Syfte: I en kunskapsintensiv ekonomi blir den talangfulla medarbetaren med sin kompetens och erfarenhet allt viktigare att bibehålla inom företaget, vilket inte alltid kan motiveras med en högre lön. Istället kan organisationskulturen innefatta en central roll i bibehållandet av talangfulla medarbetare. Syftet med studien är att få en djupare förståelse för hur talangfulla medarbetare upplever organisationskulturens påverkan på intentionen om att stanna kvar i organisationen. De forskningsfrågor som studien avser att besvara är:  F1: “Hur upplever de talangfulla medarbetarna att en bibehållande organisationskultur uppkommer?” F2: “Varför upplever de talangfulla medarbetarna att vissa betoningar inom organisationskulturen är av vikt för intentionen om att stanna kvar i organisationen?” Metod: I studien har en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer använts för insamling av empiriska data. För att analysera insamlade data har en tematisk nätverksanalys gjorts. Det empiriska materialet och det analyserade materialet presenteras i separata kapitel med en efterföljande slutdiskussion. Resultat & slutsats: Resultaten från studien visar på att fyra olika grundläggande antaganden: “Tillhörighet”, ”Professionalism”, “Inga hemligheter” och “Frihet” är centrala att betona i en organisationskultur för att bibehålla talangfulla medarbetare. Studien visar även att de grundläggande antagandena verkar som egna teman men att de även har samband sinsemellan då de kan möjliggöra varandra eller verka som motpoler. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studien bidrar med utveckling av befintlig teori då frågor om varför och hur en bibehållande organisationskultur kan uppkomma har besvarats. Den medför även ett djup då en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi har använts för att undersöka ett fenomen som tidigare forskare har undersökt kvantitativt. Studien lämnar även ett praktiskt bidrag till företagsledare vars anställda kan ses som talangfulla medarbetare. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: De begränsningar som finns med föreliggande studie är att organisationskulturen och dess påverkan enbart har undersökts i en specifik kontext i ett företag. Framtida forskning rekommenderas därför att utföra samma typ av studie i en annan kontext. Vi har inte kunnat bekräfta de samband som presenteras då de framkom genom analysen och därav bör framtida forskning studera sambanden vidare. / Aim: In a knowledge-intensive economy, talented employees with their skills and experience, are becoming increasingly important in the company, and this can’t always be justified by a higher salary. Instead, organizational culture can play a central role in maintaining talented employees.The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how talented employees experience the influence of organizational culture on the intention to remain in anorganization. One research question that the study intends to answer is: ●F1: "How do talented employees experience that a retaining organizational culture occur?" ●F2: "Why do the talented employees feel that some emphasis in the organizational culture is important for the intention of staying in the organization?" Method: In this study, a qualitative method of semistructured interviews has been used to collect empirical data. To analyze collected data, a thematic network analysis has been made. The empirical material and the analyzed material are presented in separate chapters with an accompanying enddiscussion. Result & Conclusions: The results from this study show that four basic assumptions: "Affiliation", “Professionalism”, "No Secrets," and "Freedom" are central to emphasizing in an organizational culture to maintain talented employees. The study also shows that the basic assumptions appear as their own themes, but that they also relate to each other as they can enable each other or act as counterparts. Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes to the development of existing theory, as questions about why and how a retaining organizational culture can occur has been answered. It also implies a depth when a qualitative research strategy has been used to investigate a phenomenon that former researchers have quantitatively investigated. The study also provides a practical contribution to business executives whose employees can be seen as talented employees. Suggestions for future research: The limitations of this study are that organizational culture has only been investigated in a specific context of a company. Future research is recommended to carry out the same type of study in a different industry than the IT industry. We have not been able to confirm the relationships presented when they emerged through the analysis, and future research should further study the relationships.

My thesis focuses on the subject of 'education of athletically talented students' on a theoretical and empirical level. The theoretical part describes 'talent' on a general basis followed by a specific description of a 'sporting talent'. It considers the conditions of education of talented students without a particular focus and subsequently discusses the subject of school education of athletically talented students. It introduces the specific aspects of an athlete as a pupil, the factors that influence his/her educational path and the problem of 'dual career'. It also characterizes the conditions of education of athletes in Europe and the system of education in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part is the resource for conducting the empirical part, where the results show how athletes themselves describe and evaluate the conditions of school education. The reaserch of investigated topic whilst using thorough interviews concludes the way athletes perceive this issue.

Title: Policy of sport talented youth promotion in the Czech Republic and republic of Austria Objectives: Main goal of this thesis is focused on comparison between Czech and Austrian policy of talented youth in sport. To find out the biggest differences between these two systems and due to this findings try to suggest recommendation to one or the other country. Methods: Comparative analysis based on the collected secondary data. Results: Both systems are different in all areas that I compared. There are some slight differences as some bigger once. Diverse organization of sport, funding of sport but the main difference was found within the school system in a matter of support to students in their sport career as at the same time educationally. Key words: Sport, talented youth in sport, sport legislation, organization of sport, funding of sport, youth Olympics.

The thesis is focused on differentiation in school curriculum at primary schools. Its aim is to describe the conditions and schemes of differentiation in school curriculum at selected primary schools in Prague and to confirm if and how they are fullfilled in the classes. It is focused mainly on care for the groups of children to whom differentiation is highly recommended. These are children with specific educational needs and talented children. The practical part of the thesis presents results of qualitative research in casuistries of selected Prague primary schools, their school curriculum and practical use of the differentiation of education in their classes. The casuistries contain descriptions of functional and tested models of individualization and differentiation at these schools. Of organizational structures (as they are described in theory) combinations of these are used most often: intrinsic differentiation (in common classes) - individually or in groups (sometimes with pedagogical assistant) and group extrinsic differentiation, that is formed as special care for children either with specific educational needs or talented children. Key words: differentiation, individualization, talented child, school curriculum, child with specific educational needs

Researchers have suggested that Blacks who express linked racial fate are ideologically liberal. Given the prominence of Black philosophical thought and salience of race, I suggest that linked racial fate results in conservative ideology, which exists on a separate ideological dimension than the traditional conservative ideological dimension. This new ideological dimension, referred to as conservatism among Blacks, is vital to understanding Black political thought in the 21st century. Using data from the 1996 National Black Election Study, 2008 National Annenberg Election Study, and focus group data I argue that the conservative ideas espoused by Blacks, specifically members of the Talented Tenth, actually support Black advancement in the same way that Blacks express support for Democratic candidates or ideals as a result of linked racial fate. Moreover, conservatism among Blacks does not result in a specific partisan identification or support for certain candidates; instead, conservatism results in explicit support for policies and ideas that align with the ideas and philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus M. Garvey. This dissertation fills the gap in the literature that does not utilize Black philosophers, Black political leaders, or college educated Blacks to explain Black political thought and behavior. The study of members of the Talented Tenth provides a framework for understanding how Blacks negotiate various political philosophies, challenging traditional Black American political thought while remaining racially linked to the Black community

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Janete Tonete Suarez.pdf: 3648120 bytes, checksum: 70000b5a6a9c28d53162eb70b92c10b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-26 / The process of identifying talent/giftedness with a view to educational services requires knowledge and appropriate resources. In order to reduce barriers to talent identificationhas been increasing a growing demand for trained teachers and valid measurement instruments. Given this context, this study aimed to identify creative and intellectual talent in the classroom from three instruments: Evaluation Battery Intelligence and Creativity - Children's version (BAICI), in validation process; Non Verbal Child Reasoning Test (TNVRI) already validated in Brazil, and their perception of teachers obtained from the scale entitled Talent Identification by Professor (ITP). Four studies were proposed: 1. The development of the Talent Identification scale by the teacher; 2. Identification of intellectual and creative talents by the Professor; 3. Identification of creative and intellectual talents by psychological tests, and finally, 4. Evidence of validity by way of external criterion between the Battery (BAICI) and the Teste (TNVRI), and between Battery (BAICI) and the scale (ITP). The study sample was composed of four judges, 10 professors and 120 students from the 4th and 5th year of elementary school, two private schools in the metropolitan region of Campinas, SP. The age of participants ranged from 9 to 10 years of which 62 were females and 58 males. The results for each study were as follows: 1. The coefficient of Content Validity (CVC) of ITP instrument was 0.82, considered positive. 2. The teacher seems to notice more female talent for the highest averages in all areas. However, the hypothesis of gender equality should be rejected only for the Memory subscale in ITP. 3. Gender was not significant in any subtest of BAICI including verbal and figural creative skills. The same was found with TNVRI reinforcing the hypothesis of absence of significant cognitive gender differences. 4. There was correlation between the various subtests of BAICI. The highest of these was between the visual memory subtest and overall cognitive index. As to the evidence of validity by way of external criterion between BAICI and TNVRI, it was noticed a significant correlation between subtest only for the fast thinking. The values of Cronbach's alpha were 0.83 and 0.75 for the ITP and BAICI, demonstrating the accuracy of results. Students who scored above average in psychological instruments were identified through a qualitative - comparative analysis of students, but these same students were not identified by their teachers. We conclude that education should pay attention to the training of teachers so that they understand the different abilities present in the classroom and promote actions aimed at its development from varied and combined procedures. / O processo deidentificacao do talento/superdotacao com vistas ao atendimento educacional exigeconhecimento e recursos apropriados. Tem sido cada vez maior a demanda por professores capacitados e instrumentos validos de medida a fim de diminuir os obstaculos que impedem a identificacao do talento. Diante deste contexto, este estudo objetivou identificar talentos criativos e intelectuais na sala de aula a partir de tres instrumentos: Bateria de Avaliacao da Inteligencia e Criatividade forma Infantil (BAICI), em processo de validacao; Teste Nao Verbal de Raciocinio Infantil (TNVRI), ja validado no Brasil; e a percepcao dos professores obtida a partir da escala intitulada Identificacao de Talentos pelo Professor (ITP). Quatro Estudos foram propostos: 1. Elaboracao da escala Identificacao de Talentos pelo professor; 2. Identificacao de talentos intelectuais e criativos pelo professor; 3. Identificacao de talentos criativos e intelectuais por testes psicologicos; e finalmente,4. Evidencias de validade por forma de criterio externo entre BAICI e TNVRI, e entre BAICI e ITP. A amostra do estudo foi composta por quatro juizes avaliadores, 10 professorese 120 estudantes do 4.o e 5.o anos do Ensino Fundamentalde duas escolas particulares da regiao metropolitana de Campinas SP. A idade dos participantes variou dos 9 aos 10 anos dos quais 62 eram do genero feminino e 58masculino. Os resultados referentes a cada estudo foram os seguintes: 1. O Coeficiente de Validade do Conteudo (CVC) do instrumento ITP foi de 0,82, considerado positivo. 2. Oprofessor parece perceber mais o talento feminino pelas medias mais altasem todas as areas. No entanto, a hipotese de igualdade de genero deve ser rejeitada apenas para a subescala Memoria no ITP. 3. O genero nao se mostrou significativo em nenhum subteste da BAICI, incluindo as habilidades criativas verbais e figurais. O mesmo foi verificado com o TNVRI reforcando a hipotese de nao existencia de diferenca cognitiva significativa entre os generos. 4. Houve diversas correlacao entre os subtestes da BAICI. A mais alta delas foi entre o subteste memoria visual e indice cognitivo total. Quanto as evidencias de validade por forma de criterio externo entre BAICI e TNVRI, percebeu-se haver correlacao significativa somente entre o subteste rapidez de raciocinio. Os valores de alfa de Cronbach foram 0,83 e 0,75 para o ITP e BAICI, demonstrando a precisao dos resultados encontrados. Atraves de uma analise qualitativa/comparativa foram identificados estudantes que pontuaram acima da media nos instrumentos psicologicos, porem nao identificados por seus professores. Conclui-se que a educacao deve atentar para a capacitacao de professores a fim de que estes conhecam as diferentes habilidades presentes na sala de aulas e promovam acoes dirigidas para seu desenvolvimento a partir de procedimentos variados e combinados.

The aim of the thesis is to ascertain the level of motor skills of basketball players of younger school age. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part summarises knowledge obtained from scientific literature, defines fundamental terms related to the issue and clarifies the links between them. The theoretical part includes a definition of the UNIFITTEST 6 - 60 testing method, which appears to be the most suitable form of testing pupils aged 8 to 10 on the basis of scientific literature. The practical part focuses on the actual testing of pupils. The aim of the thesis is to compare the results of pupils obtained in the Prague Sokol Organization who do sports actively also outside of school with those of pupils who only do sports as part of their compulsory education and just have the number of PE lessons the law stipulates for primary education. By comparing the obtained results, it will be possible to determine whether pupils who do sports only at school can reach the results of pupils in the Prague Sokol Organization. On the basis of this finding we may assume which pupils are talented and can be worked with further so as to allow their potential talent to develop.

The diploma thesis deals with practical assignments of the district round of the physics olympiad in category G, so called Archimediáda, for the district of České Budějovice. The content consists of a set of practical assignments having been piloted at primary schools outside the district of České Budějovice. One of the assignments was selected for verification at the participants of the district round of the physics olympiad in category G of the school year 2018/2019. An analysis of the elaborated pupils' ways of solving the assignments and their results follows.

Content analyses of research in the literature of gifted education (Coleman, 2006; Rogers, 1999, 2006) has shown a consistent absence of research investigating methodology for instructing gifted students and for the development of expertise using new technologies. In this study, utilising electronic instructional delivery, an investigation was undertaken of the differential effects and appropriateness of matching the prior knowledge of the learner to the instructional method. Underpinned with a theoretical understanding of gifted education and cognitive load theory, a series of three experiments was designed and implemented to determine whether gifted students learn more effectively under guided discovery design than with example based instruction, while not identified as gifted ability students perform significantly better under direct example based instruction than with guided discovery. Data were collected and analysed in three stages. Experiment 1 was conducted in the novel domain of Boolean switching equations. Experiments 2 and 3 used identical test instruments with novel tasks in the semi-familiar domain of geometry. A total of 155 Years 7, 8 and 9 students at three metropolitan secondary schools participated. The study explored whether the presence of schemas, that facilitated greater problem-solving ability in gifted students, would generate clear evidence of instructional efficiency and preference for either mode of instruction. As students advanced from novice state to expert in particular domains of learning, it was anticipated that gifted students would progress from benefiting from worked example instruction to more efficient learning in guided discovery mode. This hypothesis was rejected as the results from each of the experiments did not confirm the hypothesised outcomes. There was no manifested expertise-reversal effect. The absence of any clear delineation of enhanced learning proficiency mode of instruction for gifted students does, however, contribute to the advancement and understanding of cognitive load theory and the complexity of learning strategies necessary for gifted learners.

Consent for the research study was obtained from the divisional executive of the financial services division being researched and all ethical factors were clarified. All potential participants were engaged in a divisional communication session where participation was advised to be voluntary and anonymity and confidentiality was assured. The results of the study revealed that there was no statically significant relationship between intention to quit and organisational commitment but a statically significant relationship between organisational commitment and age, tenure, marital status and staff with dependants respectively were revealed. Further to that, a statistically significant relationship between intention to quit and age, tenure, marital status was also revealed. Therefore, based on the understanding gained, and the relationship it had with respect to the biographical factors used in the study, it presents organisations with the insight and opportunity to better retain staff. Clear understandings of the limitations of the findings presented are also discussed and additional recommendations for future research are also provided.