Passing the study plan

Final state examination in single-subject study programme consists of the following subjects:
1) Education and psychology
2) Social education and free time
3) Master thesis defence

Students prepare following a list of topics of integrative nature. The topics cover a general part of themes in education and psychology (state examination in education and psychology, which is important for students’ qualification in education) and an applied part (social education and free time), in which, based on situational examples, students explain given social-educational phenomena, problems and aspects using their knowledge of particular theoretical concepts. The content of the topics is taken from the curriculum of basic theoretical and profile courses. Students can use their professional portfolio created in course of their studies, their experience from the wide range of practice and from the developmental educational and research projects they prepared.
In the discussion students demonstrate their ability to apply a range of relevant theories, legislative frameworks, modern strategies (educational, social and psychological) and methods when solving practical social-educational problems. Creative approach proving students’ integrative knowledge and their creative application to the solution of real model situations is highly valued.

Suggested topics are published in the Information System, topics suggested by students are discussed as part of methodological preparation and confirmed in the process of submission and approval of the master thesis project. The list of topics is available HERE:
https://is.muni.cz/auth/rozpis/tema?fakulta=1441;obdobi=7763;sorter=vedouci;balik=36347;omezeni=volne_aktualni

Examples of suggested topics:
Theoretical background of social education and its application in the practice of a social education teacher
The phenomenon of values education in school environment
Historical-comparative analysis of a chosen social-educational concept of Czech or foreign origin
Analysis of methodological approaches and their use in social education research
The role of rituals in family life in the 21st century

Examples of topics of defended theses
Analysis of the experience of the role of a single parent experiencing a repeated loss of housing
Formation of personality and identity of adolescents growing up without a parent model
Internet as an addiction
Unschooling – when a child learns on their own
Childhood and adolescence in shared custody or We were trying to manage
Death and dying through the eyes of volunteers of a hospice facility
Cohesion of siblings in believing families
The use of projection techniques in social education teachers’ practice
Sheltered housing with a secret address as a form of social help to victims of domestic violence
The Legacy of Jaroslav Foglar for education of children and youth in the sphere of free time