My master thesis deals with the use of drama education methods when teaching the third grade pupils. The aim is to show that combining the drama education and ethics teaching can effectively develop pupils' moral attitude. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part describes children of middle childhood and defines both kinds of education. The practical part is a proposal of ten drama education lessons with ethics topics created after observing third grade pupils of the primary school of Bratrancu Veverkovych in Pardubice for five months. The proposal is followed by an implementation of the lessons. The lessons focus on developing pupils in following areas: communication, self-evaluation, appreciation of others, respecting rules, creativity, assertive behaviour, and sensitivity towards one's environment. The implemented lessons are then reflected with regard to defined aims. The thesis' conclusion sums up the results obtained from observing the pupils. The results show us that the drama education methods can bring pupils an authentic experience which will significantly influence their values and moral attitude. The thesis results also show that the moral development of primary school pupils depends on the personality of their teacher.ation, appreciation of others, respecting rules,...

This thesis examines change of classroom climate in lower secondary school. In the theoretical part, issues of classroom climate, experiential pedagogy, adaptation courses and form teacher lessons are described from the perspective of different authors. The thesis introduces basic approaches for diagnosing classroom climate. It also gives instructions for management of form teacher lessons. B-3 questionnaire determines the current classroom climate and subsequent effects of the adaptation course among the respondents. Form teacher lessons are reported in this thesis, whose effect is also measured by the B-3 questionnaire in a longer period of the adaptation course. The results of the questionnaire investigation point to the need for regular form teacher lessons, in which the formation of a friendly climate in the classroom is realized.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-03-31T17:17:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Debora Virginio Rosa.pdf: 1617498 bytes, checksum: 093b4bf9c43324e32270016a2a62915a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-31T17:17:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Debora Virginio Rosa.pdf: 1617498 bytes, checksum: 093b4bf9c43324e32270016a2a62915a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-23 / Knowledge has become a valuable intangible asset that can help project management, in a way that known errors activities can be avoided and processes that have worked can be repeated and hence, integrated into organization. However, problems associated with the management of lessons learned are pervasive in organizations, including project members claiming lack of time to perform activities of lessons learned management, prioritizing other activities. When lessons learned activities are carried out, it was identified inconsistencies in the process of capture of tacit knowledge because team members often do not feel comfortable in sharing their knowledge or report their failures. Additionally, when the capture occurs, the project members find it difficult to record the information because the IT tools currently available to support the process of lessons learned, appear inefficient, especially in terms of search engines. Project management guides used in organizations (e.g. PMBoK-PMI and ICB-IPMA) do not have processes or specific activities for knowledge management and lessons learned in projects. Therefore, it was identified the need for the treatment of lessons learned in organizations and specifically in Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) projects. This dissertation aims to: 1. Develop a model of adoption of IT 2.0 tools to assist IT/IS project managers in the lessons learned management and 2. Validate the proposed model by reviewing the model with experts in projects. We used mixed methods as paradigm and method in this research. Ten interviews and 183 answers of the questionnaire were used to answer the research question "how lessons learned can be managed with the support of IT 2.0 tools in IT/IS projects?” As a result, it was generated the Target 2.0 model, which includes the following lessons learned management processes: raising awareness, collect/verify, store/disseminate and reuse processes. They are supported by technologies as Wikis, Social Networks, Blogs, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Web Office. Regards the contribution to theory, this dissertation is of explanatory and predictive type, has incremental originality and scientific and practical use. For the contribution to practice the study assists the project team to implement lessons learned activities suggesting tools and processes. We conclude that the lessons learned can be managed through lessons learned processes performed in any phase of the project. The suggested tools facilitate the exchange of experiences and collaboration and the Target 2.0 model covers processes, technology and people, aspects that can ensure better results when aligned with the strategy and the structure of the organization. / O conhecimento é um recurso intangível valioso, que auxilia a gestão de projetos, de forma que erros conhecidos sejam evitados e atividades e processos que deram certo sejam repetidos e, consequentemente, integrados à organização. Entretanto, problemas associados à gestão de lições aprendidas são pervasivos nas organizações, o que inclui membros do projeto que alegam falta de tempo para desempenhar atividades de gestão de lições aprendidas, priorizando outras atividades. Por outro lado, quando a gestão de lições aprendidas é realizada, identificam-se inconsistências no processo de captura de conhecimento tácito, pois os membros do projeto, muitas vezes, não se sentem à vontade em compartilhar o conhecimento criado ou em reportar suas falhas. Além disso, quando a captura ocorre, os membros do projeto encontram barreiras para registrar as informações, pois as ferramentas de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) que têm suportado a gestão de lições aprendidas mostram-se ineficientes, principalmente os seus mecanismos de busca. Os guias de gerenciamento de projetos utilizados nas organizações (e.g. PMBoK-PMI e ICB-IPMA) não possuem processos ou tratativas para gestão de lições aprendidas em projetos. Neste contexto, identificou-se a necessidade de investigar a gestão de lições aprendidas em projetos de TI e Sistemas de Informação (SI). Esta dissertação tem como objetivos: 1. desenvolver um modelo de adoção de TI 2.0 para auxiliar os gestores de projetos de TI/SI no tratamento das lições aprendidas e 2. validar o modelo proposto com especialistas em projetos. Para atingir estes objetivos, os métodos mistos foram usados como paradigma e método de pesquisa. Dez entrevistas e 183 respostas válidas ao questionário foram usadas para responder a questão de pesquisa “como as lições aprendidas podem ser geridas com o apoio de ferramentas de TI 2.0 em projetos de TI/SI?". Como resultado foi gerado o modelo Target 2.0 que contempla os seguintes processos de gestão de lições aprendidas: conscientização, coleta/verificação, armazenamento/disseminação e reutilização. Esses processos são suportados pelas tecnologias Wikis, Redes Sociais, Blogues, Office na Web e Really Simple Syndication (RSS). Quanto à contribuição para a teoria, o modelo Target 2.0 é do tipo explicativo e preditivo, possui originalidade incremental e utilidade científica e prática. Para a contribuição para a prática o estudo auxilia a equipe de projetos a executar as atividades de lições aprendidas sugerindo ferramentas e processos. Conclui-se que as lições aprendidas podem ser geridas através de processos de lições aprendidas realizados em qualquer fase do projeto. As ferramentas incorporadas ao Target 2.0 facilitam a troca de experiências e a colaboração e este modelo cobre os pilares de processos, tecnologia e pessoas, aspectos que podem garantir melhores resultados quando em conjunto são alinhados com a estratégia e a estrutura da organização.

Attrition rates among students in music teacher training programs have contributed to a shortage of qualified music teachers for the nation's schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive relationship of academic variables in three different learning environments and the intent of a select population of music education majors to leave the degree program. The study drew upon the work of Tinto, Bean and Astin to form a theoretical foundation for examining variables unique to student withdrawal from the music education degree plan. Variables were examined within the context of three different learning environments: (1) applied lessons, (2) ensembles and (3) non-performance courses. Participants were 95 freshmen and sophomore music education majors at a public university who were enrolled in the music education degree program during the spring semester, 2002. Data included participant responses on the Music Student Inventory (MSI), a questionnaire developed specifically for the study, and grade data from university records. Independent variables in the study included participants' perceptions of (1) Ensemble experiences, (2) Applied lesson experiences, (3) Non-performance music course experiences, (3) Course requirements, and (4) Performance growth. Additional variables included: (1) Ensemble placement, (2) Course grades for music theory, applied lessons and aural skills, and (3) cumulative grade point averages. Gender interactions were also examined. The dependent variable in the study was intent to withdraw from the music education program. Data were analyzed using a binary logistic regression procedure. Results of the analysis indicated that none of the variables tested were statistically significant predictors of subjects' intentions to withdraw from the music education degree program. Gender interactions were not evident among the variables. Although statistically insignificant, the strongest predictor of the variables represented by questionnaire responses was lesson experiences. The ana ysis of course grades for music theory, applied lessons and aural skills failed to produce a statistically significant main effect, but applied lesson grades produced the strongest effect in the model. Results of the study suggest that students' intentions to withdraw from the music education program are related to variables other than those representing the academic component of the music education program.

The goal of this thesis is to create a mobile application for Android that will offer management for reservations of training lessons. There are two user roles in the application. The first one is coach who can offer his lessons to other users. Users then can book this lesson right from the application. Coach can also manage all of his lessons and see his reservations in calendar. The second type of user is an athlete who can search for training lessons by name or place distance and then he can book them. The name of the application is Fittyy and it complies with Material Design rules. It uses advanced technologies like Android Jetpack to store local data, implement MVVM model or process server requests in the background. Communication between coach and athlete was implemented using CMS system made by Dactyl Group s.r.o.

Diploma thesis introduces new quality management tools in a selected project--oriented company. In order to achieve this, analysis of current situation was done first, that is described in the theoretical part. Overall evaluation together with proposal of other possibilities to improve the manufacturing process was carried out after implementing the selected method.

The dissertation thesis deals with the shadow education phenomenon, which has yet not been explored in the Czech context. In the international literature, the term shadow education entails various forms and types of paid private supplementary tutoring. The dissertation provides a diagnostic-analytical inquiry on taking paid private tutoring lessons and preparatory courses for university entrance examinations by students of upper-secondary schools in programmes concluded with maturita examination in Prague and Moravian-Silesian Region. Its objectives are: 1) to describe the chosen types of private supplementary tutoring at upper secondary level of education concluded with maturita examination (scale, subjects, intensity, organisational forms, providers etc.), 2) to analyse the contextual factors underlying the demand for these types of private supplementary tutoring. The research employed multi-phase mixed-method research design with priority given to quantitative data. Three research methods were used: 1) quantitative content analysis of the internet mediated notice board for private tutoring lessons, 2) the quantitative questionnaire survey research of randomly chosen students studying in academic and technical track upper-secondary schools in Prague and Moravian-Silesian Region (n=1265), 3)...

This thesis deals with the use of didactic games in geography lessons in Czech schools. Its main goal is to use the questionnaire survey to find the so-called examples of good practice in schools. In the introduction there is a short literature search and definition of the term didactic game according to various authors. The main research method is an electronic questionnaire. A total of 72 faculty schools of the Faculty of Science of Charles University were addressed. Finally, 30 primary and secondary school teachers took part in the research.The questionnaire was divided into four parts. In the first part the general opinion of teachers on the concept of didactic game was investigated. The following section of questions was focused on teachers who use didactic games - the extent of games usage, in which topics of geography, as well as specific examples of games and their evaluation. The third section of the questions was intended for teachers who do not use games and found out the reasons that prevent them from using games. The last section of the questions deals with the sociodemographic characteristics of the research sample. The work contains analysis and interpretation of the questionnaire survey, including graphic outputs. The results were processed qualitatively and quantitatively...

This dissertation rationalizes the best use of Web-based instruction (WBI) for teaching music theory to private piano students in the later primary grades. It uses an integrative research methodology for defining, designing, and implementing a curriculum that includes WBI. Research from the fields of music education, educational technology, educational psychology, and interaction design and children receive primary consideration. A synthesis of these sources outlines several research-based principles that instructional designers can use to design a complete blended learning environment for use within the piano studio. In addition to the research-based principles, the precise methods of determining instructional tasks and implementing the program online are described in detail. A full implementation is then deployed, and piano teachers evaluate the extent to which the online program fulfills the research-based principles. This dissertation does not argue for the complete migration of theory instruction from traditional workbook approaches to an entirely Web-based medium but rather outlines the best use of face-to-face instruction, collaboration amongst students, teachers, and parents, and interaction with a Web-based program. This formative research provides a complete model of integrating WBI within the piano studio that can guide instructional designers and music educators.

The traditional print publishing industry has been faced with significant change over the past decade. Advances in technology have led to the increased digitisation of business processes, and have debatably brought e-books to the brink of the mainstream market. With the growing popularity of e-books in the trade market come several opportunities for publishers to expand, improve and differentiate their businesses. But publishers also face a very challenging time ahead to successfully implement digital publishing in their business processes. This study examines the implications of digitisation and digital publishing on publishing business processes in the traditional print publishing environment. The research considers digital publishing as a disruptive technology in the publishing industry, and draws on the context and predictive value of disruptive technology theory. Disruptive technology theory examines why, when faced with a disruptive technology, some firms succeed in the marketplace, and others fail. The research applied the principles and predictions of disruptive technology theory to the publishing industry to develop a set of recommendations for publishers implementing digital publishing processes. The research employed a mixed methodology design that included an extensive literature review and an online survey of South African book publishers. The literature provided an overview of the issues surrounding digital publishing, and the opportunities and challenges that publishers are faced with. Literature on disruptive technology theory served to establish trends in industries faced with disruptive technology, and uncovered recommendations for its successful implementation. The researcher made use of an online survey that was sent to South African trade publishers that had already started experimenting with digital publishing in 2010 or 2011, or had plans to do so during the course of 2011 and 2012. The survey was designed to uncover the current state of digital publishing in the South African trade publishing industry, to discover the approaches that publishers are currently taking, and the barriers to implementation that they are experiencing. The research confirmed that the current state of digital publishing in South Africa, and the problems that publishers are experiencing, are characteristic of industries faced with disruptive technology. The principles of disruptive technology can therefore be applied to develop recommendations and suggest strategies for publishers planning to venture into digital publishing. Although the focus of the research was on South African trade publishers, the results and recommendations that emerged from the research can be applied to the wider international publishing industry. / Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / gm2013 / Information Science / unrestricted