Ze0049 Didactics of Geography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (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 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
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, Eduard HOFMANN and Alois MATOUŠEK. Didaktika geografie. 2. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1994, 59 s. ISBN 80-210-1010-X. info
    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
  • KÜHNLOVÁ, Hana. Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky geografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 55 s. ISBN 8071843768. 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 is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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