Ze0057 Seminar in Didactics of Geography 3

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
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
Didactics of Geography 3 deals with the theoretical and practical issues of the didactics of other geographical disciplines. Its aim is to apply acquired geographical and general teaching knowledge and skills into specific teaching units of a geography curriculum of primary school pupils. Students will learn the basics of making a geography curriculum of selected thematic units.
Learning outcomes
- Describe different approaches to pupil assessment; - Create a one-year timetable for pupil appraisal; - make a detailed preparation for geography teaching for one quarter; - Set up a quarterly test that will include a whole range of tasks ranging from simple to open tasks of greater difficulty; - apply general geographic disciplines to regional geography; - compare approaches to geography teaching of selected countries - USA, France; - Explain the role of concepts for geographic education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Student and learning in geography, assessment of pupil learning and its quality - different ways of pupil learning; - independent learning - individual journey; - working with talented pupils - geographic competition; - testing and perspective; - scale evaluation, verbal evaluation; 2. Principles for geographic curriculum development in socio-economic geography: - spiral model of geographic curriculum development - demographic transition model; - population and settlements; - agriculture; - from the industry; - transport and communications; - z services; - political geography; 3. Geographical Education Standards - Comparison of Expected Outputs in the RDPs and geographic standards of the United States.
Literature
    required literature
  • Hofmann, E. a kol. Hanbook 3. Studijní materiály PdF MU.
  • Šupka,J., Hofmann,E., Matoušek, A. Didaktika geografie II., PdF MU, 59 s., Brno, 1994.
    recommended literature
  • KALHOUS, Zdeněk and Otto OBST. Školní didaktika. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 178 s. ISBN 8070679204. info
  • LAMBERT, David and David BALDERSTONE. Learning to teach geography in the secondary school : a companion to school experience. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2010, xxiii, 455. ISBN 9780415437868. info
  • VÁVRA, Jaroslav. Didaktika geografie 1 : od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině v zeměpisu na ZŠ, na příkladu tématu Světový oceán. Vyd. 1. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2006, 92 s. ISBN 8073720833. info
  • Secondary geography : handbook. Edited by David Balderstone. 1st pub. Sheffield: Geographical Association, 2006, 540 s. ISBN 9781843771661. info
Teaching methods
Tutorial, autonomous working, group working, presantation.
Assessment methods
Workshop. Thematic work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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