SOk129 Basics of Environmental Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0.8/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Korvasová (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Nováčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Mikulicová (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Trávníček (lecturer)
Mgr. Vladislava Kolářová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – 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.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introducition of basic approaches to environmental education that help students prepare for the performance of their future professions, especially when preparing future educators. The principles of EEC (Environmental Education and Consulting) are based on the understanding of the world as a complex and interconnected system that is increasingly threatened by human activity. The purpose of EE is to seek, find and offer more sustainable ways of human existence.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: apply knowledge in practice create educational programs discuss the topic
Syllabus
  • EEC in the Czech Republic - history, current status, terminology, EE legal basis. EEC sense, aims and means. Brief characteristics of selected directions of environmental ethics Why it is necessary to protect nature and engage in the care of the environment. EEC in centers EE- their network, current status and specifics. EEC in school education and extra curricular activities. Publications and methodologies in EEC. Examples of proven methodological approaches to EEC, practical examples of activities.
Literature
    required literature
  • ANDREOTTI, Vanessa, Vladimír BURJAN, Jan ČINČERA, Zuzana GALLAYOVÁ, Juraj HIPŠ, Mikuláš HUBA, Fumiyo KAGAWA, Jan KRAJHANZL, Zuzana LABAŠOVÁ, Aleš MÁCHAL, Richard MEDAL, Miroslava PILÁRIKOVÁ and David SELBY. Environmentálna výchova v súvislostiach. 1. vydanie. Zvolen: Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, 2015, 267 stran. ISBN 9788022827942. info
  • SLÁMOVÁ, Pavlína. Kdo je ekopedagog? In: Úvod do environmentální výchovy a globálního rozvojového vzdělávání: soubor učebních textů. 1. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012, 2 pp. ISBN 978-80-87604-01-4. info
    recommended literature
  • • Kulich, J. et al. Učíme se dobře rozhodovat pro budoucnost. Horní Maršov: SEVER, 2010.
  • • Vrbová, P., Nováčková, H. Poklad z hlubin a co s ním? Olomouc: CEA Sluňákov, 2009.
  • ČINČERA, Jan. Environmentální výchova. Cesty a křižovatky (Environmental education: roads and crossroads). 1st ed. Trenčín: Špirála, 2014, 51 pp. ISBN 978-80-970970-2-8. info
  • KRAJHANZL, Jan. Psychologie vztahu k přírodě a životnímu prostředí (Psychology of Relationship toward Nature and the Environment). Brno: Lipka, MUNI press, 2014, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-87604-67-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-7063-2014. kniha info
  • 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
  • KOHÁK, Erazim. Zelená svatozář : kapitoly z ekologické etiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 203 s. ISBN 808585063X. info
  • KOLÁŘSKÝ, Rudolf, Igor MÍCHAL and Erazim KOHÁK. Závod s časem : texty z morální ekologie. Edited by Dagmar Nárožníková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1996, 228 s. ISBN 808563970X. info
  • PIKE, Graham and David SELBY. Globální výchova. Translated by Monika Cahová - Milan Caha. Praha: Grada, 1994, 322 s. ISBN 8085623986. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, simulation games, group work, field lessons, student presentations
Assessment methods
Didactic test. Students will study one of the selected EEC methodologies, apply it to their practice and evaluate their usability by presenting a practical example.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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