This diploma thesis deals with didactic games in physics education. A didactic game is a type of an activating teaching method. Didactic games are closely related to didactic toys. In the thesis, a survey of the use of didactic games in physics education is described. Didactic games according to the survey are used by most physics teachers. Eight didactic games were created. I received feedback on four of these games from students as part of piloting at schools. The thesis includes all materials, that are needed for testing the created didactic games. Keywords: didactic game, didactic toy, physics education

This thesis deals with the incorporation into teaching physics at the elementary school. It highlights the importance of conducting experiments on this subject. It deals with the role of improvised devices in physics education and their active use of the students. Examines and compares the benefits of active participation of pupils in the classroom for their motivation and better understanding and reinforce the learning.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to create an educational portal designed to support the teaching of physics at the elementary school with the use of standard web design methods. The purpose of the portal will be to simplify the preparation of teachers for experimental teaching at the 2nd level of elementary schools through a database of experiments and other materials such as videos. The benets of this portal will be veried and evaluated through in-depth interviews with physics teachers at the 2nd grade of elementary schools. One part of the thesis is also an analysis and evaluation of similar web projects dealing with physics teaching. In the rst part of my thesis, I deal with the analysis and evaluation of similar web projects. The next part is focused on the design and creation of the educational portal itself and contains brief information about the design methods and the procedures of creation. In the next section, I will deal with the creation of content for the portal and nally, I will interview the teachers who used the created educational web.

This thesis deals with the use of modern digital technologies in a constructivist approach to physics teaching in elementary school. The thesis describes development of physics teaching strategies from the earliest period to present. Great attention is paid to an analysis and comparison of particular software products including examples. The practical part of the thesis concentrates on simulation of physical phenomena and includes several educational games. A group of the created programs and their outputs were used directly in physics teaching at the elementary school and the lower level of grammar schools. Efficiency of the programs was proved by pedagogical test.

The aim of this thesis is to certify appropriateness of using the video sequences during the Physics lessons. The school lessons are complemented by multimedia items which are not found in traditional education and that are why pupils can verify their theoretical knowledge during the work with the video sequences. The main point is the conditions that if the theoretical knowledge and competences given during the Psychics lessons are complemented by the concrete samples, pupils will easily understand and master it. It is a well chosen educational strategy which will lead to better fulfilment of the key competences in Physics.

The strategic goal of the research is to contribute to the search for connections between the teaching quality and other factors, and to deepen the understanding of the context of the teaching quality. The research question is posed as follows: Which parameters of the quality of physics teaching are typical for beginning teachers? To answer the question a mixed method research design was used and a case study was chosen as the basic research plan. An ex-post-facto research was chosen as the design of the quantitative part of the research, and the data was collected using the method of pedagogical observation. Regarding the qualitative part, the data was collected using semi-structured interviews. The research sample consisted of four physics teachers, teaching in grammar schools, who have recently graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University. This research shows that there are parameters of the quality of physics teaching which the teachers have in common (e.g. high level of physics expertise, lecturing, mathematics, abstraction, knowledge structure). Besides common features of the teaching quality of the selected teachers there are certain differences (e.g. teaching aids, experiments, work with text, student's activity, demands placed on students).

Title: Field Trip Activities to iQpark Author: Blanka Zajacová Department: Department of Physics Education Supervisor: RNDr. Martina Kekule, PhD., Department of Physics Education Abstract: This thesis deals with preparation of physically oriented worksheets and methodical sheets for pupils and teachers of secondary and high schools who visit the iQpark science centre. The theoretical part describes some teaching methods and forms and their classification. Further it sums up the results of research of materials for pupils and teachers that are published on the web sites of ten science centres in Europe and USA. Six physical field trip activities to iQpark for high school students and four for secondary school students were prepared as a part of the thesis. One worksheet for pupils and one methodical sheet for accompanying teachers were prepared for each field trip. A pilot study of the worksheets was carried out in cooperation with instructors of iQpark. 284 pupils from 20 different secondary schools and 407 students from 22 different high schools participated in the pilot study. Individual tasks were finalized on the basis of an analysis of pupils' responses that was carried out after the first testing. A pilot study of the methodical sheets was also carried out. 18 pedagogical workers expressed their...

The goal of the theses is to determine, which physics textbooks are being used at primary schools, compare these textbooks and analyse the conception and the way various topics are elaborated. Another purpose of the theses is to didactically analyse the theme unit Force in textbooks from various authors and to create a new textbook based on the results and knowledge gained during the comparison. The effectiveness of the elaborated textbook was tested in practice. The textbook is designed as a new, practical conception for the tuition of the theme unit Force and should serve as a practical tool, which is even meant to be used for some of the experiments. It is focused on the most realistic aspect of the topic and works with the pupil´s desire to discover and learn new things. The effectiveness was tested didactically in a primary school class and compared with the results of another class, which used usual textbooks and was taught with usual teaching methods. The response of the pupils on the various methods was also of high importance. The results of the testing can be found at the end of the work.

Diploma thesis "Using the Internet to teach physics at school" discusses the possibility of using the Internet as tools for teaching physics at elementary school. Its use in teaching would also improve the computer literacy of teachers and pupils. It would meet the key competencies for learning, problem solving, communication, social and personal, civic and labor. The practical part of the thesis contains the knowledge of teaching physics in the 8th classroom of elementary school, where the results are then compared using the Internet in teaching and learning without the use of the Internet. There are also links and reviews of sorted physical websites and thein use in teaching. The last part of work is a questionnaire for teachers of physics at the elementary school and its evaluation.

My diploma thesis deals with the creation of differentiated worksheets for teaching physics on upper primary schools. It is focused specifically on optics and acoustics. The worksheets are used during the physics courses as the variety and supplement teaching in subsequent exercises at home, the development of selected key competencies, enhancing physical and logical thinking, the acquisition and consolidation of concepts and skills in the field of physics. Also in support of homework and even in extracurricular student experiments.