data was collected through the method of non-standardized semi-structured interviews. These were created according to ten children describing own experience with adaptation to school after being homeschooled (received during the pilot study) and according to Booth and Ainscow's Ukazatel inkluze (Rytmus o. s., 2007). The research includes forty-one Czech teachers who experienced working with children homeschooled for at least two years. Besides other things, the survey shows that nearly three quarters of the participating teachers observed differences in these children, as opposed to the rest of the class, and more than a half noticed...

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This study aims at investigating the communication and language competences of teachers in an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) context and examining how these competences influence teacher-student communication and subsequently impact students’ learning experiences. To reach this aim, the research questions focused on what teachers and students find necessary about EMI yoga teacher competences, how these affect students’ learning experiences, how the teachers adapt their teachings and what challenges they face. The study was qualitative and conducted with online interviews. As a result, teachers and students identified several competences to do with building rapport, creating an inclusive environment, language proficiency and language instruction pedagogy. Students state that teachers’ authenticity, adaptability, and ability to being open to non-judgemental communication alongside with other competences significantly affect their learning experience. There are four strategies which help teachers to adapt to the group, namely code switching, demonstration, asking students for help and slowing down the pace. Teachers encountered challenges such as translation issues, fears and lack of confidence, lack of general English proficiency and specialized vocabulary in the beginning of their careers, but over time these challenges were overcome. The study can be of help in yoga teacher training courses to help students master the communication and language competences quicker, or these can be used to create a self-study student book which can help teachers to improve their communication and language skills inteaching yoga using EMI.

The Diploma Thesis represents teachers' approach to the inclusion, and the inclusive education in a common primary school. The theoretical part provides information about the basic legislation in the field of inclusion, and explains terms such as integration, inclusion, inclusive education. It focuses on the supportive arrangements for pupils with special educational needs, and analyses specifics of inclusive settings in the concrete school. The practical part describes the research. The aim of the research was to point out the teachers' attitude towards the inclusion and to evaluate their experience with the inclusive settings at the concrete school. The research reveals positive as well as negative opinions. It also summarises difficulties regarding the inclusive education. The research points out that there is slightly more of a negative attitude among the teachers towards the inclusion, however more than half of the teachers feel the importance of inclusion regarding pupils with specific educational needs. For further development of inclusion, the teachers would appreciate a reduction of students in their working groups, as well as an increase number of teacher assistants. Furthermore, the teachers expressed a wish for a better supportive methodical help while working with students within this...

Aim of the theoretical part is to describe a relationship teacher-pedagogical assistant - immigrant child in primary school. I describe the definition of their competences, possible difficulties of their cooperation but also ideal humanities of the assistant and identify the relationship between him and the immigrant student. Continuing with describing special needs of this student, his position in a class and appropriate forms and methods of working with him/her. I slightly touch even the base of culture-free methods. In the practical part, the reader will follow my experiment with three immigrant students using method of conceptual learning and how this culture-free method influences students school achievements. The results of this study are positive not only in a way that the students become more proficient in the troubled school subject but they also gained a lot of self-confidence and autonomy. KEYWORDS Culture-free methods, conceptual learning, pedagogical assistant, prejudice, competences, personality, immigrant student, inclusive environment, autonomy, cooperation, special needs.