The diploma thesis deals with free-time reading and is conceived in two parts. The theoretical part deals with reading, leisure time, pubescent readership, influences on children's readership, and support for leisure reading. It also deals with readers' clubs and research in the field of reading. The practical part consists of research in the readers' clubs at elementary schools and kindergartens in T. Šobra in Písek, J.K. Tyl and Záhoří in order to discover what kind of relationship children had to reading prior to attending the reading club and what reading relationship they have after a certain period of time of visiting such a club.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to trace up current situation and trends of present pubescent reading by means of informantion analysis obtained from questionnaires which were handed out at four schools in South Bohemian district. Object of our interest was to discover pubescent´s attitude to literature, factors influencing the way of choice and book acquiring, preferences of genres, authors, titles, magazines and elements of textual structure, share of school and interest reading, position of reading among another leisure- time activities and library attendance frequency. Theoretical part deals with the development and phasing of children´s reading aimed at pubescence, describes genre structure of pubescent reading, level of literary text reception, reader influencing factors and action of school and teachers during forming a reader within literature lessons.

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to provide materials about the Holocaust to secondary school teachers. The theoretical part provides general information about the Holocaust and World War II and it deals with the relation between the Holocaust and the Framework Educational Programme. It also informs about readers'specifics of pubescents and didactic interpretation of the texts. In the practical part, with the help of didactic interpretation of the books Counting Stars by Lois Lowry, Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyn, The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev and Mark Zusak's Book Thief, there are compiled lesson plans with workseehts and methodical instructions. In the diploma thesis, the E-U-R model and the methods of critical thinking (e.g. didactic Cinquain) are used to fill in the worksheets. Selected worksheets were tested on secondary school pupils and then the lessons and the achievement of the individual goals were evaluated. The diploma thesis also offers possibilities how to improve the lesson plans and worksheets. KEYWORDS Holocaust, World War II, foreign literature, literature for children, didactic interpretation, pubescent reading

The aim of this diploma thesis is to keep track of a current state of a current pubescent reader in the second stage of an elementary school with a consideration to some surrounding factors, which take effect on them. The Theoretical part is focused on a profile of a pubescent from the biological, psychological and sociological view, it is focused on a developement of reading and a reading competence. The Practical part provides an analysis of gained material on the basis of a questionnaire inquiry, which was realized in five elementary schools in the region of Highlands.

This diploma thesis is focused on individuals placed in a diagnostic institute and their self- concept. The aim was to evaluate and describe their view of themselves, whether they perceive positively or negatively, in which area they evaluate above average and where they move on the edge of below average. We consider the conception of ourselves to be the essence on which it is necessary to work on, build it and try to strengthen it if these individuals are to be corrected and their current behavior changed. The first part of this work clarifies the theoretical concepts related to the issue and the second part includes the research itself to determine the self-concept of individuals placed in a diagnostic institute. The evaluation of self-concept was based on a questionnaire survey (Questionnaire of self- concept of children and adolescents Piers Harris) and analysis of products of mental activity (drawing a tree). The results of the questionnaires show that the respondents from our research sample do not perceive positively, on the contrary, on many scales they show values corresponding to the average, below average to significantly below average. The elements resulting from the analysis of the drawings only highlight and confirm the results of the questionnaires.