Abstract
This work deals with two important phenomena - religion and pupil concepts. Based on literature review are summarized the most important parts of theoretical knowledge on the observed phenomena.
The first chapter discussed the issue of traditional and alternative religiosity and in the second chapter is devoted to issues of psychogenesis pupil's cognition, let us say pupil concepts with regard to the misconception. The empirical part builds on the theoretical work includes research and study.
The subject and objective was to identify, analyze in detail, discuss and compare the different religions misconception, let us say alternative religiosity, selected pupils at ecclesiastical grammar schools and grammar schools run by the region. The aim was also to identify the attitudes and opinions of pupils in traditional and alternative religions, or their own religiosity.
The analysis was carried out in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic in 12 regions, including 10 regions in the Czech Republic and 2 regions in Slovak Republic. On study were participated 16 grammar schools (8 ecclesiastical grammar schools and 8 grammar schools established by the region) and was attended by a total of 1237 respondents aged 17 to 19 years (509 men and 728 women).
Data for analysis were obtained using two research methods (non-standardized questionnaire and conceptual maps). For statistical evaluation of interval and ordinal data were used Mann's and Whitney's test (U-test) and for analysis of nominal (categorical) data was used the Chi-Square Test of independence.