Ze2MK_DFS8 Didactics of Geography 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (lecturer)
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 offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Lectures and seminars will focus on the characteristics and importance of didactics of geography in elementary education. Students will master the methods of applied research in the didactics of geography. They will learn the basics of making a geography curriculum of selected thematic units, and they will deepen the existing key skills of a teacher.
Syllabus
  • 1.Research in the didactics of geography. - Applied research in the didactics of geography. - Educational research in the didactics of geography. 2.Geography Education. - Aims of teaching in context with the general educational objectives. - The importance of geography education declared in the International Charter on Geographical Education. - Two-tier model of curriculum in the Czech Republic – Framework Education Programme and Geography Curriculum. - Principles for a geography curriculum in the school curriculum. - The overall concept of geographic education in elementary school. - Elaboration of thematic units – Basic data and information resources, Natural image of the Earth. - Standards for geography education.
Literature
    required literature
  • Šupka, Jan - Hofmann, Eduard - Matoušek, Alois. Didaktika geografie. 2. Vyd. 1. Brno : Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1994. 59 s. ISBN 80-210-1010-.
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • KÜHNLOVÁ, Hana. Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky geografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 55 s. ISBN 8071843768. info
  • ŠUPKA, Jan and Eduard HOFMANN. Didaktika geografie. Edited by Jaromír Rux. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 104 s. ISBN 8021005726. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, tutorial, autonomous and group working, presentation, role play.
Assessment methods
Lectures. excercises, tutorial, role play, credit.
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 Spring 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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