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Preschool children’s perception of hunters and hunting
Get PDFThe thesis entitled Preschool children’s perception of hunters and hunting consists of a theoretical and an empirical part. In the theoretical part, I focused on different factors that could have an impact on preschool children’s perception of the researched topic. These factors are changes about the role of hunting in the past, hunting customs, media, and lastly preschool children’s literature containing the character of a hunter. I also tried to find and define parallels between the Kindergarten Curriculum and activities associated with hunting and hunters’ tasks.
In the empirical part, I researched the perception about hunters and hunting of preschool children before and after establishing active teaching methods so that we can ascertain if and how to use methods in order to change their shaped perception.
Children’s perceptions were gained through semi-structured “one-on-one” interviews before and after the implemented educational activities. With the support of two hunters, I elaborated and carried out four all-afternoon activities presenting the hunter’s tasks and role nowadays. Thirteen children from the Žabica Trzin Kindergarten aged between 4 and 6 years participated in the non-random sampling.
After activities I also interviewed children's kindergarten teacher how she viewed them through her perspective and asked her about possible improvements. Beside that the empirical part also includes research about prejudice on hunters and frequency of their activities in school and kindergarten based on two in-depth interviews with the two of them that played part in diploma formation.
The results of the research showed that planned activities involving active teaching methods impact the preschool children’s perception about hunters and hunting. In comparison with the first interview, children answered more questions correctly, listed more options, and used correct terminology in the second interview
Solid Edge for technical drawing in primary school technology classes
Get PDFThesis assesses suitability and ability of Solid Edge drawing software tool for the purpose of technical drawing goals at Design and technology subject in primary school education. In the past ciciCAD drawing software tool was developed targeted for this purpose. Without updating, the last one was in the year 2000, it has become obsolete. Beside it is not capable of making three dimensional drawings and three dimensional models. Today, the most frequently used alternative, Google SketchUp, enables us to create a three dimensional drawing whereas it is not capable to follow technical drawing standardization. Recently, it also became payable, like many others powerful software tools for computer modelling and drawing. Drawing software tool, Solid Edge, has a free licence for educational purposes for teachers and students, which does not expire in one month as many others do, but is active for the entire time of schooling. Firstly we analyse drawing examples from textbooks and workbooks for primary schools engineering education. The examples are evaluated in accordance with the learning objectives and curriculum didactic recommendations. Than we present Solid Edge software tool for the purpose of drawing in two and three dimensions and three dimensional modelling. It’s advantages and capabilities are given and it is compared to other present and relevant software tools. It proves as user friendly drawing tool with a powerfull set of helpful functions. This is followerd by example proposals for introduction to technical drawing for the sixth grade, for Monge orthographic projection in the seventh grade and isometric projection and modelling in the eighth grade. For each grade we represent different examples, which cover also curiculum learning objectives. In the sixth grade they are associated with making wooden product, in the seventh grade with 3D printing and plastics and in the eight grade with internal combustion engines. For each grade software settings are suggested in order to reduce unnecessary tools. The proposed examples can also be used in the elective Design and technology subjects, where students draw technical documentation of their products
Wall as a sculptural form
Get PDFA wall is an architectural element that defines the interior and the exterior space. Through history the ways to build a wall have changed and transformed and different cultures conceptualized and built walls in unique ways. Today the concept of a wall can be understood not only as an architectural element but as an individual's mental defence system as well.
The central topic of my thesis is focused on the word wall and its different meanings. I have also discussed the historical development of wall building, mainly the different construction methods and different historical roles of walls. The chapter that connects the entire thesis deals with an artistic conceptualization of walls. We have highlighted artists that used the word wall in different forms: physical, symbolic, mental, historical and cultural. They have expanded the meaning of the word wall and have shown additional conceptual problems connected to it.
I have approached the problem of walls through their formation into a physical form. I have photographed the finished works and sorted them in the photography manager programme. I have also changed the environment of the walls as to form a new interdisciplinary problem
Planning and implementation of hiking tours in the chosen occupational and care centre
Get PDFHiking is a very accessible activity due to our country’s rich mountainous regions. Since walking positively affects the human organism and is a very accessible physical activity, people with special needs, who must be guided and accompanied due to their specific needs, can also undertake it. The hike leader must therefore adapt the hiking trip to individual needs of everyone involved, while, at the same time, prepare hikers for the hike and make them aware of the importance of environmental protection and appropriate hiking equipment. Due to the specific needs of people with a mental disability, the hike leader must adapt these theoretical contents and present them in an understandable way.
In this master's thesis, we wanted to determine how a hiking trip is planned and taken in a selected occupational activity centre and with what goals in mind the hike leader plans the hike. We focused on the challenges the hike leader faces when planning and taking a hiking trip. To process the data, a qualitative approach was adopted. The data were acquired using a semi-structured interview. Our sample comprised two hike leaders, working in the selected occupational activity centre as group rehabilitators and enjoy hiking as a hobby.
We determined that the biggest challenges the hike leaders have to face when planning and taking a hiking trip in the selected occupational activity centre are users' low fitness and poor motivation. The hike leaders face other challenges as well, such as the selection of escorts, users' health problems and adaptation to their specific needs. We determined that users, despite their hike leaders' preparation, are not entirely independent, neither during the hike nor during the hike preparation
Predictive engagement as enactive predictive model in neuroscience
Get PDFThe master's thesis studies predictive models through the prism of modern enactivism. The central theme of the paper is exploring the relationship between predictive coding, predictive processing and enactivism and also verifying the explanatory effectiveness of predictive engagement as an enactivist predictive model. The first part presents the key components of the existing predictive models: the free energy principle, Bayesian reasoning, active reasoning, and Markov blankets. The first part also presents the historical background of predictive models and the enactivist approach in philosophy. In the second part, the master's thesis offers a broad philosophical overview of three predictive models: the predictive coding model, the predictive processing model, and the predictive engagement model. In doing so, the relationship between mind, body and world in each of the mentioned models is taken under scrutiny. In the second part of the paper, I examinate the hypothesis that predictive engagement is an explanatorily effective model that successfully links predictive models with enactivism, and that predictive engagement is a useful approach to exploring the problem of the relationship between mind, body and environment. In the chapter on predictive engagement, this hypothesis is supported by a set of relevant neuroscientific studies. In addition, the chapter on predictive engagement supports the thesis that the principle of free energy and the concept of autopoiesis are not mutually exclusive, but complementary. It also highlights the advantages of predictive engagement over classical predictive models and thus studies the possibilities of replacing or upgrading classical predictive models with enactivist predictive models
Professional development of a preschool teacher in the innovation process of creating a didactic toy
Get PDFThe professional development of a pedagogical worker does not end with the completion of studies or by obtaining a professional title, but by entering the practical field it only starts in full. At the beginning of their careers, educators question the ability to "survive" in the profession, and with years and acquired professional experience, they develop professionally, become more confident, strengthen confidence in themselves and in their own abilities.
Because of the constant change and development of science it is required from pedagogical workers to make their reflective consideration on work and the search for optimal conditions for the development of each child in the department in the terms of professional occupational activity. Innovating one's own pedagogical practice is becoming increasingly important. Innovation takes place as a process in which it is important for educators to feel the desire or need to introduce innovations and changes. The process goes through several steps and the important phases are planning phase, the implementation phase and the evaluation of innovations. Educators use different approaches and materials available to them in their work. They are constantly looking for ways how to offer children a variety of materials, accessories and toys in as many ways as possible. Due to the different segments and orientations of the kindergarten policy, professionals use different approaches and ways of working with the aim of enabling children to develop and progress optimally. Play is a child's primary activity and enables his versatile development and because of that educators use various toys to stimulate the development of the child's thinking. The innovation process in addition to designing a toy can also make an important contribution to the professional development of educators.
In the theoretical part of the master's thesis, I started from the educator of preschool children and his role in the workplace. I emphasized the importance of constant professional development and presented the views of experts who defined the professional development of a pedagogical worker, his role and the factors that influence him. I have focuses on some of the models most frequently mentioned in the literature.
In the empirical part, I wanted to find out what were the views of the educators who participated in the creative competition. I focused mainly on the innovation process of the educator when making a didactic toy, I was interested in what influences their innovation, what role certain subjects (management, colleagues, parents, family) play in their research and how innovation is assessed by members who they formed a commission to evaluate the manufactured toy. The sample included 40 educators who participated in the competition "My idea - a new toy" and filled out a reflection questionnaire when submitting the innovated toy. The interview was conducted with two educators and one member of the commission that participated in the evaluation of the toys.
Research has shown that educators ’main motive for introducing innovation is the need to create something new that stems from a desire to promote a child’s development. Educators attribute an important role in innovation to management and colleagues, but also to family and friends. When participating in the competition, it is important for educators to recognize personal creativity and professionalism, which play an important role in their professional development. When innovating a didactic toy, it is important for the participants that the toy has its own play value, that children accept it well and that they use it to develop various skills that have a significant impact on the child's versatile development
The facilitation of Chinese teaching in a high school junior group with arts therapy methods
Get PDFArts therapy has been the subject of several studies aimed to promote people’s wellbeing and overcome psychological problems. However, only few studies have focused on its effects on the mainstream school education especially on second language acquisition. In this thesis arts therapy methods were implemented into a high school Chinese language classroom to reduce students’ foreign language classroom anxiety and promote students’ holistic development. Six high school students aged 16 to 17 specifically participated in a 3-month arts therapy program, including drama, movement, music and fine art methods. Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale survey was administered twice to measure students’ anxiety level changes, one before the arts therapy program and another after the program. The Survey on Positive Effects of Arts Therapy Methods was conducted after the arts therapy program, which illustrated the effect of arts therapy methods on facilitating Chinese acquisition and holistic development. Next, open-ended interviews were held with the students after the intervention in which the subjects expressed their feelings of arts therapy effects. This study followed the principles of action research. According to the results, in spite of individual differences, arts therapy appeared to reduce foreign language classroom anxiety, promoting Chinese acquisition as well as students’ holistic development. The results also indicated the possibility of integrating arts therapy methods into the mainstream language teaching
Process of admission of children to kindergarten during the COVID-19 prevention measures
Get PDFIn my diploma thesis Process of Admission of Children to Kindergarten During the COVID-19 Prevention Measures, I defined the right of parents to gradually introduce children to kindergarten, identified different ways and the importance of gradual admission in the theoretical part of the legal-formal point of view. I presented the new disease COVID-19, hygiene recommendations for kindergartens for preventing the spread of COVID-19, made by the National Institute of Public Health and guidelines for the process of admission of children into kindergartens by the Institute of Education of the Republic of Slovenia.
In the empirical part of the thesis, I carried out a survey questionnaire, which was completed by parents of children who were admitted to kindergarten in between the first and the second COVID-19 epidemics. I was interested in whether parents were aware of the right to gradually introduce children, despite the current situation, how the gradual admission of children into kindergarten took place at the time of COVID-19 prevention measures and what hygiene measures parents had to take at the time of the process of admission to kindergarten to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease
Developing a framework to predict factors significant forcreative architectural design performance of freshmenand senior architecture students, by adopting and validating the CEDA
Get PDFThis study aims to provide a framework to predict factors significant for creative engineering design performance of
freshmen and senior architecture students. Since different environments demand utilisation of a rather interdisciplinary
approach of design-cognition types of teaching and learning, an advanced model of creative engineering design process
has been proposed to measure multifaceted effects of the architecture study programme. For the study, 108 freshmen and
98 senior architecture students were surveyed for attitudes towards engineering, proactivity, situational interest,
perception of learning, and satisfaction with design work environment and tested for creative engineering design on
fluency, flexibility, originality and usefulness of designs or solutions generated. Two models were developed based on
social cognition supported by self-determination theory using predictive modelling. Results demonstrate that for
freshmen creative design work is not well explained by the social-cognitive theory model, while for their senior
counterparts the same is strongly explained. Student proactivity was a crucial predictor in perception of control over
learning solution-based creative design work, especially in senior students. As the strongest negative predictor,
tediousness toward engineering was identified in social-cognitive learning, pointing to the importance of engineering
knowledge, beliefs, opinions, emotions, and responses towards wider definition of technology and engineering. Such
students more likely do not utilise potential of technology and engineering to work on problem- and solution-driven
design tasks to develop creativity. The findings are of particular interest for architecture education curriculum designers,
design course conductors and different organisations to provide sustainable, creative and market-competitive design
solutions
Presentation of healthy lifestyle contents in elementary school textbooks
Get PDFA healthy lifestyle is an important life quality indicator. It represents a happy and contented person and is built through different environments where we live, work and spend our free time. A key element is the encouragement of education and learning about healthy lifestyle starting from the early childhood on. Another key element is ensuring primary school textbooks are part of the didactic-methodical materials: a helpful source of information to the pupil and a help to the teacher when teaching the course.
The purpose of this master thesis is to identify the contents of a healthy lifestyle throughout the course syllabuses of both obligatory and elective courses and to analyse textbooks of obligatory and elective courses where the contents of a healthy lifestyle appear. The analysis takes into consideration all of the currently available textbooks of courses where healthy lifestyle is a part of the course syllabus. The data on the number of course syllabuses and textbooks concerning the contents of the healthy lifestyle have been gained by content analysis and quantitative methodology according to different criteria. Textbooks were reviewed based on selected criteria of related content, thinking, assignments, vocabulary and text and images. The analysis of the results showed that the contents of a healthy lifestyle appear at seven courses at primary school level; namely: Knowing the environment, Knowing the society, Natural science and engineering, Housekeeping, Modern food preparation, Eating habits and Biology. The contents of healthy eating habits, physical activity, sleeping, stress, alcohol and drugs, smoking and electronic media appear in analysed textbooks of selected courses. The analysis has shown that most textbooks from the first to the ninth year of primary schooling tackle the issues of a healthy lifestyle, but less on the other hand is the content dealing with stress. The first and second class of Knowing the environment class and the fifth year of Housekeeping class had the highest promoted contents dealing with healthy diet, physical activity and sleep. On the other hand, the highest promoted contents in the fourth class are: alcohol, drugs and electronic media. At the sixth class of the Housekeeping course and the fifth class of Natural Science and engineering and at elective courses from seventh to ninth classes the highest promoted teaching content is healthy lifestyle. At the eighth class of Biology course the contents focus mainly on healthy eating, alcohol and smoking. During the first educational period there are the least additional sources and activities available to the pupils. The analysis also showed that the teaching methods develop the same way the pupils progress to a higher class. In other words, at higher classes the textbook contents are introduced in several different ways. Textbooks differ also in terms of criteria concerning the tasks and the thinking. A possible conclusion suggests that the analysed textbooks do satisfy the majority of set criteria and that the differences between the textbooks mainly concern the criteria of tasks, thinking and content