BIp042 Natural Gardens - spring, summer

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Dana Křivánková (seminar tutor)
Ing. Petra Štěpánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. Dana Křivánková
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 23. 2. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 2. 3. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 9. 3. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 6. 4. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 27. 4. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 11. 5. 7:30–11:00 Lipka-Kamenná
Prerequisites
The course focuses on the application of specialized biological knowledge and polytechnic skills during the spring and early summer months to obtain cultivation literacy in accordance with the principles of sustainable life. Practical training on the sample natural school garden (the workplace of Lipka Kamenná) prepares students on a professional and didactic side for teaching subjects of the educational area Man and the world of work.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course the student will be able to: * Characterize the school's natural garden as a complex educational environment and propose its use for teaching during the spring and summer months * Perform phenological observations during the spring and summer months. * To grow selected plants with pupils of 1st and 2nd level of elementary school on the bed and in alternative environment during the school year * Care for indoor plants at school with respect to potential safety risks * To distinguish and properly use expert and user terms in botany and zoology * Compare the health aspects and principles of healthy food (bio) cultivation versus industrial agri-food production * Apply safety and hygiene regulations for tasting, nature manipulation, tools Etc.
Syllabus
  • Course contents: These are practical exercises using activating teaching methods that are supported by original worksheets. 1. Florist - indoor plants, pitfalls of indoor gardening. 2. Methods of propagation and cultivation of model house plants, requirements of individual groups, mixing of special substrates. 3. Years and biennials. 4. Spring in the natural garden - bio-seed and planting, techniques and sowing dates. 5. Principles of own semenification. 6. Vegetables in the natural garden. Suitable and less suitable crop combinations. Seeding procedure. 7. Accompanying plants and their use. Plants safe and their dangerous doubles. 8. Biodiversity in the natural garden - pre-growing of seedlings, mixed cultures, polyculture, biotope garden. 9. Importance of insects and pollinators in the natural garden. 10. Medicinal plants and spices in the natural garden, their importance and cultivation. 11. Guild - tree community, edible forest. 12. Biological protection and its principles. 13. Methods of using herbs and natural predators. 14. Treating, Harvesting and Use of Medicinal Plants. 15. Eating Garden for Sensual Activation. Sensory assessment of edible flowers and weeds. 16. Food safety, genetically modified organisms, slow-food movement.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Burns, A. a S. (2011). Práce na biozahradě – praktické návody a rady pro přírodní pěstitelství. Praha: PLOT. ISBN 978- 80-7428-059-7.
  • Hradil, R. (2015). Půda – zdravá, živá, úrodná (1. vyd.). Olomouc a Hranice: Bioinstitut a nakladatelství Fabula. ISBN 978-80-87371-28-2 (Bioinstitut), ISBN 978-80-87635-31-5 (Fabula).
  • Kreuter, M. (2009). Biozahrádka – pěstování blízké přírodě. Banská Bystrica: Euromedia Group, k. s. ISBN 978-80-242- 2201-1.
  • Křivánková, D. (2012). Školní zahrada jako přírodní učebna. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání.
  • Křivánková, D., & Machátová, I. (2012). Cesta k ukázkové školní přírodní zahradě (1. vyd.). Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání.
  • Kolektiv autorů (2013). Moje přírodní zahrada – příručka zahradního vědění (2. vyd.). Jindřichův Hradec: Občanské sdružení Přírodní zahrada. ISBN 978-80-260-5326-2.
Teaching methods
Field exercises at the Garden at the River, discussion - exchange of experience, group project
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars, group seminar papers or presentations, attendance at least min. 75%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově - 5 x 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2018/BIp042