PdF:Ze0122 Didactics of Geography for Bac - Course Information

Ze0122 Didactics of Geography for Bachelor study

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Spurná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Spurná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

Ze0122/01: Tue 14:00–15:50 učebna 5a, M. Spurná
Ze0122/02: Mon 12:00–13:50 učebna 5a, M. Spurná
Ze0122/03: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 5a, M. Spurná

Prerequisites

The seminar corresponds to the conception of the bachelor study programme - Geography with a focus on education. It deals mainly with incorporating the content of the particular geographic disciplines contained in   Bc. Study (physical geography, human geogrpahy, environmental geography etc.) into the current curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Czechia.

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

• Geography for Education (programme PdF, B-ZE3S) (2)

Course objectives

The course aims to convey the didactic and disciplinary pillars of teaching competence to students and, with the help of the pillars, to build the foundation of didactics of geography for primary and secondary schools.
In the course, we will ask and answer the basic questions of the pillars Progressive Objectives, Assessment is at the Beginning of Lesson Planning, Connection of Geography with Curricular Documents, Learning Tasks Developing Geographical Thinking, and Geographical Thinking.
The result of the student's activities is proposals and topics (materials and schemes) for creating teaching preparations for the following semester.

Learning outcomes

Students conduct analyses in these pillars with the following outputs:
Introduction lesson:
- Classifies the specifics of each pillar, describes their interrelationships, and creates a list of materials for analysis

Connection of Geography with Curricular Documents:
- Characterizes the position of geography in the curriculum of primary and lower secondary and secondary schools in Czechia.
- Evaluates how particular geographic disciplines are implemented in the curriculum of primary and lower secondary and secondary schools in Czechia.
- Characterizes the design of geography in the textbooks of primary, lower secondary, and secondary schools in Czechia.
- Describes the idea of linking key competencies with geographic topics.

Geographical Thinking:
- Describes the specifics of geography as a subject.
- Characterizes and illustrates modern trends in geography teaching.
- Characterizes the nature of geographical thinking in education.

Assessment is at the Beginning of Lesson Planning:
- Characterizes assessment opportunities that influence the development of geographical thinking.

Progressive Objectives:
- Describes different conceptions of geography curriculum at particular stages of schooling in Czechia.
- Characterizes the progression of geographical thinking.
- Characterizes the follow-up and linking of themes.

Learning Tasks Developing Geographical Thinking:
- Describes the types of learning tasks that can be used for the development of geographical thinking.

Syllabus

• Students' activities are based on analyses of curriculum documents such as FEPs, textbooks, and their own conceptual maps and tables from previous instruction.
• Introduction lesson
• Connection of Geography with Curricular Documents
• Geographical Thinking
• Assessment is at the Beginning of Lesson Planning
• Progressive Objectives
• Learnirng Tasks Developing Geographical Thinking

Literature

required literature
• ENSER, Mark. Powerful geography : a curriculum with purpose in practice. First published. Carmarthen, Wales, UK: Crown House Publishing Limited, 2021, v, 182. ISBN 9781785835117. info
• SPURNÁ, Michaela, Eduard HOFMANN and Petr KNECHT. Pilíře učitelské způsobilosti: nástroj pro mezioborovou spolupráci přípravě budoucích učitelů geografie (Pillars of Teacher Competence: A Tool for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Preparation of Future Geography Teachers). Geografické informácie. Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2022, vol. 26, No 1, p. 58-71. ISSN 1337-9453. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17846/GI.2022.26.1.58-71. URL info

recommended literature
• The handbook of secondary geography. Edited by Mark Jones. First published. Sheffield: Geographical Association, 2017, 351 stran. ISBN 9781843773771. info
• MARADA,M., ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ. D., a kol. Koncepce geografického vzdělávání. Certifikovaná metodika. https://www.egeografie.cz/.

Teaching methods

Analysis of basic materials and documents.
Individual, pair, and group work with professional information sources.
Presentation of individual/pair/group work results at each seminar.

Assessment methods

Elaboration of given seminar work, timely submission and approval by the teacher of the subject.
The examination consists of 5 open-ended questions from the required literature.
Active participation in an individual interview focused on shaping of teachers subject identity.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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