Demographic statistics show that nowadays a proportion of seniors is increasingly growing in our population. Therefore it is very important to pay close attention to this group. The threshold age of sixty-five years is mainly associated with a longer retirement age. This turn occurs from day to day when a person has got a much more leisure time and must to cope with it in some way. I focused on the lifestyle, favourite activities and the greatest fear of people over 65 years in my diploma thesis. The thesis concentrates to an interconnection of the lifestyle with the health and the state of health of an individual. The research sample consisted of thirty respondents from the districts of Mladá Boleslav and České Budějovice. The respondents were approached by a random selection. Fifteen respondents, nine women and six men were from the district of Mladá Boleslav, ten women and five men were from the district of České Budějovice. There were established quota criteria - the age over 65, the residence in the district of Mladá Boleslav or in the district of České Budějovice and a willingness to take part anonymously in the research too. The research in the given areas took place in the months from December to March and in various environments: in libraries, shopping centres, traffic means (train, bus) as well as in streets of towns and villages. The results were processed in form of thirty case studies which were written in three areas: the identification, health and lifestyle and leisure time. Transparent tables were developed from the case studies. The interviews show that among the most favourite seniors´ activities belong reading of books, newspapers and magazines, watching TV and doing crossword puzzles. These three the most often and the most favourite activities were indicated both by respondents from the district of Mladá Boleslav and from the district of České Budějovice as well. The respondents´ greatest fear is of their health, it is followed by the fear of losing their children. These two concerns appeared on the top places at both of the groups of respondents. The third frequent fear was mentioned as a concern about the household in the district of Mladá Boleslav and the fear of the loneliness in the district of České Budějovice. Eleven of the thirty respondents said, that they have no fear (five in the district of Mladá Boleslav and six in the district of České Budějovice). The practical part also showed that cultural and social events are attended by nineteen from the thirty respondents, eleven of them do not take part in any events, most commonly for the reason of a poor state of their health or for the reason they do not want it at all. Eighteen respondents participate in sporting events, actively only four of them, twelve respondents do not attend any sporting events. None of them studies Academy or University of the Third Age and seems to be interested in studies. Only two seniors from the district of Mladá Boleslav are members of the seniors´ club. Differences in the lifestyle, favourite activities and the fears between the districts of Mladá Boleslav and České Budějovice are minimal. Following hypotheses can be drawn on the basis of the research, though it would be advisable to check them on a larger number of respondents. ?Seniors´ lifestyle is largely influenced by the state of health.? ?Especially the concern about the poor state of health belongs to the most frequent mentioned seniors´ fears? ?Mainly reading of books, watching TV and doing crossword puzzles belong to the most favourite seniors´ activities.? The diploma thesis could be used as a support of the healthy lifestyle and at the same time it could be used for an expansion or implementation of leisure-time activities for seniors from the districts of Mladá Boleslav and České Budějovice at the age group of people over 65.

This thesis deals with the topic of spending of free time by pupils at lower secondary school level in connection with their school subjects - Czech and English. The aim is to find out how much of free time of these pupils is devoted to activities that are somehow connected with subjects Czech and English and to compare if there are some differences between spending of free time by pupils from bigger cities and pupils from smaller towns or villages. The theoretical part concentrates on the explanation of term ?free time?, ?pedagogy of free time? and other findings from this area and it also defines the main free time devices. The theoretical part also brings the information from the field of didactics of Czech and English language as a school subject. The practical part of the thesis is based on the results of a questionnare which find out how much of the free time of pupils at lower secondary school level is spent by the activities which are connected with the school subject Czech and English and if the results are the same or different in bigger cities and smaller towns or villages.

The Thesis deals with the topic of leisure activities in retirement homes and the engagement of senior citizens in these activities. The primary aim of the thesis is to describe the whole spectrum of leisure activities available for the elderly and its secondary aim is to describe how the seniors actually engage in leisure activities in particular retirement homes including the comparisons among the examined facilities. The first part of the thesis includes the description of the phenomenon of aging and of the system of social services for the elderly, seniors needs in their leisure time, how they are met with the leisure activities available in retirement homes and how seniors engage in them. The first part also includes the analysis of the leisure activities in retirement homes. The subsequent part of the thesis includes the outcomes of my research study of use of leisure activities by seniors in two particular retirement homes in České Budějovice and its comparison with the analyses of engagement of seniors in leisure activities in other facilities for elderly people. The research was carried out by the method of semi-structured interviews.

The dissertation work focuses on leisure time as an important aspect of seeking higher values like beauty, goodness and the importance of meaning of life at the beginning of the 21st century. The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out whether young people of ages between 20 and 30 are able to perceive the values of beauty, goodness and the meaning of life in their free time. The thesis is divided into six chapters. The first chapter defines the concept of leisure time and describes a brief history of leisure time. The second chapter deals with pedagogical trends based on existentialism and philosophy of education in relation to values. The third chapter classifies the values and expounds three specific values, which are essential for this work the beauty, the goodness and the importance of meaning of life. The fourth chapter describes the Czech society at the beginning of the 21st century with a focus on the values gained in the family and the society. The sixth chapter contains qualitative research, using a questionnaire with open questions that I then analyse and evaluate.

The thesis is concerned with free-time activities of elementary school pupils with a special emphasis on its influence on discipline at school. The aim of the thesis was to gather experiences of elementary school teachers with disciplinary probloms in pupils, to survey how pupils spend their free-time and to assess whether free-time activities can significantly influence behaviour of pupils at school. Theoretical part is focused on the terms "free-time" and "discipline" and is based on scientific literature. It shows functions of discipline, sense of its norms, causes of disciplinary problems and their displays. It also outlines ways of disciplinary problems prevention, characterizes education outside school and free-time facilities. In practical part are results from a questionnaire-survey and interviews about disciplinary problems of elementary school pupils and about ways in which they spend their free-time. These findings have been analyzed form both - pupils and teacher - aspects.

This diploma work is about the influence of organized free-time activities on children`s discipline and behaviour at primary school. Children`s free-time activities can have a strong influence on the educational process. This process can be supported but it can be weakened too. The aim of this work is to judge if children`s free-time activities can have a strong influence on pupils at school. The terms discipline, behaviour, organized and unorganized free-time activities are explained in the theoretical part. The practical part contents analysis of teachers` information about pupils` behaviour. Some possibilities how to support good behaviour of pupils through the free-time activities are given there.

My graduation thesis is concerned with spending of leisure time of today´s young people. It is focused on the life of young people in Znojmo and its surroundings. The target of my thesis is to bring near sociological conception of spare time any by means of evaluation exercises realize what young people are interested in. My graduation thesis is divided into two parts {--} theoretical and practical. Theoretical part includes a few thematic units. These units are related to adolescence, socialization and leisure time. Practical part is based on my own observation of pupils of the second grade of primary schools. In includes information about activities of spare time of pupils. To sum um I am trying to compare current results with theoretical part.

The thesis engaged in problematics of position and understanding of the leisure time in the education and philosophy. The scholé as a free, empty and holy time is the main theme and also the philosophical principle of the education in the leisure time. The thesis wants also to refer the connection between the leisure time, the education and the philosophy. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first of them wants to define the education, the second one engaged in connection between the education and the philosophy. The third chapter wants to refer on the changes in the historical conception of the scholé. The fourth chapter solve the question of the education and leisure time. The final fifth chapter engaged in problematics of the philosophy in the education of the leisure time as a scholé.

The degree paper deals with the issues of juvenile delinquency and the factors which have impact on the origination of the juvenile delinquency. I have chosen this topic since it is a very serious problem and this phenomenon has been proliferating significantly. The crime in general, especially the juvenile delinquency, is a serious social-pathological phenomenon. Minors who do not reach the limit of criminal liability often became the offenders. In addition, the probability of threatening a young man by social pathological phenomena and his subsequent ``criminal career{\crqq} is currently much higher than ever before. To recognize the occurrence of risk factors among the youth in time it is necessary for the families, teachers, educators and all professionals working with the juveniles to acquire sufficient knowledge, information and experience and be able to work with the factors and fight against them in time. The theoretical part deals with the definition of the term ``youth{\crqq}, the personality of a young delinquent, structure of the juvenile delinquency, analyses of the risk factors which most frequently participate in the occurrence of juvenile delinquency, and outlines the possibilities of intervention against the juvenile delinquency and various kinds of prevention. The research is focused on the occurrence of risk factors among the young respondents and on protective factors and attitudes of the respondents in respect of the juvenile delinquency and the crime at all. Structured interviews were held with the youth which are placed in the reformatory or special correctional institutions in the territory of the Regional of Plzeň. The main objective of the degree paper is to describe the factors which significantly affect the occurrence of the juvenile delinquency and to map the occurrence and impact of such factors on the juveniles placed in the correctional and reformatory social retraining institutions in the Region of Plzeň. Hypothesis No. 1 is: The youth commit property crimes at the most. Hypothesis No. 2: The youth behave improperly namely when in groups. Hypothesis No. 3: The decisive factor affecting the juvenile delinquency is the family. I think that the objectives of the degree paper were fulfilled. Hypothesis No. 1 was confirmed. The respondents mostly stated that they were adjudicated treatment in special reformatory institution due to property crimes. Hypothesis No. 2 was also confirmed. The replies of the respondents mostly contained the possibility that they committed crime within a gang. Hypothesis No. 3 was confirmed, too: Analyses of the research proves that all factors participating in the occurrence of the juvenile delinquency are penetrated with the impact of the family and family environment on the juveniles. Results of the performed research will be used for further education of the students at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, as well as for the students of other auxiliary professions at other universities. The results will be further used as the source of information for parents and pedagogical professionals working with the youth and as source materials for seminars about the given topic.

The thesis focuses on the character and the structure of reading literacy and reading books by pupils from the age of twelve to the age of 15. The thesis consists of two parts. The theoretical part explains the most important terms related to the literacy and summarises pieces of knowledge which have been gained on the basis of different sociological surveys. The empirical part concerns own research in the area of children`s reading activities and their reading motivation, the position of a book in the world of media and the role of libraries as a support of reading literacy. This part presents the results of the questionnaire survey proceeded in the second grade of primary school.