ANNOTATION: The aim of this dissertation is to determine whether innovative teaching methods may positively influence the quality of social relationships and whether they may contribute towards better communication and collaborative behaviour amongst pupils. The goal of the given approach is to develop positive group dynamics and create inspiring environment for the application of modern teaching methods. The theoretical part centres on the origins of innovative teaching methods that were largely motivated by the evolving conception of child's personality. This section describes some of the key alternative schools and programmes that gave rise to the aforementioned innovative teaching methods. The goal of the theoretical section is to clearly define the concept of innovative teaching methods with emphasis on those that contribute towards the formation of a positive classroom climate. The theoretical part then conceptualises innovation in teaching and explains the role of the teacher. The personality of a 10-year old and the attributes defining this developmental stage are also explored. The research part describes the implementation of given innovative methods in teaching fourth-grade pupils. The aim of the research was to find whether the implementation of given teaching methods may induce positive changes...

Jau du dešimtmečius Lietuva žengia demokratinės valstybės keliu, įsilieja į pasaulinę informacinę erdvę, įsitraukdama į globalizacijos procesus. Tai žada didesnę ekonominių, politinių, sociokultūrinių ir net dvasinių normų bei taisyklių unifikaciją, perėjimą prie naujos, visaapimančios vertybių sistemos. Profesoriaus J. Vaitkevičiaus (1995) teigimu, Lietuvos atgimimas tiesiogiai susijęs su mokyklos ir mokytojo atgimimu. Vertybių kaitos pasulyje didelė reikšmė tenka meno ciklo dalykams, tame tarpe ir šokio. Mokinių norui mokytis šokio didelę įtaką daro mokytojo asmenybė - ugdytinių psichologinių savybių, šokio dalyko išmanymas bei gebėjimas kūrybingai taikyti įvairius mokymo metodus, skatinančius moksleivius veikti. Šokio mokytojo vaidmuo mokinių šokio mokymosi motyvacijos procese yra vienas iš svarbiausių. Mokytojo pareiga – ne tik perteikti žinias, išugdyti gebėjimus bei įgūdžius, bet ir sukurti aplinką, skatinančią intelektinę ir emocinę mokinių raišką. Šios kūrybingos aplinkos sukūrimas priklauso nuo šokio mokytojo asmenybės, šokio mokytojo pedagoginių gebėjimų, profėsinių kompetencijų ir ryšio su moksleiviais. Kitaip tariant, pati šokio mokytojo asmenybė gali būti traktuojama kaip mokinių šokio mokymosi motyvacinis veiksnys. Sunku atskirti asmenybę nuo profesijos, ypač tose veiklos srityse, kuros reikalauja nuolatinės sąveikos su kitais žmonėmis. Šis persipynimas akivaizdus mokytojo atveju. Siekiant atskleisti pinavertės ir brandžios asmenybės bruožus galima remtis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / For two decades, Lithuania is on the way a democratic state, in keeping with the global information space, involvement in the processes of globalization. It promises greater economic, political, socio-cultural and even moral norms and rules, unification, the transition to a new, comprehensive system of values. Professor J. Vaitkevicius (1995) claimed that Lithuanian revival is directly linked to the school and the teacher's renaissance. Values change pasulyje play a major role in the cycle of art subjects, including dance. Pupils' willingness to learn dance strongly influenced by the personality of the teacher - learner psychological characteristics, the subject of dance knowledge and ability to creatively use a variety of teaching methods that encourage students to act. Dance dance teacher's role in student motivation for learning is one of the most important. Teacher's responsibility - not only impart knowledge, to develop capacity and skills, but also to create an environment that promotes intellectual and emotional expression of students. This creative environment depends on the creation of dance teacher's personality, dance teacher teaching abilities, professional competence and communication with students. In other words, the same dance teacher's personality can be seen as a dance student learning motivation factor. It is difficult to separate the personality from the profession, particularly in the areas of fuel requires constant interaction with other... [to full text]

The diploma thesis deals with the personality of a teacher at the first grade of primary school and his influence on the climate of a class. The theoretical part is dedicated to school class like a small social group and phenomenon, which exists there. It examines the personality of a pupil, a teacher and his properties, where the emphasis is on the teacher's style of teaching, education and interaction. Finally the attention is paid to concept climate of a class. The practical part aims to evaluate interaction style of a teacher and to measure a climate in the particular classes, to compare them and find out, what influence interaction style has on pupil's satisfaction in the class. KEYWORDS small social group, personality of pupil, personality of a teacher, style of teaching, style of education, interaction style, climate of class

The thesis follows up citizenship competence of a teacher and its influence on the conception of teaching. It shows components of the citizenship competence and presents it in the personality of the teacher, in educational and other documents, in education generally and in teacher's active approach in school and in life. Qualitative research looks into the influence of citizenship competence of the teacher on his approach to teaching. It introduces the personalities of teachers of civic and social sciences, their views on citizenship competence and its parts, which they observe on themselves. The research results also present an overall approach to developing this competence in pupils and students and ways of promoting good citizenship in school. The topic of an apolitical school also mentioned in the thesis. Interviews with teachers and observations of teaching are used as research methods.

The thesis is focused on collaboration, cooperativeness, and mutual communication of teachers that represents one of the key pillars of the successful process of education. The cooperation of teachers is very important in the new conception of the school education program as well as in fulfilling cross-sectional topics and interdisciplinary relationships. The theoretical part describes basic terms, teacher's personality, his (her) roles and profession competencies, authorities and reputation of the teacher. The theoretical part also features information regarding collaboration of teachers in general, typical forms of the collaboration, deals with the role of school in teachers' collaboration. The aim of the empirical part is to map a topic of collaboration and cooperativeness among high school teachers. An additional aim is to analyze whether the cooperativeness and collaboration represents a benefit for high school teachers, and, eventually what might hinder such collaboration. Key words: teacher, collaboration, cooperativeness, teacher's personality, teacher's authority, teacher's competence

This Diploma thesis dealing with the author's creation was written in relation to human personality. The goal of the thesis is to determine student's motivation to author's reading. Further goal is a description of student's needs and area of progress of their personality. The thesis is divided into two parts - a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part the author describes the author's reading, including self - reflection and psychosomatics condition. Further there is description of human personality generally and also description of teacher's personality with focus on teacher's motivation, personality trait and voluntary characteristics, self - regulation characteristics - self-awareness, self-knowledge, self-assessment, self-criticism, conscience, self-concept and self-concept. Last part of theoretical part is about dynamical characteristics, temperament, performance characteristics and special characteristics. The practical part is basically a qualitative study which is further divided into two parts. The first part is concerned with analysis of semistructured interviews, the second part with analysis of student's self-reflections. Summary and comparison of the research results and author's own case study are at the end of the thesis. Subject of discussion is comparison to results of Bachelor thesis (2015) and results currently research.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse and describe aspects related to the process of becoming a teacher. The thesis is divided into two parts ? theoretical and research. In the theoretical part the thesis derives information from specialized publications dealing with teaching topics and discusses the history of teaching profession, teacher?s personality, competences and typology. It also analyses the prestige and the causes of feminization of the teaching profession. In the research part using a qualitative study it investigates aspects related to the process of becoming a teacher from the female perspective. The research is based on in-depth interviews with female primary school teachers in different periods of their teaching practise. Dealing with both parts the thesis summarises and generalizes the main aspects affecting the process of becoming a teacher. The thesis is completed with my short essay on a theme ?good teacher?.

(in English): The master's thesis The Role of Studying Abroad for Future Teachers deals with the impact of an international study visit on prospective teachers and identifies areas of their professional training which can be affected most. The theoretical part of the thesis expands on studying abroad and the Erasmus Programme. It also deals with the teacher's personality, their competencies and pedagogical skills. The practical part of the thesis is devoted to specific international study visits within selected academic fields; it also analyses the respective study plans and estimates the extent of their possible influence on future teachers.

The thesis in the theoretical part with factors and phenomena that affect the school climate, the climate in the staff and classroom in relation to the teacher's personality, professional competences, motivation and self - esteem in a profession. I tis interested in teacher's satisfaction and its impact on teacher's interact with students and colleagues. The approaches to studying climate are collected at the end of the theoretical part. The practical part presents research based on observation describes the atmosphere of the school, which is an important indicator of school climate. The factors are analyzed here that affect the educational and pedagogical work of teachers and their satisfaction in working life. It summarizes the findings from interviews and questionnaires and compares them with insights obtained during the observation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This diploma thesis focuses on free time activities of elementary school teachers in relation with their perception of workload. In the theoretical part the teacher's characteristics are mentioned, but it primarily focuses on workload and teachers' free time activities. The topics are seen through multiple points of view. Different segments of workload and types of free time are presented. Empirical part is elaborated using in-depth interview with chosen elementary school teachers. The main goal of this research was to uncover, how much the workload influences teachers' spending of their free time and how are they coping with the workload. Participants of this research are coping with the workload well and they are spending their free doing activities completely different from their profession. Most mentioned activities were physical activities, manual labor and sport.