The goal of the study was to determine whether there would be a significant improvement in preschool children’s emotional intelligence when a Gestalt intervention programme was implemented. The research was conducted according to the quantitative approach with a pre-test/post-test design. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (2nd edition) was completed and returned by a sample of 30 parents (N=30) from a crèche in the Gauteng area. The Joseph Picture Self-Concept Scale was used to test a sample of 30 preschool children (N=30) from the same crèche. The representative sample of preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years was divided into an experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. A Gestalt play therapy intervention programme, the Wise child programme, was conducted with the experimental group. The results indicated that there was a significant improvement of the preschool children’s emotional intelligence in terms of intra- and interpersonal skills after the implementation of a Gestalt intervention programme. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

The study was undertaken to identify the factors that influence standard seven pupils when they choose whether to continue with mathematics at senior secondary level or not. The relative importance of the factors was also determined. The literature study identified the following factors: attitude towards mathematics, utility of mathematics, family members' influence, mathematics teacher's influence, peer group influence, achievement and gender. The empirical study dealt with the following: * A 77 item questionnaire was completed by 201 standard seven pupils. * The statistical analysis revealed significant differences between pupils who chose mathematics and those who did not, with regard to all variables except gender. * A regression analysis identified the most influential factors as achievement, family members' influence, attitude and the mathematics teacher. * The overall implications were: - Pupils be made to experience success so that their attitudes may change. - Parents must be involved in their children's education. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Teoretická část se zabývá typologií některých problémových oblastí u dětí předškolního věku, faktory které ovlivňují jeho osobnost, důležitostí prevence, diagnostiky a nápravy. Praktická část je zaměřena na výzkum vedoucí k analýze nejčastějších problémů a jejich příčin z hlediska učitelek mateřských škol a má za cíl zjistit, jaké osvědčené metody v oblasti prevence, diagnostiky a nápravy pedagogové používají. Klíčová slova dítě, dítě s problémem, rodina, mateřská škola, prevence, pedagogická diagnostika, intervence Theoretical part of my study is aimed to recognize all types of problems of preschool aged children. I have tried to describe areas which might have a possible impact to child's personality regarding the prevention, evaluation and rehabilitation. Practical part of my study explores the most common problems caused by nursery teachers and tries to avoid them in the future by use of proper corrective teaching methods. Key words child, problematic child, family, nursery school, prevention, pedagogical diagnose, feedback

TITLE: Influence of divorce and post-divorce care on a young school age child in the school place AUTHOR: Zuzana Voleská DEPARTMENT: Pedagogy department SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Jaroslava Hanušová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The thesis is titled ,,Influence of divorce and post-divorce care on a young school age child in the school place". The work is divided into two parts - a theoretical one and a practical one. The theoretical part introduces a general topic of the thesis and it is written by using an appropriate literature. It deals with the basic concepts of this topic: family, child and divorce. The practical part contains a qualitative research in order to investigate the reaction of children to the parental divorce and the changes that may occur in the area of the behaviour and the emotional experience, and in the area of the school work and the school results. It works with a method of interview by using a questionnaire, and obtained information is analysed and then is interpreted. The aim of the research is to investigate what responses of young school age children to the divorce the teachers could notice in the school environment, and to formulate recommendations for primary school teachers how to behave towards a child who is experiencing the divorce of his parents. The conclusion of the thesis is devoted to the...

This diploma thesis detects whether the children are in kindergarten able to accept the counter at selected activities/games. Children can develop dispositions within these activities/games and deepen skills related to premathematical literacy. The theoretical part focuses on the history of the counter and acquaints with the kinds of counters, their using and ways to use. This part is based on the theory of the term "natural number" and on related processes in the development of premathematical literacy. Farther is based on game theory, defines and classifies the game from different perspectives especially in relation to monitored series of activities. The practical part submites series of ten activities/games, that are designed for five to six year old children. Each activities are characterized, implementation of activities is documented and analyzed. Photographs and video records of selected parts are added to the diploma thesis.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:32:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LAUREANO, Renata Esmi.pdf: 5495201 bytes, checksum: 783ba90422b4e8850da7dada9aefa9f6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-22 / The present study discusses the formation of professionals of education of pre-school children based on the theoretical reference that conceives children as active beings in their growth and development process, which is translated into the construction of a pedagogy of education of pre-school children. Our objective in the study is an experience with the formation of nursery school monitors that occurred in a course given during the period of 2003 to 2006 in a city of the State of S?o Paulo. The aim of our work is to reflect on the emancipative practices developed during this course from the perspective of the formation of nursery school professionals. After the theoretical explanation about the theme, we selected two axes that are fundamental for the work of pre-school child education: caring-educating and playing that in this study constitute the categories of analysis of the proposed theme. The methodology utilized was centered on documental references, the notebook of the registry of personal observations and the declarations of the monitors that were collected in different moments of the course. As a result we verified that emancipative practices point to innovative possibilities in the sphere of practices in the formation of pre-school child education professionals and indicate the need of implanting public policies that contemplate the demand for formation of this category that represents the educators of children from 0 to 6 years of age. / A presente pesquisa discute a forma??o de profissionais para a educa??o infantil com base em referencial te?rico que concebe a crian?a como ser ativo no seu processo de crescimento e desenvolvimento, que se traduz na constru??o de uma pedagogia da educa??o infantil. Nosso objeto de estudo ? uma experi?ncia com forma??o de monitoras de creche, que ocorreu em um curso realizado no per?odo de 2003 a 2006, em uma prefeitura do interior do Estado de S?o Paulo. O objetivo de nosso trabalho ? refletir sobre as pr?ticas emancipat?rias desenvolvidas no decorrer desse curso na perspectiva da forma??o de profissionais da educa??o infantil. Ap?s a explana??o te?rica sobre o tema, elegemos dois eixos que fundamentam o trabalho na educa??o infantil: o cuidar-educar e o brincar, que constituem, nesta pesquisa, as categorias de an?lise do tema proposto. A metodologia utilizada esteve centrada em refer?ncias documentais, no caderno de registro de observa??es pessoais e nos depoimentos das monitoras, coletados nos diferentes momentos do curso. Como resultado, constatamos que as pr?ticas emancipat?rias apontam para as possibilidades inovadoras na esfera de pr?ticas de forma??o de profissionais para a educa??o infantil e indicam a necessidade de implanta??o de pol?ticas p?blicas que contemplem a demanda de forma??o desta categoria, que s?o as educadoras de crian?as de 0 a 6 anos.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the manifestations in the lexical-semantic language level in pre-school children. The theoretical part has three chapters dealing with communication and communication process in general, phylogenetic and ontogenetic development of speech, linguistic levels, linguistic theories of language acquisition, methods for vocabulary diagnostics, methods of vocabulary development, pre-school education organization, program for pre-school education, its aims, educational areas of key competence and expected outcomes. The practical part of the diploma thesis is realized through qualitative research with quantitative elements. The research was conducted in a nursery school in two classes for pre- school children. In the framework of the survey, the active and passive vocabulary of children and the overall speech from the point of view of content were monitored.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2009. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 10, 2010). Thesis advisor: Priscilla Blanton. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Abstract The Master thesis "Developement of work on structure in kindergarten" aims to find out which structures are percieved well by the Czech child of the last year of pre-school and in which types of percieved structures there are difficulties and to characterize these difficulties. Qualitative research was used to achieve the goal. The thesis deals with two types of structures, one direction or simultaneusly two directions structure. The partial aim is to describe (on the basis of acquired data and experience) recommendations and offer in practice proven appropriate activities that would precede the activities in last year of pre- school eductaion. A series of tasks has been created to test how the child works with a regular rhythm structure in one and two directions. At the same time, I watched if it is easier for the child to fill in these worksheets or work with small 3D material in given directions. In addition to the observation method, interviews with children were conducted and data recordings were added to the analysis. The evidence obtained showed that the preschool children in the last year of the kindergarten understands the structure more easily in one direction and is better oriented in the horizontal position than in the vertical or both directions simultaneously. This may be due...

The diploma thesis deals with the playful forms of work as one of instruments of intensification in the lessons of Czech language at elementary school. In its theoretical part it focuses on the problems of young school child's development. The key concepts of game and its importance in the process of education are defined here. In the practical part the reservoir of playful forms of work is introduced. The games tested with the fourth-year pupils are embodied in this part.