The theoretical part of the thesis consists of literary research focused on mentoring, mentoring relationship, goals and importance of mentoring, kinds and phases of mentoring, mentoring at the beginning of a teacher's career, mentoring in the course of his / her career, giving examples of implemented projects which were aimed at mentoring, and the relationship between the mentor and the learning organization. The main goal of the empirical part is to elaborate a model example for effective use of mentoring in nursery schools as a potential tool leading to the learning organization. Some necessary requirements and ideal conditions for implementing the internal mentoring in the nursery school are stated, the time schedule for implementing the internal mentoring has been elaborated, and both formal and content part for its implementation has been suggested, including some advice and recommendations. Three tools have been used in the empirical part of the thesis: research into mentoring in selected nursery schools, observations of the interaction between the mentor and the mentee with a specified goal of mentoring and observations of the cooperation between the mentor and the mentee in a selected nursery school during a controlled activity, analysis of internal mentoring materials in a selected...

A Study of the Effects of ¡§Cooperation-Strategy-Communication Method¡¨ on the English Learning of Expert and Novice Seventh Graders Ya-Ting Chen Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ¡§Cooperation-Strategy-Communication Method¡¨(CSCM, developed by the researcher) on motivation in English learning, English learning strategies, and English ability. Expert/novice students were the high/low achievers of English learning in primary school. A quasi-experimental design was conducted. Participants were English expert and novice seventh graders selected from a junior high school in Kaohsiung County. One of the summer activity classes represented the experimental group (EG), while another one was the control group (CG). During the month of experimentation, both classes were given English instruction for 16 periods, by having EG received CSCM, and CG received general English teaching. The instruments for pretests were ¡§English Learning Achievement Assessment¡¨ and ¡§English Learning Status Questionnaire A for 7th Graders¡¨, which included ¡§English Learning Motivation Scale¡¨, ¡§English Learning Manners Scale¡¨ and open-ended questions. The instruments for posttests were ¡§English Ability Test for 7th Graders¡¨, and ¡§English Learning Status Questionnaire B for 7th Graders¡¨, which also included ¡§English Learning Motivation Scale¡¨, ¡§English Learning Strategies Scale¡¨ and open-ended questions. Besides, interview outline and teaching diary were also used. Quantitative data were analyzed by two-way MANCOVA while qualitative data referred to content analysis. The main findings were: 1.CSCM showed positive effects on English learning strategies and English ability. 2.Expert students in EG outperformed expert students in CG in English ability. 3.Expert students outperformed novice students in 7 different measures, including motivation in English learning, extrinsic motivation, school curriculum, extracurricular learning, memory strategies, cognitive strategies and English ability. 4.Both expert and novice students: (1) mastered English learning strategies; (2) expected interesting, active and interactive instruction; (3) expected warm attitude from teachers; (4) evaluated their own level of English ability well. The researcher referred to the above findings and made related recommendations for further studies and educational applications.

The aim of the thesis is to present the roles of the pedagogical consultant at primary school and high school. The theoretical part is focused on term the educational consultant (regarding legislation, requirements for education). The thesis is occupied with history of educational consultancy, the content of the work of educational consultant, the cooperation with pedagogical and psychological counseling. The practical part is implemented by the qualitative research.The research consists of the dialogues with educational consultants from primary school and secondary school. It studies their job duties,the content of their job, the most common topics and educational difficulties and their solving.

(in English): KOMÁRKOVÁ, Ivana., The teacher assistent in an inclusive school as an opportunity for the effective education of pupils with the special educational needs. Prague: Philosophical faculty, Charles University, 2019. x pp. Degree Thesis This thesis focuses on the role of teacher's assistant and his or her activity in the process of educating pupils with specific educational needs on the level of elementary schools . Every inclusive school offers the possibility of special personal support in the classroom provided by the teacher and his or her assistant working together as a team. This sort of educational method actually creates and entirely new educational situation and opens a new opportunity in the educational process. It demands an effective cooperation of both educationalists, because their attitudes determine the cooperative climate in the whole class community and also in the entire school community. The goal of this thesis is to describe the actual situation of the teacher's assistant in relation to the successful realization of the content of inclusive education in elementary schools. The thesis focuses especially on the cooperation between the teacher's assistant and other people involved. And also on mapping their needs related to successful fulfilment of the goals of inclusive...