KED ZASADACÍ PORIADOK FUNGUJE ALEBO UCITEL'SKO-ZIACKE PREFERENCIE PRI OBSADZOVANÍ PRIESTORU SKOLSKEJ TRIEDY/WHEN SEATING PLAN WORKS OR TEACHER-PUPIL PREFERENCES WHEN OCCUPYING CLASSROOM SPACE

This study aims to describe positional preferences of teachers and pupils that are reflected in development and creation of the seating plan in Czech lower secondary classrooms. The research is based on direct observations at two lower secondary schools, one of which is rural and the other urban, which involved altogether 56 pupils and 13 teachers. The research results showed the act of position of pupils within classroom space is a dynamic multi factorial element that develops through four stages - adaptation, disciplinary, stabilization and liberalization. The stages simultaneously predestinate the functions of the seating plan, influence of teachers and pupils when creating it, as well as the preferences teachers and pupils apply when occupying the seating positions. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]