Social climate of a school class

TOPIC: Social climate of a school class AUTHOR: Jiří Ondráček DEPARTMENT: Katedra pedagogiky, Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy THESIS MENTOR: PhDr. Marie Linková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The topic of this thesis is social climate inside a school class. The theoretical part focuses on defining terms as class climate, class atmosphere, and class environment. An important element of the thesis is climate of the class, its typology, creators and everyone affecting the class climate. Large part of the thesis is dedicated to factors creating class climate. In general to all the teachers, more specifically class teachers, but also pupils themselves and their parents. Practical part of the thesis is focused on research of class climate. It compares the picture of the class climate from different points of view, the teachers' and pupils' points of view. It compares class climate in a small school, large town school and a private sports school. Last, but not least it brings a comparison of view on the class climate from the point of view of boys and girls. Main goal of the thesis is, with the help of MCI (My Class Inventory) questionnaire, to prove particular agreements or differences of class climate perception from the above mentioned aspects. Sixty-one sixth grade pupils from three different types of..