SZk1041a Environmental Education

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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: (1) work with information about ecological categories (population, association, ecosystem); (2) know the difference between ecology and environmentalistics; (3) understand global environmental problems; (4) work with ecological and environmental informations; (5) make environmetally positive deductions. In the lectures, crucial problems of the contemporary human society are discussed, e.g. usage of natural resources and conversion of environment. Lectures are intent on education of students - future teachers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Main goals of environmentalistics, basic concepts. 2. Environmetalistics in school and household. 3. Basic ecological (biological) concepts 4. Running of matter and energy. 5. Protection of nature. 6. Ecology and chemismy, role of a teacher. 7. Polutants, toxicity, prevention. 8. Energy. 9. Environment generally. 10. Environment in the Czech Republic. 11. Landscape.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • G. TYLER MILLER, JR., SCOTT E. SPOOLMAN, Essentials of Ecology, fifth edition, ...
  • MILLER, G. Tyler. Essentials of ecology. 3rd ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005, 1 sv. ISBN 0534997325. info
  • TOWNSEND, Colin R., Michael BEGON and John L. HARPER. Essentials of ecology. 2nd ed. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xiii, 530. ISBN 1405103280. info
  • TOWNSEND, Colin R., John L. HARPER and Michael BEGON. Essentials of ecology. Malden: Blackwell science, 2000, xvii, 552. ISBN 0632043482. info
  • FREEDMAN, Bill. Environmental ecology : the ecological effects of pollution, disturbance, and other stresses. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995, xiii, 606. ISBN 0122665422. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, individual project.
Assessment methods
Final grade: colloquium - a) basic orientation in the problematics (abcd test), b) seminary work (individual project about regional environmental problematics)
Language of instruction
English
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: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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