The purpose of this study is to determine pertinent contents for a bulletin for beginning teachers in the public schools of Port Arthur, Texas. An effort is made to evaluate the findings and to make specific recommendations regarding the contents of such a bulletin.

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Die verwerwing van lees- en skryfvaardighede is van wesenlike belang vir die optimale verwerkliking van die mens se potensiele moontlikhede. 'n Ondersoek na veranderende opvattinge oar die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf is in die Jig daarvan van belang. Faktore wat aanleiding gegee het tot veranderende opvattinge oar die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf kan kortliks saamgevat word as: die ontwikkeling van 'n fonetiese alfabet, veranderende opvattinge oar effektiewe lees- en skryfonderrigmetodes, asook politieke, ekonomiese en samelewingsveranderinge. Hierdie faktore het tot die verbesondering van die Sumeriese, antieke Griekse, antieke Romeinse, Nederlandse, Engelse en Suid-Arikaanse opvoedingspraktyke bygedra. Verskeie onderrigmetodes, onder meer die alfabetmetode, klankmetode, globale metode, gekombineerde metode en eklektiese metode is deur eeue heen in hierdie formele opvoedingspraktyke gebruik vir die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf. Effektiewe aanvangslees- en skryfonderrig bepaal of die leerder sy taalvaardighede kan benut om 'n positiewe bydrae tot die samelewing te lewer. / The acquisition of reading and writing skills is of cardinal importance for the optimum realization of man's potential. Research into the changing perspectives which have led to the development of beginning-teaching of reading and writing is therefore of great importance. The following factors have led to changing perspectives: the development of an alphabet, changing perspectives on the effective teaching of reading and writing as well as political, economic and societal changes. These factors contributed to the specific development of the Sumerian, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Dutch, English and South African education practices. Various teaching methods inter alia the alphabet, phonic, global, combined and eclectic methods have been used in the aforementioned education practices for the beginning-teaching of reading and writing. Effective beginning teaching of reading and writing determines whether the learner will be able to utilize his language skills in order to make a positive contribution to society. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

This thesis aims to reflect the stage of professionalteachers start first grade of primary school. It deals with pedagogical activities and responsibilities of primary school teachers and professional support you as a teacher stating clearly set out to professional qualities of a teacher or profilig on a new teacher education program teacher training in it. One of them is an innovative program Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT). The aim of my thesis is the finding of such problems facing today's beginning teachers, helps them to overcome what level of involvement in RWCT own approach to teaching, the influence of the quality of knowledge of the principles and methods of the program RWCT in conception of educationon, on job and The professionalization of teacher. Keywords: Beginning teacher, support for beginning teachers, the quality of teachers, teaching approaches, educational program RWCT, RWCT teacher, teacher professionalization.

This diploma thesis deals with the problems of beginning teachers. Its aim is to find out what the fundamental difficulties of teachers working in education for the first five years are. The thesis is divided into the theoretical and the practical part. The theoretical part first deals with professional development and teacher's competencies. It also describes professional preparation and assistance that is provided to beginning teachers. In the main chapter of the theoretical part, the problems that beginning teachers most often experience are specified. The description of the difficulties is based on an analysis of the literature and the results of the existing surveys. At the end of the theoretical part, the key surveys carried out in the given area are presented. The practical part is based on the results of a questionnaire survey. The respondents in the research group are beginning teachers of ISCED 1, 2 and 3 level. Based on the data obtained, the key issues are analyzed and the results of teachers of different ISCED levels are compared. Attention is also paid to professional training, assistance to beginning teachers and teachers' attitudes towards their profession. The practical part concludes with the comparison of the obtained data with the results of Professor Šimoník's research.

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Die verwerwing van lees- en skryfvaardighede is van wesenlike belang vir die optimale verwerkliking van die mens se potensiele moontlikhede. 'n Ondersoek na veranderende opvattinge oar die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf is in die Jig daarvan van belang. Faktore wat aanleiding gegee het tot veranderende opvattinge oar die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf kan kortliks saamgevat word as: die ontwikkeling van 'n fonetiese alfabet, veranderende opvattinge oar effektiewe lees- en skryfonderrigmetodes, asook politieke, ekonomiese en samelewingsveranderinge. Hierdie faktore het tot die verbesondering van die Sumeriese, antieke Griekse, antieke Romeinse, Nederlandse, Engelse en Suid-Arikaanse opvoedingspraktyke bygedra. Verskeie onderrigmetodes, onder meer die alfabetmetode, klankmetode, globale metode, gekombineerde metode en eklektiese metode is deur eeue heen in hierdie formele opvoedingspraktyke gebruik vir die aanvangsonderrig van lees en skryf. Effektiewe aanvangslees- en skryfonderrig bepaal of die leerder sy taalvaardighede kan benut om 'n positiewe bydrae tot die samelewing te lewer. / The acquisition of reading and writing skills is of cardinal importance for the optimum realization of man's potential. Research into the changing perspectives which have led to the development of beginning-teaching of reading and writing is therefore of great importance. The following factors have led to changing perspectives: the development of an alphabet, changing perspectives on the effective teaching of reading and writing as well as political, economic and societal changes. These factors contributed to the specific development of the Sumerian, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Dutch, English and South African education practices. Various teaching methods inter alia the alphabet, phonic, global, combined and eclectic methods have been used in the aforementioned education practices for the beginning-teaching of reading and writing. Effective beginning teaching of reading and writing determines whether the learner will be able to utilize his language skills in order to make a positive contribution to society. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of importance of each of the curriculum competencies in the National Standards for Business Education (NBEA, 1995) for the successful performance of beginning secondary business teachers in Virginia as perceived by experienced and inexperienced business teachers. The standards consist of 102 competencies in the 11 subject areas of business education. The questionnaire used in the research study was an original survey instrument developed by the researcher after a review of the literature did not reveal an instrument that could be used with the NBEA document. The survey instrument was mailed to a sample of public high school business teachers in Virginia who were systematically selected from an available population. Results from the demographic question on the survey resulted in the identification of 161 experienced business teachers and 18 inexperienced business teachers. Means, standard deviations, and t-tests were used to describe the data. The competencies were rated with a five-point Likert scale. All competencies were rated as having either essential importance, above average importance, or average importance. Of the 102 competencies, experienced business teachers identified 11 as having essential importance, 86 as having more than average importance, and 5 as having average importance. Inexperienced business teachers rated 11 competencies as having essential importance, 87 as having more than average importance, and 4 as having average importance. When comparing the experienced and the inexperienced teachers' lists of rated competencies, 9 competencies rated as essential importance were the same for both groups, and 3 competencies rated as average were the same for both groups. When comparing the overall content areas, no significant differences existed between the perceptions of the experienced business teachers and the inexperienced business teachers. / Ph. D.

一、 哲學家黑格爾以「存有與無是相同的」(das Sein und das Nichts ist dasselbe)作為他《邏輯學》的起點，而宋代理學家張載則從「清虛一大」談世界的起源，由「有無虛實通而為一」主張「有／無→有」。 兩者入學之徑或許大異其趣，但兩者都談了世界之源起，且兩者之談論都導向了「有無一」(das Sein und das Nichts ist dasselbe)之相同點；這成了本比較哲學論文的關鍵論題。 由「有無一」吾人可以見識二者思想互通之處，從而比較二位思想家是如何談「世界的開端(den Anfang der Welt)。」 二、 本文寫作的步驟為各自鋪陳出張載《正蒙》與黑格爾《邏輯學》論開端的文本內容。在比較的過程中並為了釐清某些關鍵術語，亦進行了若干小規模之比較哲學工作。如(1) 論中西「本體」意義之不同 (2) 比較漢語語境中的「形而上／形而下」與亞里斯多德μεταπηυσιψσ一書之主題(3) 氣與亞里斯多德的物質因(causa materialis/tên hulên kai to hupokeimenon)之比較(4) 論「存有」(ὄν)一詞之漢語翻譯(5) 談「變」(das Werden)與「易」之對比(6)「道」與希臘人logos之間的對比。 另外，黑格爾亦論證「思想史」乃與「精神發展之歷史」的平行，故其言「純粹的有」，實乃對應著巴曼尼得斯的「存有」，「純粹的無」對應著佛教/老子的無，「變」對應著赫拉克利圖斯。本文除一一討論黑格爾的想法外，並藉著張載闢佛與闢老的想法，重新對比了黑格爾、張載思想與歷史上對於開端所作出談論的思想家之間的比較。 三、 最後，在結論處，本文以黑格爾與張載「有無同一且已同出」的真理，去檢討了歷史上對於開端的種種談論，包括了道家「有生於無」、「從無生無」(Ex nihilo nihil fit)、基督教之「從無生有」……等等。 / Theologian Hegel takes the purest Nous as beginning of his philosophical system. The purest category is “pure being” (das reine Sein), from the content of “pure being”, Hegel infers the next category “pure nothing” (das reine Nichts), and proves that these two are identical. Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist Zhang Zai discusses the beginning of the world from his essential terminology “Clear Empty One Big” (清虛一大), and advocates that “being, nothing, void, fullness, but is one”(有無虛實通而為一). The thought systems of Hegel and Zhang Zai are very different, but both discuss the beginning of the world, and both of discussion guided to the same point “being and nothing is one and the same” (das Sein und das Nichts ist dasselbe); This is the central argument of this comparative philosophy dissertation.

One of the areas concerning the medical literacy is the first aid giving. The aim of this diploma thesis is to answer the question whether the skills of beginning teachers concerning the first aid are on a sufficient level and whether the teachers are able to react adequately in emergency situations. The theoretical part describes the bases of these skills. It analyses the accident rate of children, professional training of teachers, new methods and projects how to increase the medical literacy of teachers. The practical part provides the results of a questionnaire survey analysing the first aid skills of beginning teachers. It observes whether the level of teachers is sufficient and whether they are able to react properly in health endangering situations. It also discusses the opinions of teachers concerning the first aid giving and the general vision of the first aid area in school environment. The conclusion of the survey shows that the teachers' first aid skills are not up to standard and that teachers assess the professional training concerning the first aid as insufficient. The thesis offers possible changes which would develop the skills of beginning teachers. Keywords health, health literacy, first aid, health care, beginning teacher

Diploma thesis deals of drama education in beginning of the school attendance. The theoretical part explains the basic terms as drama education, drama education objectives, methods and techniques, personality of drama teacher. In the practical part I present a plan of dramatic lesson. The empirical part examines whether drama education can affect the climate of the class, cohesion of the team or whether it may present difficulties in social contacts. Research metods are observation, dialogue and questionnaire survey.

Diploma thesis addresses the issue of initial training of beginning teachers of primary school in Czech schools. Defines the requirements for successful integration of new employees, as well as suggesting possible standard procedures, methods and assesses the possibility of their use in the school environment. It describes the role of supervising teacher and the meaning of its existence. The task of the practical part is to find out with which kinds of educational activities beginning teachers have problems. In interviews with experienced teachers, we tried to clarify whether at the time of their beginnings had the same problems as current teachers and we wonder on what skills and knowledge should be students of faculties of education trained better. Key words beginning teacher, supervising teacher, class teacher, educate teachers, professional competence