The diploma thesis is aimed at the teaching methods used in the setting of schools with few classes. The theoretical part engages in the issue of teaching methods, their characteristics, historical development and classification according to various authors. Selected teaching methods are then described in bigger detail. The next section is devoted to the schools with few classes. They are viewed here as community schools or as a pedagogic alternative, the thesis describes the history of schools with few classes and both advantages and disadvantages of their aktivity. The practical part of the thesis was realized via an observing method. The aim of this section of the thesis was to map teaching methods use dat three selected schools with few classes. Results are presented via an analysis of observed classes and chart, which contains the most widely used teaching methods at individual schools.

This work presents the chronological development of foreign languages teaching methods, with a focus on French especially. With these methods, we provide an overview of the learning materials development. The aim of this work is to introduce the didacticians of French language from the 1950s who worked on teaching methodologies. The first part briefly presents the French language extension history and, then, the traditional, direct and audio-lingual teaching language methods details that we encounter before the 1950s. The second part deals with the second half of the last century. On the background of the audiovisual structurally global approach, we encounter the main persons linked to this method. Consequently, we continue with the communication approach and the Speech acts of J. L. Austin and J. Searl, followed by Daniel Coste and his"Niveau Seuil". The last part deals with the Common European Framework of Reference, followed by 21st century most representative didacticians. Keywords Didactics, French language, teaching methods, CEFR, history of teaching methods

Syftet med studien är att ta reda på om och i så fall hur yrkesverksamma matematiklärare inom årskurserna 4-6 uppfattar att matematikläxan bidrar till elevernas kunskapsutveckling. För att få svar på studiens frågeställning använde jag mig av en kvalitativ metod i form av en halvstrukturerad intervju. De 3 respondenterna från intervjuerna arbetar på en grundskola i Mellansverige. Svaren från dessa respondenter analyserades utefter den fenomenografiska metodansatsen.  Studiens resultat pekar på att matematikläxan, i stor utsträckning, i dag används som en arbetsuppgift utanför skolan med fokus på färdighetsövning. Ett sett att använda läxan som ett redskap för färdighetsträning är att arbeta med läxan i digital form, vilket ur ett lärarperspektiv minskar lärarnas arbetsbelastning samtidigt som de anser att det är enklare att ge individuell läxa utifrån elevens behov och kunskapsnivå. Slutsatsen är att alla respondenterna i studien anser att matematikläxan främjar elevernas matematiska kunskaper, så länge läxan utgår från elevens nuvarande kunskapsnivå. / <p>Matematik</p>

<p>Ova disretacija bavi se korpusnom<br />IZ lingvistikom, ali iz perspektive teorijskih<br />metodolo&scaron;kih i praktičnih aspekata<br />koncipiranja kursa korpusne lingvistike koji<br />je utemeljen na principima interaktivne<br />nastave. Glavni cilj ovog istraživanja jeste<br />da se u njemu formuli&scaron;u principi<br />projektovanja interaktivnih kurseve koji su<br />usklađeni sa sadržajima studijskih programa<br />i sadržaja ostalih kurseva, ali i koji su<br />pedago&scaron;ki efikasni i orijentisani na studenta.<br />Drugi cilj istraživanje jeste da se u skladu<br />sa ovim principima koncipira kurs korpusne<br />lingvistike koji je optimalno prilagođen<br />uvođenju korpusne lingvistike i interaktivne<br />natave na diplomske akademske studije<br />anglistike u Srbiji. Treći cilj istraživanja je<br />da proveri inicijalnu hipotezu da će kurs<br />korpusne lingvistike projektovan u skladu sa<br />principima koncipiranja interaktivne natave i<br />sproveden u hibridnom okruženju biti<br />superioran u odnosi na kurs istih sadržaja ali<br />sproveden isključivo primenom<br />tradicionalnih metoda nastave.</p> / <p>This thesis deals with corpus linguistics, but<br />AB from the point of view of theoretical,<br />methodological and practical aspects of<br />designing a course in corpus lingusitics<br />which is based on the principles of<br />interactive teaching and learning. The main<br />aim of the research is to formulate principles<br />of designing interactive courses which are<br />alligned with curricula and syllaby, but<br />which are also pegogically efficient and<br />student-friendly. The secondary aim is to<br />design a course in accordance with these<br />principles which is optimally suitable for<br />introducing corpus linguistic and interactive<br />teaching methods to MA studies of English<br />language and linguistics in Serbia. The third<br />aim of the research is to test the initial<br />hypothesis that a course designed in accordance with interactive principles of course design and realized as a hybrid course will be superior to the same course based entirely on traditional teaching methods.</p>

XXI amžius Europoje susijęs su dideliais pokyčiais, kurie labiausiai pastebimi ekonomikoje, socialiniame gyvenime. Naujausios technologijos keičia visuomenės socialinius santykius, požiūrį į verslą. Švietimo sistemai žiūrint tiek Europos, tiek ir Lietuvos lygiu kilo svarbus uždavinys - ugdyti jaunimą, suprantantį, kas yra verslas, efektyviai įsiliejantį į visuomeninį gyvenimą, ir gebantį savo įgūdžius ir žinias pritaikyti prie besikeičiančios ekonominės ir visuomeninės aplinkos. Jaunimo verslumo ugdymas tapo viena svarbiausių ugdymo krypčių šiandien. Darbe tirta problema apibrėžia keletą klausimų: •kaip mokytojai susipažinę su verslumo ugdymo samprata, verslumo ugdymui skirtų mokymo priemonių įvairove ir galimybėmis jas taikyti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose; •kaip mokytojai verslumo ugdymui skirtas mokymo priemones praktiškai taiko gimnazijoje. Baigiamojo darbo tikslas- išanalizuoti verslumo ugdymui skirtų mokymo priemonių praktinį taikymą gimnazijoje. Tyrimo objektas– verslumo ugdymui skirtų mokymo priemonių taikymas gimnazijoje. Pagrindiniai baigiamojo darbo uždaviniai: atskleisti verslumo ir verslumo ugdymo sampratas; pagrįsti verslumo svarbą švietime; išnagrinėti verslumo ugdymui skirtas mokymo priemones ir jų praktinio taikymo švietimo įstaigose galimybes;išanalizuoti verslumo ugdymui skirtų mokymo priemonių taikymo gimnazijose ypatumus. Darbe taikyti metodai:mokslinės literatūros analizė; dokumentų, analizė; apklausa. Pirmoje darbo dalyje pateikiama verslumo ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / 21st century ir relevant with a big change in Europe. These changes are most noticeable in ecomomy and social life. New technologies changes social relationship between members of community together with the approach to a bussiness. With the lapse of time the Lihuania and Globe system of education get an important task – to educate young people, who realises what is the business and these, who sufficiently joins to societal life and to apply its skills and knowledge to continously changing status of economy and society. Today youth entrepreneurship education has become one of the most important directions of development. The problem of the thesis defines some questions: •how teachers familiar with the concept of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship development training for a variety of instruments and to use them to secondary schools; •how teachers applies various methods of entrepreneurship education to gymnasiums. The aim of thesis is – to analyze the application of entrepreneurship education measures for the practical application of gymnasium. The object of the research - application of entrepreneurship education measures to gymnasiums. The main tasks of the thesis are: to reveal a conception of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education; to base the importance of entrepreneurship in education; to examine the teaching tools for entrepreneurship education and its possibilities to apply it to educational institutions; to analyze the application features of... [to full text]

This thesis deals with the description of the contemporary situation in the French language teaching in the Czech Republic with a view to the comparison of traditional and alternative teaching methods. The first part of the thesis consists of the description of the historical development of the teaching methods and their characteristics. Then I point out the problems related to the classification of the teaching methods and their division into two main groups of traditional and alternative methods. The comparison of the two groups of methods is included in the third chapter of the thesis. In the last part a questionnaire was used to find out the opinions of teachers and students and I also show selected data concerning the contemporary situation in foreign languages teaching in the school year 2005/ 2006.

The objective of this diploma thesis is to explore the possibilities of using Learner- centred methods in teaching Russian language. The thesis deals with Learner-centred methods in teaching Russian language at elementary schools and offers a didactic material based on this methodology. Withn the theoretical framework of the thesis the basic concepts are defined as well as the Communicative approach towards language teaching is characterised and discussed. Learner-centedred methods are viewed not only as a useful tool for more effective language learning, but also as an unseparable part of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Drawing on CLT, the communicative criterion is applied in the following classification of Learner- centered methods. Using the Learner-centered methodology, the practical part of the thesis offers a didactic material. The materiel is intended for Rusisan language students and was tested in Elementary schools. In the last part of the thesis the material is analyzed. On the basis of this analysis conclusions are drawn and possibilities of Learner-centered methods in Russian language teaching are described. KEYWORDS: teaching methods, Learner-centered teaching methods, foreign language teaching, Russian language teaching, didactic material

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Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs / Aaron H. Carlstrom / This study extends existing student ratings research by exploring how teaching methods, individually and collectively, influence a minimum standard of student achievement on learning objectives and how class size impacts this influence. Twenty teaching methods were used to predict substantial or exceptional progress on each of 12 learning objectives. Analyses were conducted in four class-size groups, Small (between 10-14 students), Medium (between 15-34 students), Large (between 35-49 students), and Very Large (50 or more students). Archival data were over 580,000 classes of instructors and students who responded to two instruments within the IDEA Student Rating of Instruction system: Instructors completed the Faculty Information Form, and students responded to the Student Ratings Diagnostic Form. Significant progress, for the purpose of this study, means students indicated they made either substantial or exceptional progress on learning objectives the instructor identified as relevant to the course. Therefore, student ratings of progress were dichotomized and binary logistic regression was conducted on the dummy variables. Descriptive statistics and point-biserial correlations were also conducted to test the hypotheses. Teaching methods that stimulated student interest were found to be among the strongest predictors of significant progress on the majority of learning objectives across all class sizes. For all class sizes, significant progress was correctly classified from a low of 76% of the time to a high of 90% of the time. The higher students rated the instructor in stimulating them to intellectual effort the more progress they reported on a majority of learning objectives across all class sizes. Higher instructor ratings on inspiring students to set and achieve challenging goals were also associated with significant student progress on learning objectives across all class sizes. Class size was not a major factor affecting the predictive strength of groups of teaching methods on student progress on learning objectives. However, it was a factor concerning the predictive strength of individual teaching methods. The larger the enrollment the greater was the predictive strength of key teaching methods. Implications of the study for faculty professional development and for future research are discussed.

The hypothesis that a structured, sequenced, approach to mathematics learning, based on the application of learnt facts, decreases mathematics anxiety and increases mathematics achievement is tested. A literature study and an empirical investigation were conducted with respect to the relationships between maths anxiety, maths achievement and teaching methods. A qualitative research design which focussed on the cross-case analysis of different case studies was used. The qualitative case study involves multiple methods such as interviews, observations and a pretest, posttest design. It analyses and compares the effects of the Kuman method, used as the intervention programme, on maths anxiety and maths achievement of an experimental group and a control group. The results of this research indicate that learners on the intervention programme who showed a decrease in anxiety, showed an increase in achievement. This has implications for the teaching methods used in South Africa. / Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Specialisation in Guidance and Counselling)