DIPOMA THESIS IS CONCERNED IN ISSUES OF LATERALITY, FOCUSED ON LEFT HANDED WRITING. THESIS ACQUAINTS READERS WITH AN INVESTIGATION OF LATERALITY AND INDIVIDUAL TESTS OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES AND THE LEADING EYE AND EAR. IT EMPHASIZES THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SUPPRESSED LEFT HANDED WRITING, THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A LEFT-HANDED CHILD AND THE NEED OF HIS OR HER APPROPRIATE TRAINING. DIPLOMA THESIS CONCERNS IN THE METHODOLOGY OF LEFT-HANDED WRITING. DIPLOMA THESIS POINTS OUT THE PROBLEM AREAS AND COMPARES THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW THE CHILDREN LEARN TO WRITE WITH THEIR LEFT HAND IN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND CLASS AND HOW THE CHILDREN WRITE AT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

The thesis follows the development of the methodology of left-handers's writing, teacher's usage of the knowledge of methodology in a practice, researching the materials aimed in left- handness dedicated to teachers and parents, describing statements and opinions of the concrete primary teachers on left-hander's methodology. The thesis consists of the theoretical part and the empiric part. In the therotical part there are defined terms laterality and dominance, the development of the methodology of left-hander's writing since the year 1967 when this type of writing was legalised in the Czech Republic. The possibilities of getting information about the problematic of left-handness are summed, including books and trainings for primary school teachers. Finally, available equipment for left-handers is introduced. The research combines two methods - questionnaire and interview. The quantitative research is supposed to come up with the concrete percentage of left-handed pupils and with the general knowledge of teachers connected with methodology of left-hander's writing. The qualitative research was made by the form of interiewing teachers and Ivo Vodička. The aim of the thesis is to find out the way how to train teachers effectively based on researched information. KEYWORDS laterality, diagnostics of...