MASOŽRAVÉ ROSTLINY V PŘÍRODOPISU A BIOLOGII – OBSAHOVÁ ANALÝZA RVP, ŠVP A UČEBNIC.

This paper discusses carnivorous plants in biology education. It presents the results of a content analysis of the Czech curriculum and textbooks for teaching the thematic area of Plant Botany intended for students of secondary education. The aim of the research was to find out whether specific teaching about carnivorous plants is present in these documents and, if they are, to clarify its nature. Eighteen textbooks for the second level of primary school and two textbooks for upper secondary schools were analyzed. The results of the content analysis show that the concept of carnivorous plants does not exist in the Framework Educational Program for Primary Education, but there are themes that can be developed through the teaching of carnivorous plants. In 67% of the textbooks for primary education there was at least one mention of carnivorous plants, with the most frequent mention being of the round-leaved sundew as a plant found in Czech peat bogs, followed by information on how they “hunt”, what other functions the leaves have, or “why these plants are carnivorous”. Both textbooks analyzed for secondary schools contained brief information about carnivorous plants. The results showed no association between the frequency of information on carnivorous plants and the number of pages, valid Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports endorsement, the designated year, the year of first publication, and the authors of the textbooks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]