ZeC108 Integrated fieldwork education - Jedovnice

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Gorčíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Korvasová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of the course is practical training of individual geographical research methods in practice, as well as a demonstration of how teaching in the field can supplement and deepen the curriculum covered in school.
During the first day, the observation and documentation of various locations of the Moravian Karst suitable for field education in the Drahanská vrchovina area takes place. The following days are devoted to the history and geography of the area and solving case studies. At the end of the course, students will reflectively present the completed teaching activities from a geographical, pedagogical and didactic point of view.
Learning outcomes
After the course the student will be able to: - orientate in the landscape;
- collect, organize and evaluate data about the landscape;
- to elaborate complex geographic characteristics of the territory;
- prepare own fieldwork activities.
Syllabus
  • Field teaching takes place in  Jedovnice at a professional workplace.
  • Activities are focused on the following:
  • 1. Evaluation of the area's potential for field education at primary schools.
  • 2. Evaluation of the influence of landscape on people (and vice versa).
  • 3. Orientation in the field according to different types of maps.
  • 4. Acquaintance with the historical-geographic characteristics of the area.
  • 5. Solution of case studies.
  • 6. Reflection of activities and the possibility of their use in teaching at elementary school.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BALÁK, Ivan and Eduard HOFMANN. Moravský kras a okolí : atlas pro terénní výuku a outdoorové aktivity = Moravian karst and its environs : atlas for field work and outdoor activities. Translated by Štěpán Tichý - Jan Zubalík. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 1 atlas. ISBN 9788021096264. info
  • HOFMANN, Eduard. Jedovnice a okolí : modelová oblast pro terénní vyučování. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 1999, 129 s. ISBN 8072041096. info
Teaching methods
field work
Assessment methods
Block education. Thematic work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20 hod.
Teacher's information
Detailed requirements and literature are updated annually in study materials. The term of the fieldwork is usually the week before the start of the semester. The current status of all forms of outdoor education guaranteed by the PdF MU Department of Geography is listed on the department's website https://geografie.ped.muni.cz/terenni-praxe.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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