The problem of the study is defined by the fact that there are many talks about the changes in Lithuanian educational system but there was no analysis of the attitude of teachers of the reorganized schools from this aspect. From the theoretical point of view this work will stimulate going deeper into the possibilities, ways and peculiarities of changes, and, in practice, it will help the persons who are independently analysing the problems of educational changes and seeking to improve practical educational work. Aim of the work – to estimate the changes in the reorganized basic school and the attitude of teachers towards them. 155 educators, 146 of whom were teachers and 9 school executives working in basic schools, participated in the study. The findings of the study have showed that educational changes are mostly stimulated by focussed vision and strategy of the school, and the advantages of today’s educational system comparing to the Soviet one are that teachers are allowed individualizing educational content. The most significant years for educational system were 1997 – 2002 when reform of schools network was performed and in Utena town it was determined by the decisions of educational policy. After the secondary schools were reorganized into basic the schoolchildren feel better in them but less motivated schoolchildren remain learning in 9-10 forms. After the network reform the teaching base had mostly improved in basic schools as well as assistance of psychologists... [to full text]

Title: Bullying in Basic Schools: Solving the Problem from Pupil's Point of View Abstract: This diploma thesis deals with bullying at primary schools. The theoretical section describes the definition of bullying, bullying division, the stages of bullying, its protagonists, and the procedure of current best practice in the prevention and eradication of bullying. The aim of the empirical part is find out how effective The Minimal Preventive Programme is in one particular Prague primary school. Research was carried out through interviews. This paper presents views and ideas of how to solve the problem of bullying from the student's point of view. The results of the research show that the goals in bullying prevention have been fulfilled. The school prevents bullying, teachers and students are sufficiently confident in this issue. Keywords: bullying, teacher, pupil, basic school

Definition of strategy, analysis of main concepts, conception, phases and steps of strategical planning, structure of strategical management are being presented in Master’s work. Analysis of how educational tendencies in other European countries influence on strategy of education in Lithuania, changes and reforms in education, issues of musical education in context of education reform are being provided in this work. Analysis of main musical education systems in different countries and conceptions of various authors are being presented in Master’s paper. External and internal factors of musical education system at Balbieriškis basic school are being analyzed. Analysis of conditions in education shows demographic crisis. Decreasing number of children is conditioned by low number of births. Level of unemployment is getting lower. However, more young people leave country. Positive rates are as follows: more children aspire to secondary education, more young people aged 7-24 study, many schools use computers in process of education, sponsorship for educational institutions is growing, there are more certified teachers – supervisors and experts at schools. SWOT analysis of musical education system at Balbieriškis basic school was done. Its greatest strengths are musical equipment, participation in events organized by school and district, specialist of musical education. Greatest danger is decrease of students. As a result high qualified specialist of music who would organize... [to full text]

Ernest Boyer's The Basic School: A Community for Learning (1995) aligns with other important research and programs that encourage parent involvement to maximize each child's educational potential. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand and to document the first steps undertaken by one school as it began to address Boyer's school as community priority by reaching out to an uninvolved parent population. Meaning was constructed from the perspective of the researcher who was an active participant in the process. Research questions included: 1) What happened when one school began to address the needs of its at-risk population by intentionally reaching out to involve the parents of these students in the life of the school? 2) How was this accomplished within the context of a school beginning to address the priorities of a "Basic School?" 3) What structures were created to facilitate the process and guide its progress? Teachers in the School as Community Family at Kizer Elementary School were the initial focus of this study. Additional groups with related purposes became part of the inquiry as the process unfolded. Transcripts, field notes, and related documents were collected from all relevant group meetings and outreach activities from June of 1997 through January of 1998. The process of data analysis yielded descriptive conceptual models and an interpretive narrative case study that follows a modified chronology of the communicative action steps undertaken by a group of educators readying themselves for outreach to an alienated parent population. This study produced practical implications for schools wishing to begin the steps toward increasing the level of family and community engagement with student learning. A case was made for self-reflective action to create opportunities for authentic conversation that can empower families to take greater initiative in the public education of their children. If schools can learn to build, support and sustain relationships with parents, particularly their at-risk populations, they might expect a greater level of success in educating their children. / Ed. D.

The content of this Diploma Thesis is represented by the view and opinions of children on the problems of the bullying behaviour. The thesis includes both theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, the thesis explains some scientific concepts related to bullying, it presents the forms and views on bullying, it adverts to the direct and indirect signs, that can help the family or the school reveal the fact of existing chicane. The work also deals with the causes of bullying behaviour, and tries to find out how school can prevent and possibly resolve bullying. In this thesis, we can find the particular stages of bullying, the most frequent locations where bullying takes place, the risks and consequences that all come with bullying as well. The practical part is realized through a research. The collection of data was run at Basic School Mazurská in Prague 8. The Diploma Thesis describes the objectives of the research, the essential working hypotheses, the methodology and organization of the research. The text includes a questionnaire, which was given to children who participated in the research. The largest space is dedicated to the interpretation of the research results, because the main aim of the Diploma Thesis was to find out the children's view on maltreatment in general and their...

This thesis deals with the integration of the topic of personality and social education into the Czech language lessons taught in classes on the second grade of basic schools and in grammar schools. The first part introduces personality and social education and its particular topics. Then the ways of working with these topics during Czech language lessons are described, and also the activities that can be used by a teacher to include personality and social education into Czech language lessons. One chapter is dedicated to description of E-U-R model and its applicable methods. In practical part the survey among Czech language teachers, which focuses on the attitude of teachers towards personality and social education and their experience with integrating this topic, is described. Also there is a survey that focuses on familiarity of Czech language students with this topic. The survey is carried out by the method of semi-structured interview. The results are commented and projected into theoretical part of the thesis.

This diploma thesis approaches the development of an idea that mentally challenged pupils form about their future employment and introduces aspects that are involved in such process. This is applied to all ages of students with mild mental disability who attend the Primary Special School in Chabařovice. Another goal is to cover the level and the rate of success of pre-vocational training at this school. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with the explanation of the term mental retardation, etiology and classification of mental disability, education of students with mild mental disabilities, their training and application of these young people with such handicap on the labor market. The empirical research focuses on the development of ideas of these children about their future professional career and highlights the aspects that affect the development during their school years.

The thesis focuses on children vulgarity from the basic school teachers` point of view. The children vulgarity is a socio-psychological-communicational phenomenon, frequently discussed in the public but scientifically almost not examined at all. The aim of the thesis is to define factors important for perception and evaluation of children vulgarity by basic school teachers, to specify situations where they meet with vulgarity, how the teachers react and to find out how they evaluate co-operation with parents in situations they have to deal with the children vulgarity together. The research showed that according to their teachers, children learn vulgar words in the family, from their contemporaries and from public media. Teachers feel vulgar words used by children now are stronger than in the past and former vulgar words are considered normal by children today. Teachers say older children use vulgar words more frequently and the words are more intensive than with younger children. When evaluating if vulgarity is appropriate or not, teachers bear in mind context of the situation - in which atmosphere and among what people it is used, whom is it addressed to. They evaluate function and intensity of the word the child used. Each of these factors has got a scale from appropriate/acceptable to...

The Drinking Habits of Children in Middle Childhood and Its Compliance in Selected Basic Schools This thesis studies the drinking regime of children in middle childhood with a focus on the drinking schedule at school. The paper describes the importance of water in the human body and the effects of dehydration. Further research has been done from several different sources about water requirements of children. Particular attention has been paid to the drinking habits in schools with respect to the law. Personal research was conducted in the form of a questionnaire. This survey was completed by children in middle childhood during the day in school in the first grade of selected primary schools regarding their drinking habits. Individual survey results are given and analyzed. Based on the survey conducted and information taken from the available sources, a recommendation for educational practice has been formulated.

A presente dissertação foi elaborada com o intuito de obter respostas sobre a problemática do fenômeno da inserção do ensino do turismo na escola básica e quais são suas contribuições para a formação básica dos educandos. Assim, delimitou-se como objetivo geral elaborar um estudo sobre a inserção do ensino do turismo na escola básica. O trabalho foi aprofundado por meio de um estudo de caso, realizado no ano de 2004, na Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental e Médio de Águas de São Pedro (SP), em que o turismo integrava a parte diversificada dos currículos do Ensino Fundamental II e primeiro ano do Ensino Médio como disciplina. Os objetivos específicos delimitados foram: apresentar a fundamentação teóricometodológica da pesquisa, embasada em autores e teóricos que direcionam seus estudos pela perspectiva cultural do turismo; e na Fenomenologia, sendo esta utilizada para descrever, interpretar e compreender o referido fenômeno estudado. Deste modo, com este trabalho, buscou-se contextualizar essa inserção do turismo como disciplina do currículo do ensino básico, apresentando um exemplo com o intuito de discutir o fenômeno a partir da descrição realizada por todos os sujeitos e objetos da pesquisa, cujo conhecimento é devido às experiências vividas comuns e capazes de nos aproximar da essência fenômeno em questão. / The main objective of this dissertation was to obtain answers to the phenomenon of inserting Tourism in the schools and its contribution to pupils\' educational development. Thus, the overall objective was to elaborate some research into Tourism within Basic School. This paper consists of a case study, in 2004, at Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental e Médio de Águas de São Pedro (SP - Brazil), in which Tourism was part of diversified curriculum within the Fundamental School II and part of the first year of High School as a compulsory subject. The focus was on: presenting theoretical and methodological bases for this research based on authors and specialists who directed their studies towards a more cultural perspective of Tourism; regarding Phenomenology, this latter was useful to describe, interpret and comprehend the phenomenon studied. Having said that, it is of utmost importance to contextualize the insertion of Tourism as a subject in the Fundamental School, whose main objective was to discuss such phenomenon from the description presented by the pupils who took part in this research and whose knowledge is due to their own common experiences as well as their ability to put us in contact with the essence of this phenomenon.