City Space and Place of Residence from the Eyes of Children from Praha-Kunratice

CITY SPACE AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE FROM THE EYES OF CHILDREN FROM PRAHA - KUNRATICE ABSTRACT The aim of this thesis is to capture children's perception of the place of residence and the way they use it. The actual research has been done based on introduced cognitive processes during childhood, took place in Praha - Kunratice and there were several quantitative methods of investigation used. Using the participating and non-participating observation confirmed the assumption that children in their place of residence engage in activities away from their home. The half-stuctured interviews with selected target groups and mental maps creating followed. The child participants were sketching their ideas about the surroundings of their home. There opinions were thereafter clarified in the discussion. The analysis of the mental maps was done by comparison of age and tender