The diploma thesis is devoted to exploiting pupils' multiple intelligences in the process of learning English vocabulary. The theoretical part deals with the theory of vocabulary acquisition and the description of Howard Gardner´s multiple intelligences. The practical part deals with the application of these theories into lessons where activities connected with multiple intelligences will be used for new vocabulary teaching. The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out which types of intelligences will be the most effective during the process of vocabulary acquisition. This will be discovered by the test of vocabulary focused on vocabulary taught during lessons.

The diploma thesis is aimed at the teaching methods used in the setting of schools with few classes. The theoretical part engages in the issue of teaching methods, their characteristics, historical development and classification according to various authors. Selected teaching methods are then described in bigger detail. The next section is devoted to the schools with few classes. They are viewed here as community schools or as a pedagogic alternative, the thesis describes the history of schools with few classes and both advantages and disadvantages of their aktivity. The practical part of the thesis was realized via an observing method. The aim of this section of the thesis was to map teaching methods use dat three selected schools with few classes. Results are presented via an analysis of observed classes and chart, which contains the most widely used teaching methods at individual schools.

This diploma thesis proposes a modern way of teaching leaf morphology in elementary school. It includes research that builds on the bachelor thesis ,,The leaf as an organ of higher plants - creation of photographic collection of leaves". The theoretical part contains an analysis of the objectives and trends of contemporary learning and teaching methods, and also summarizes the interconnection of teaching leaf morphology with the FEP. The practical part contains an interactive learning program with elements of inquiry-based education aimed at teaching leaf morphology. The research in this paper compares the quality of students' knowledge learned by the compiled program and the students learned the traditional way.

Study consists of two parts, theoretical and the research one. The theoretical part is mainly devoted to the achievement motivation and its development. We consider for the theoretical starting point Heckhausen and Rheinberg{\crq}s Extended Model Achievement Motivation which comprises of level aspiration, attribution and reference norm. Influence of the reference norms of teachers (N = 20) on the variables of achievement motivation of their pupils (N = 405). It concerns of the following variables {--} Hope of Success (HS), Passive Fear of Failure (PFF) and Active Fear of Failure (AFF). It was revealed that students of their teachers with preference of individual reference norm will be different from the students of teachers with predominance of social reference norm in the above mentioned motivational characteristics (HS, PFF). No significant diferences were revealed in the variable Active Fear of Failure. It is valid in the sum score and for the school and sport activities. Our results are in line of the international research in this field . Results may be sample specific and should not be generalized.

The diploma thesis consists of four parts. The first part is theoretical and focuses on the use of PC in Math lessons, generally lessons in PC laboratory and the PC facilities of Czech schools. The second part of the thesis focuses on the Geonext programme which I have selected for its lucidity and simplicity in using the programme. Third part of the thesis describes a microexperiment, which I have conducted in 6th class of Grammar school. Exercises produced in the Geonext programme were used in this microexperiment. Exercises, which I have worked up in the Geonext programme, but did not use in the microexperiment, are described in the last part of the thesis.

The theme of the diploma work is the education to media literacy. It concerns the common project linking to diploma work which theme is education to communication competency. Basic principles the work is based on are pragmatic pedagogy and project education. First part of the work is focusing on theory. The content of this work is dealing with the problem of media education. Second part of the diploma work is dealing with education to media literacy. Game and cooperation activities are emphasized which serve to train the interactive forms of communication. The endeavour is to develop the skills such as looking up, gaining, processing, evaluation and using of information which comes from media (newspapers, radio, television and internet). The component of this part is proposal of structure of practical projects for 6. up to 9. grade of the basic school.

This paper on Project learning within the education of cultivation work at primary school assesses educational project works, its brief history and types, as well as different point views on the matter. Not only does it deal with the problematic terminology, but also its introduction into the practical education. The three projects discussed are as follows: 1. What can be found on fields in autumn? 2. What is never abundant? 3. Weaving plants All of them have been brought into the practical use and can serve the teachers for inspiration. Understandably, the projects have been elaborated to suit the Project-based Education, combining more subjects and unifying them.

This disertation includes two parts. In the first part, terms that are frequently used in the subject of motivation at school, are specified. In the second part of this disertation the development and characteristics of the On-line motivation questionnaire by Boekaerts are introduced. We agree with Boekaerts that the best way, how to establish the feelings of students, is to give them familiar activities and ask them to give information about their cognitions and feelings during their work on the task. The studies support the conclusion that the On-line motivation questionnaire is an experience-sampling method that can reliably find out students´ cognitions and feelings in relation to specific learning task, without disturbing the student´s attention to the task. The On-line motivation questionnaire can open new ways how to study motivation in the classroom. This questionnaire can play a significant role in gaining information about the various reasons, why the students do not want to invest effort to the task in the classroom. The On-line motivation questionnaire can also provide information about the effects that influence the student´s feelings, their engagement in the task and wellbeing in the classroom. According to submission, the czech version of the On-line motivation questionnaire is ready for testing in our conditions

This diploma thesis deals with the activation of activities teachers, which has a stimulating effect on the activities of students in learning the German language at secondary schools in Jihocesky county. German language was chosen purposely, because the most important thing while teaching foreign languages is to involve the student into a mutual communication as much as possible. The student has to be very active to be able to assume the foreign language. This thesis is divided into theoretical and research. The theme of this thesis is to release the ways how teachers stimulate the activity of pupils in the German language teaching. It is also important to find out if there is any interaction between the activation of activities teachers and a student?s activity during the lesson. We can get to know this interaction by statistical calculations. Among one of the methods of quantitatively directed analyses belongs standardized method of observation, which was used right for this research. To be specific it was an interactive analysis. There was applied Flanders observation system for an activity of a teacher and Tabers observation system for an activity of a student. There are described various ways and methods how to stimulate a student to be more active.

The theoretical part of the diploma thesis contains didactic analysis of word problems, that is the definition of a word problem, classification of word problems from various perspectives and methods of solving word problems, according to czech specialists in didactics of mathematics. The second part describes the teaching of mathematics at the secondary Waldorf schools with an emphasis on teaching in main lesson blocks. The core of the work lies in the experimental part which consists of two sections. The first section describes the preparation, implementation and evaluation of educational experiments on the subject of word problems. The educational experiment was conducted in the first class of the Waldorf lyceum in Prague in the academic year 2014/2015. All days of the main lesson block are described. Part of the reflection of the teacher and an observer who participated in the entire main lesson block is the part of thesis. The practical part continues with the pupil's solving strategies analysis. Pupils wrote a didactic test with word problems once before the teaching experiment and once after it. The analysis of each problem is following, in which the interesting phenomena that emerged in the pupils' solutions are explored. The conclusion summarises the main points of the research conducted...