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TITLE: Popularity of physical education and sport among pupils of younger and older school age. AUTHOR: Lenka Floreová DEPARTMENT: Department of Physical Education SUPERVISOR: PhDr. PaedDr. Ladislav Kašpar, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is finding popularity of PE and sport for pupils younger and older school age in Kladno and the surrounding villages. The survey was conducted through questionnaires completed by 313 respondents. The questionnaire was focused on finding the popularity of sports and attitude of pupils toward physical educations. The goal was to find out what respondents like and dislike at PE classes, what other sport activities pupils perform outside of school and what attracts them try. Questionnaire was also finding out reasons of the popularity and unpopularity of PE and sports activities. The results of this thesis were evaluated using mathematical and statistical methods, and inscribed in the charts and tables. Both sexes were compared on the basis of responses of the research as same as younger and older school ages, and respondents from Kladno and rural schools in Kladno neighbourhood. KEYWORDS: Popularity, physical education, sports, school age, older school age.

My thesis paper is focused on children swimming from their birth to early school age. The pivotal part of the paper is the comparison of swimming abilities between primary school children who have passed pre-school swimming training and those who have had no training at all. Theoretical framework of the paper is then focused on general swimming theory, characteristics of children's evolutionary stages within the context of swimming and definition of basic swimming skills.

The healthy and right food plays a very important role in everybody's life. It works as a prevention of many diseases of civilization. Good nutrition can contribute to improve life quality. It gives a longer life and we stay more healthy. The most important thing in forming healthy eating habits is our own family. The next important factor is a school where children spend a lot of time. They create their own views and habits there. There are usually canteens at schools which offer some food to pupils. This dissertation is focussed on basic nutrients, education for a healthy lifestyle and the eating habits of pupils from 6 to 16 years at basic schools. I will also look into which food is preferred by pupils - healthy or unhealthy -their eating habits and the ways of their feeding. The aim of my dissertation is to find and evaluate eating habits of children of younger and older school age and detect if these children are interested in what they eat and if we can influence them by edification. In the practical part of my work I'd like to find out through a questionnaire what children at basic school know about healthy nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. The research was done at a peripheral basic school. The questionnaires were given to all pupils of primary and secondary school. The primary school's...

The thesis is aimed at children?s drawing and its development between the first and the second grade of elementary school. The theoretical part describes individual stages of development of younger school age children and older school age children - pubes-cence. The work also includes general information about children?s art expression and its stages of development and also about a human figure drawing. The research study follows children?s human figure drawing and its transformation within the period be-tween the first and the second grade of elementary school. The findings were studied according to certain criteria.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur fritidshemmen på utvalda skolor arbetar med styrd fysisk aktivitet och vilka förutsättningar personalen vi intervjuat har haft för att uppfylla lärandemålen gällande rörelseaktivitet med eleverna. Vi utgick ifrån våra frågeställningar när vi förberedde våra intervjufrågor. Frågeställningarna lyder:  I hur stor utsträckning planeras och genomförs styrd fysisk aktivitet på fritidshemmet och hur kan man skapa rörelseglädje och motivation för eleverna enligt fritidshemslärarna?  Hur ser det ut på de utvalda skolorna när flickor respektive pojkar väljer de styrda fysiska aktiviteterna som erbjuds enligt fritidshemslärarna respektive eleverna?  Undersökningen genomfördes genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med färdiga, öppna frågor med personal och gruppintervjuer med eleverna som metod. De teoretiska utgångspunkterna i undersökningen består av det didaktiska perspektivet, det sociokulturella perspektivet och genusperspektivet. Dessa perspektiv har använts för att analysera och få en djupare förståelse för hur fritidshemslärare arbetar med och planerar fysisk aktivitet på fritidshemmet samt huruvida de intervjuade fritidshemslärarna kan urskilja några könsmönster i deltagandet bland eleverna.  Resultatet visade att fritidshemslärarna tycker att det är viktigt att vara fysiskt aktiv som barn. Majoriteten av våra informanter erbjöd endast styrd fysisk aktivitet 1–2 gånger i veckan på deras fritidshem, beroende på tillgängligheten till idrottshallen. Två av våra informanter upplevde att det fanns könsmönster inom vissa aktiviteter på deras fritidshem som påverkade deltagandet negativt. Samma informanter uppgav även att de saknade planeringstid för att kunna planera aktiviteter som gynnar alla barn, jämfört med de andra två informanterna som hade betydligt bättre förutsättningar gällande planeringstid. / The aim of this study was to examine how school-age educare centers at selected schools work with controlled physical activity and what premises the staff had to fully achieve the knowledge requirements with the students. Our research questions were therefore the following:  To what extent is controlled physical activity planned and carried out at school-age educare centers and how can the joy of movement and motivation be created for the students according to school-age educare center teachers? How does the division stand between girls and boys in their choice of controlled physical activities according to school-age educare center teachers and students? The survey was conducted through semi-structured interviews with complete, open questions with staff and group interviews with the students as a method. The theoretical starting points in the essay consisted of the didactic perspective, the socio-cultural perspective and a gender perspective. These perspectives were used to analyze and gain a deeper understanding of how school-age educare center teachers work and plan physical activities, as well as whether they could distinguish gender patterns in the participation among the students.   The result showed that school-age educare center teachers find it important to be physically active as a child. Most of our informants only offered controlled physical activity 1-2 times a week at school age-educare centers, depending on the accessibility to the school gym. Two of our informant’s experience gender patterns in certain activities that have a negative impact on the participation among students. The same informants also state that they lack time for planning activities that benefit all children, compared with the other two informants who have significantly better conditions regarding time for planning.

The diploma thesis deals with the analysis of physical activity levels in younger and older school-age children. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to defining the concept of physical activity and other basic concepts related to it. It deals in more detail with the importance of physical activity for human health and proper development. It mentions the danger of physical inactivity and summarises the current valid knowledge regarding the recommended amount of physical activity. The theoretical part also contains the definition of the school-age period and characterises its specifics, regarding the content of thesis, especially in the field of physical development, which occurs in the younger and older school-age period. Important determinants affecting the state of physical activity are also discussed. The research part of the thesis then focuses on monitoring and subsequent analysis and comparison of the level of exercise in younger and older school-age children in a selected primary school. The research sample, methods used, and survey procedure are described. The obtained data is analysed and summarised in the results used to determine the level of physical activity in children in the given age groups and its comparison with health-oriented recommendations and among themselves....

This diploma thesis examines the influence of specific learning disabilities on the gross motor skills of pupils at primary schools. The primary objective is to find out which specific learning disability affects gross motor skills and thus may have an impact on physical education difficulties. To achieve the primary goal, I chose a partial goal, which is to find out whether over the past ten years has increased or decreased the number of pupils with specific learning disabilities in primary schools. The secondary objective is to determine the awareness of PE teachers in primary schools about the issue of specific learning disabilities and to consider pupils in physical education lessons if they experience specific learning disabilities. The analysis of literature and questionnaire will be used to achieve these goals. The questionnaire survey was carried out by means of an electronic questionnaire, which was filled in by 55 respondents from primary schools in the Central Bohemia Region. The results of the questionnaire survey are processed into graphs and tables. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part I deal with the issue of specific learning disabilities, then the motor skills of people and assessment of pupils with special educational needs. The practical part focuses on...