SC4KC_EKSP Environmental education in social pedagogy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.5. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
externisté (lecturer), Mgr. Ema Štěpařová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ema Štěpařová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Ema Štěpařová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – 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
The aim of the subject is to contribute to adoption of ecologically favourable postures of students to the environment and their environmental competences, to acquaint them with the methodology of Environmental Education, to enable them to present their personal approaches and opinions, to deepen their consciousness about ecological-ethical bases of Environmental Education. On the principals of "sustainable development" Environmental Education emphasises axiological aspects and personal development of students.
Syllabus
  • Methods and forms of ecopedagogical work on the children of lower classes of elementary school. Didactic recommendations for ecopedagogical practice in school and out-of-school education. Ecologically positive attitudes to life in everyday teaching practice. The roles and possibilities of an environmental education coordinator, education and education of the public in elementary school and in school nursery in accordance with the Local Agenda 21. Games, creative activities teaching aids and literature with ecological and environmental topics. Ecopedagogical approaches to selected global problems of the environment. Representative democracy and environmental topics in municipal politics. Ecological impact and ecological luxury in the programme of elementary school, Fair Trade, NATURA21.
Literature
  • HORKÁ, Hana. Ekologická dimenze výchovy a vzdělávání ve škole 21. století (Ecological dimension of education in the school of 21th century). Brno: PdF MU, 2005, 158 pp. ISBN 80-210-3750-4. info
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš and Josef HUSTÁK. Malý ekologický a environmentální slovníček. Illustrated by Galina Slámová. 3. vyd. Brno: Rezekvítek, 2001, 55 s. ISBN 809029541X. info
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš. Průvodce praktickou ekologickou výchovou. Brno: Rezekvítek Brno, 2000, 205 s. ISBN 80-902954-0-1. info
Teaching methods
course of lectures
Assessment methods
group projects
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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