This study is a curriculum research project that focuses on teaching the traditional arts of Ghana and enduring artistic ideas to Ghanaian basic school students. It has been designed based on data from a survey conducted with experts in Ghana arts history and on the traditional arts of Ghana. The curriculum covers the major arts practiced by the traditional artists. It also recognizes some contemporary Ghanaian artists and their artworks. This study offers insights into Ghanaian basic school art teachers’ philosophies and experience with their traditional arts. Through analysis of the findings, the major themes that emerged were changes in the assessment strategies of the national curriculum for Creative Art subject, the opportunities this new curriculum might bring to multicultural education, and the positive effect this curriculum has had on teachers’ understanding and designing of traditional art lessons.

TITLE: Private and alternative schools in the Czech Republic SUMMARY: The thesis describes current status of private and alternative schools whereas private schools are considered as an alternative to the public school system as well. It tackles the specific aspects of alternative pedagogical programs, describes common and distinctive features and sees into the positives and negatives of the choice of alternative education for parents and pupils. The theoretical part focuses on private schools. It inquires into the qualitative difference between private and public schools and deals with the conditions of education for both pupils and teachers. The empiric part consists of two case studies complementing the study of the private schools sector. KEYWORDS: Basic schools, private schools, alternative schools

The aim of this thesis is to identify differences among Mathematics textbooks and to find out how they work in real education process. This research will provide information whether such textbooks are actually used by Maths teachers, and if so, then in what manner and how effectively. This will be viewed from the perspective of a teacher-beginner who searches for the most appropriate textbook for Mathematics lessons. Another goal is to introduce the offer of various Maths textbooks for the 2nd stage of basic schools. Also, there is a research performed that could compare these books, especially books published by Prometheus, Fraus and H-mat. Results of the research will be then used for lesson plans of a beginning teacher.

Planning of school capacity in the Central Bohemia Region Abstract The objective of this thesis is to show the connection among demographic trends and the development of the educational system in the Central Bohemia Region from a quantitative point of view. This thesis focuses on repletion of school facilities, availability of education at pre-primary and basic levels and the possibility to estimate the basic parameters of the education system in future years. The first part addresses issues of methodology and the education system in general and theoretical level. It focused on the literature and data sources on the subject, describing the educational system in the Czech Republic and the development of educational legislation, explaining the methodology used in the second part of the thesis. The second part deals with specific application to data from the Central Bohemia Region. This section shows the numbers of children in nursery schools, pupils in basic schools and repletion of school facilities found in the districts of the Central Bohemia Region. The spatial distribution of school facilities is shown by proportional symbol technique. Furthermore, differences were found within the districts of Central Bohemia Region in relation to early childhood education by statistic methods. In conclusion the numbers...

This thesis describes Outdoor Sports Courses for the 2nd Grade of Basic Schools in Liberec Region. The theoretical part discusses the close topics such as activities and education at elementary schools or summer and winter outdoor sports courses. The goal of the thesis is to obtain information about outdoor sports courses for the 2nd Grade of chosen basic schools in Liberec Region, and to recommend instructions for the optimal course education. Two methods of interrogation were applied: a controlled interview with school principals and questionnaire for students in 9th grade of elementary schools. Based on the above-mentioned interrogation methods, the diversity of sports courses in nature was investigated. In addition, the issue of the course capacity or material issues and staffing at schools were investigated. The research also concentrates on the participation of students in the courses and the reasons of their non-participation as well as students' satisfaction with the selection of available courses. Based on the students' responses, the ranking of the most popular courses was created. The results of the investigation were incorporated into the overall statistics which provide a comprehensive assessment of the course education in chosen basic schools in the Liberec district. Key words:...

The thesis has a theoretic and an empiric character. The theoretical part deals with a term the addiction on drugs and characterizes its particular types and stages. It describes possible demonstrations of addictions, causes and conditions of origin of addictions and its influence on human?s development and his or her life in a social group and in his or her family. The thesis is occupied with kinds, possibilities and efficiency of chosen types of drugs prevention and school?s possibilities of diagnosing and addiction managing. The practical part considers with finding contemporary condition of drugs addictions on the second grade at primary schools in České Budějovice and with types of preventions which are used in these schools.

This thesis focuses on the theme of cyberbullying at selected basic schools in the Czech Republic. The conceptual basis rests upon Lawrence Kohlberg theory of moral development and theory of social pathology. Through the desk research of the relevant Czech and international research, and through experts interviewing, the aims of the thesis are mainly exploratory, i.e. to explore the nowadays situation in (incl. effects and prevention/fighting of) cyberbullying at sample basic schools in the Czech Republic.

This thesis is devoted to the problems of children with special educational needs, with a focus on elementary schools in Prague 2. The first part of the thesis describes the aims, particularly the identification of positive experiences and negative examples from practice, and research questions. Next part is devoted to methodology, in which the author deals with the description of data collection and the production of materials for semi-structured interviews. The author describes the theoretical and conceptual background of selected issues and presents the basic terminology and historical context of education of children with special educational needs in the Czech Republic. The second part focuses on the empirical research that has been devoted specifically to autistic children. The first part contains a basic summary of integrated children in primary schools in Prague 2. This part is followed by findings from the interviews, which are logically divided into three main sections. In conclusion there is a synthesis of the most important information and their relation to the selected concepts. The main result of this thesis is the relation between chosen concepts and relevant data gained from the qualitative interviews with respondents connected to elementary schools in Prague 2. The author points out...

V teoretické části diplomové práce jsem se zabývala rizikovými faktory, které mohou přecházet v poruchy chování u dětí v období školní docházky. Dále jsem zpracovala metodiku, která je s touto problematikou spjatá a uvedla možnosti přístupů, které lze v preventivních aktivitách využít. Nejedná se pouze o aktivity směřující k dětem a mládeži, ale i o přístupy směrem k pedagogům, rodičům a široké veřejnosti. Snažila jsem se vždy zdůraznit to, co je pro školní prostředí nejúčinnější. Nechybí ani názorné příklady.

The thesis is focused on software development process and its products from initial designs through the way of implementation until final delivery to customer. The thesis brings up some basic facts about software engineering with further detailed description of one of its parts, the modern models of software life cycles with focus on the agile life cycle because of its significant benefits and effective implementation. This model is represented by Agile Model Driven Development which has been submitted not only theoretically but in practice. Finally, there is also a short description of Unified Modeling Language which is used as a modeling language.