ZS1BP_ZGU Foundations of Geography Curricula

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: describe the landscape sphere, its structure and components and mainly; explane the function relations among the lanscape components and factors which form it; make sense of the conditions for the comprehension of processes influenting the life on the Earth; get the basical respect to the living environment and permanently sustainable development of human society.
Syllabus
  • 1. The landscape sphere of the Earth - a natural recource
  • 2. The litospeher - a stone coating of the Earth
  • 3. Forms of the Earth surface
  • 4. The atmosphere shelters the Earth
  • 5. Weather and its manifestations
  • 6. The changing climate of the Earth 7. Is teher a sufficienty of the water on the Earth?
  • 8. How is water moving on the Earth
  • 9. Soil - the recours of the sustenance of the overland flora
  • 10. Biosphere - a manifestation of unique natural conditions on the Earth
  • 11. Natural disasters and their impacts on socio-economical sphere
  • 12. The global changes of natural environment
Literature
  • NOVÁK, Svatopluk and Simona BARÁNYOVÁ. Zeměpisné učivo ve výuce vlastivědy a přírodovědy (The geographical curriculum in the homeland study and general science education). Biologie, chemie, zeměpis. Praha, 2004, vol. 13, 4/2004, p. 199-204. ISSN 1210-3349. info
  • MACHALOVÁ, Miloslava, Petr CHALUPA, Stanislav HORNÍK and Svatopluk NOVÁK. Didaktika vlastivědy. I. díl, Česká republika v souvislostech : příroda, lidé, hospodářství. Brno: Paido, 1996, 97 s. : il. ISBN 80-85931-14-1. info
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan and Peter O. MULLER. Physical geography of the global environment. 2nd ed. New York: John Willey and Sons, 1996, xviii, 599. ISBN 0471039179. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981, 234 s. URL info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
seminar, every week, writen examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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