This study is an attempt to share with others, the experiences of two people who have worked to extend the range of choices in the provisions for schooling in a small provincial city. As experienced teachers as well as parents we felt that the provision of choice was essential if quality and involvement were to be increased. We were concerned both about our own children and about schooling in general. What follows is a case study of our efforts. It is a personal account of the events, the problems and the successes and failures. Although an attempt has been made to see these events clearly, to describe them as they happened, it is quite definitely written from our own point of view. In writing this account there has been a need for selectivity in regard to specific details and emphasis. The study sets out to provide sufficient detail to explain the processes involved without intruding too far into individual personalities and attitudes. Nevertheless, these events involve actual people and readers will form their own impressions. Since one of the important factors in attempts to bring about this sort of change is the personalities of the persons involved, the details are important. The writing of the study will have been worthwhile if the experiences offered here help readers gain insight into their own involvement in bringing about change or increase their awareness of the need for careful planning as well as commitment. If it poses further questions and reactions we would be delighted to hear them. Throughout the study I have used the collective "we" to signify both my wife and myself. On occasions indicated, the "we" included a variety of other people. A Chronology of Events (see Appendix A, page 64) is included since events referred to in separate chapters were occurring simultaneously. It should also be stressed that although the account ends at a certain point our activities continue.

This thesis deals with defining the role of the school director in the development and dissemination of educational or alternative innovations. Even if the school director has many roles and perform many different duties, he may not forget the quality control of the educational process and its continuous improvement through innovations. The aim of this thesis is to describe instruments that can be used in dissemination of educational and alternatives innovations. To specify the extent of school director's influence in this process and find obstacles which may appear during implementation and propose options to eliminate and overcome. The work is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part is based on a current scientific knowledge of these issues and contains definitions of necessary theoretical terms, that are used in thesis. The thesis includes also generally known and used approaches, which allows to gain awareness of the chosen theme to the reader. The empirical part of the thesis than contains a description of the carried out scientific research and findings learned through it . The survey was carried out among school directors and teachers on some nursery and primary as well as secondary schools throughout the Czech Republic. With the use of gained informations...

Santrauka Magistro darbe nagrinėjamos naujos pianistų ugdymo paradigmos galimybės. Nustatyta, kad iš visų šiandieninę vaikų muzikos mokyklą baigusių mokinių tik 5% renkasi tolesnį būsimo muziko profesionalo kelią – pratęsia mokslus formalaus muzikinio ugdymo įstaigose (konservatorijose, menų mokyklose, LMTA). Taigi 95% moksleivių, neketinančių muzikos mokslus pratęsti toliau, yra taikomi nedidelio procento ugdytinių poreikius atitinkantys ugdymo metodai –- aukšti, profesionaliam ugdymui reikalingi mokymosi standartai. Tokie kontrastingi šiuolaikinėse muzikinio, taip pat ir fortepijono mokymo procentiniai rodikliai įrodo akivaizdų nuostatų diferencijavimo stygių. Šiame darbe modeliuojamas skirtingo ugdymosi alternatyvų vaikų muzikos mokyklų fortepijono skyriuose radimasis – naujas, įvairius moksleivių ugdymosi tikslus ir galimybes atspindintis reiškinys. Empirinio tyrimo, atlikto vaikų muzikos mokyklose, tikslas – nustatyti mokymo/si skambinti fortepijonu muzikos mokyklose ypatumus. Tyrimo objektas – mokymas/is skambinti fortepijonu muzikos mokyklose. Tyrimo metu atlikti šie uždaviniai: mokytojų anketine apklausa išsiaiškinta, kaip vaikai mokomi skambinti fortepijonu, nustatytas mokytojų požiūris į diferencijuoto ugdymosi radimąsi ir galimus tokio mokymo kriterijus fortepijono skyriuje. Anketine apklausa ištirtas mokinių požiūris į fortepijono mokymą/si. Tyrimo metodas – anketinė apklausa, interviu. Apklausti 64 fortepijono specialybės mokytojai ir 90 fortepijono specialybės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Master thesis analyses new possibilities of pianist teaching paradigms. The conducted research has shown that only 5 % of all contemporary music school graduates choose to be professional musicians by studying at schools of formal music education (conservatoires, art schools, LAMT). Therefore, teaching methods (high teaching standards necessary for professional education) corresponding the needs to a small number of students are applied to 95 % of students who do not intend to continue their studies as professionals. A big contrast in percentage points to an evident lack of attitude differentiation in contemporary music and piano teaching issues. This work modulates different educational alternatives in children‘s music schools and piano departments; a new phenomenon, reflecting different students educational objectives and possibilities. The objective of empirical research conducted at children’s music schools was to identify the peculiarities of teaching/learning playing the piano at music schools. The object of the research is teaching and learning playing the piano at music schools. During the research the several tasks were accomplished; teachers‘ questionnaires pointed out how children are taught to play the piano, teachers‘ attitude towards differentiating education and possible criterion of such education at piano departments was determined. Questionnaires established students‘ attitude to teaching and learning the piano. The research method applied was a... [to full text]