The influence of teaching methods on practical skills of pupils determination of minerals and rocks

The presented bachelor thesis aims to find out how teaching methods can influence practical skills of the 9th grade pupils at primary school in geology especially during the determination of minerals and rocks. Data source was derived from structured interviews with teachers of geology (respectively biology), testing of the pupils and analysis of the textbooks used in the studied schools. The research was located in district Jihlava. The results of research show that pupils acquire better knowledge if using of the collection of minerals and rocks is practically integrated within teaching process. Moreover pupils are more interested in the subject matter if teachers use practical teaching methods than those are verbal