The main aim of this thesis is to create educational material for teaching of regional geography in the 7th year of primary school. The thesis uses a variety of activating methods. Teaching activities have three main themes - Tribes, Globalization and Colonialism. The thesis contains also a methodological guide for teachers that includes instructions, utilities, benefits and other information that will help teachers with the application of these materials in the teaching of geography. The author of all processed according to existing curricula in force in the Czech Republic, especially FEP and SEP of five primary schools.

The diploma thesis deals with teaching regional geography of Canada at the second stage of Primary school. The main aim is to create a Czech-English textbook (that is a combination of a textbook and a workbook) which corresponds to the principles of the current educational documents (Framework Educational Programme for Elementary Education), modern educational tendencies and tries to maximize the connection among subjects, especially English language. There is a methodological guide for teachers as well. The theoretical part focuses also on the didactic analysis of current educational textbooks and workbooks of geography and English language which include the subject matter. To get a notion of the volume and methods used in teaching ?region Canada?, a research was made by a controlled discussion with Geography and English teachers of the selected schools.

The main objective of this thesis is a comprehensive assessment of the practical usability and effectiveness of modern activating teaching methods in economic subjects in fulfilling the RVP economics and business and RVP Business Academy in comparison with traditional (standard) methods. To achieve this goal, a systematic clarification and evaluation of key elements of the choice of adequate methods of teaching, presentation and comparison of traditional, modern activating and comprehensive teaching methods was employed. Selected modern activating methods are described in detail, including the procedure and examples of their application in the teaching of management on the circuit of the secondary vocational schools. Current status in the use of teaching methods by teachers of economic subjects on selected secondary vocational schools was mapped and assessed through quantitative (structured interviewing of students and teachers) and qualitative (interview with trachet of economic subjects at selected schools, testing of students -- pretest and posttest) methods of empirical educational research and realization of experimental teaching. The results of the analysis of the usefulness and effectiveness of modern activating methods in achieving the educational goals of economic education in secondary vocational schools are summarized in the form of a SWOT analysis. The work, inter alia, examines and assesses the barriers in the application of modern methods of teaching, to what extent these methods contribute to the building of the desired competences of students and in particular the so-called, soft skills of students, verifies the effectiveness of the textbooks Management based on modern activating methods in meeting educational goals. The thesis provides outputs for management of secondary schools including, in particular, the RVP Business Academy and RVP economics and business, which may become a guideline, the stimulus for change methods and forms of teaching, the need to offset the interest of schools from traditional methods to modern activating methods. It can become a tool and an inspiration for each of economic subjects in the adoption and subsequent implementation of modern teaching methods, since it contains a procedure for their application. The intention of the processing of the research problem and solved in the framework of this thesis was to contribute to pedagogical theory and practice the findings supporting the need for qualitative changes in the process. It offers practical recommendations and observations, how should a teacher of economic subjects at secondary vocational schools to proceed with the introduction of modern activating methods. The chosen research methods and processes to provide a relatively large amount of data, the processing to get a deeper insight on the role, effectiveness and applicability of modern teaching methods in the environment of the contemporary secondary economic education.

The thesis deals with activating teaching methods and their influence on vocabulary acquisition in the field of English for Medical Purposes. The experimental research explores the extent to which activating teaching methods influence the acquisition of professional vocabulary. For this purpose, a set of activities (didactic games and role-plays) was created and implemented at the beginning of each teaching block for the subject Medical English I and II. The main objective of these activities was the review of word stock from the previous lessons. The review was focused on the form, meaning, and use of words. In the research, both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used, including progress tests, credit tests, and questionnaires. Progress tests and credit tests were used to measure whether there was a significant statistical difference regarding the professional vocabulary acquisition between the experimental and control groups. A statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups at the B2 level only. The questionnaires showed that activating teaching methods were positively evaluated by the B1 and B2 participants and were appreciated for their practical benefits (professional vocabulary acquisition, the positive influence on...