Ze2RC_AMK5 Regional Geography - America, Polar Regions and Oceans

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dana Hübelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dana Hübelová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
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 Aim of Tuition: On the basis of the general recognition of regional geography, its factography and its methods - to gain 1) the ability of aimed acquiring of new concrete knowledge of the dealing region and 2) the ability of synthesis of the said knowledge within the framework of developmental relationship of partial geographical spheres (which ware dealt in the course of the studium of analytical disciplines of geography) - with emphasis on the problem of didactics transformation.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Lectures:
  • I. Regional geography as scientific discipline.
  • II. America
  • 1. The determination and delimitation of the region
  • 2. The physically geographical characteristics of the region a) Geology and paleogeography; b) Geomorphology; c) Climate; d) Waters; e) Soils; f) Biota;
  • 3. Demographical and settlemet characteristics of the region
  • 4. Socially economic characteristics of the region a) Agriculture; b) Mine and manufacturing industry; c) Transport; e) Other tertiary activity; f) Quaternary sector
  • 5. The historically- and politically geographical characteristics of the region
  • 6. Landscape and environment
  • 7. Coplex characterization of the region, integration and disintegration, the relatons to Czech republic.
  • 8. The subreginonalization of the region and complex characterization of subregions and countries
  • a) Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Canada; b) USA; c) Mexico; d) Central America; e) Caribbean region, Bermudas; f) Brazil; g) French Guiana, Surinam, Guiana, Venezuela; h) Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay; i) Chile, Argentina, Uruguay; j) Falkland Islands, S. Georgia, S. Sandwich. Is.
  • III. Arctic - comlex survey
  • IV. Antarctic - comlex survey
Literature
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Dana HÜBELOVÁ. Současný fázový společenský posun a Česká republika. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 236 pp. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, sv. č. 108. ISBN 978-80-210-4464-7. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Dana HÜBELOVÁ. Amerika a Austrálie-cvičení z regionální geografie. Brno: Paido, 2004, 87 pp. ISBN 80-7315-061-1. info
  • OPATRNÝ, Josef. Amerika v proměnách staletí. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1998, 841 s., [8. ISBN 80-85983-42-7. info
  • Severní Amerika : multimediální učebnice geografie [CD-ROM] : Multimediální učebnice geografie : Severní Amerika (Variant.). [Praha]: MEDIA trade, 1997, 1 zvukový. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Anglosaská Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ateliér Milata, 1994, 162 s. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. ISBN 8070420162. URL info
  • VOTÝPKA, Jan and Jaroslava JANOUŠKOVÁ. Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 420 s. info
  • OBERMANN, Alois. Amerika. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1985, 271 s. info
Assessment methods
The course is completed by the oral exam where student proves the ability of geographical orientation in maps and the ability to localize geographical objects in maps. Student is also supposed to put the economic and social parameters together with the natural ones.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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