Thesis focuses on the principles and properties of the tilted Bragg fiber gratings. Two models of the principal cladding mode behaviour are proposed and ther respective results compared with experimental data. The experimental setup for the preparation of the tilted gratings is described. The thesis shows the evaluation of the gratings parameters for the set of prepared gratings. Application of the tilted gratings in the sensors is discussed

The thesis deals with the comparison of physics textbooks for primary schools. The purpose of this thesis is to determine the representation of individual sets of textbooks in primary schools in the South Bohemian Region, to develop and test custom teaching concepts revolving around thematic unit of 'Simple Machines'. This work is addressed primarily to teachers as a tool to enhance teaching effectiveness, to support the imagination and to increase interest in physics among pupils. These are the reasons why thematic unit, called Simple Machines, has been developed in form of interactive presentation, whose contribution and efficiency has been practically verified directly during physics classes in few selected primary schools. Benefits have been verified through accredited didactic tests and their evaluation and results are processed at the end of this thesis.