SOk721 Basics of Ecological Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1.2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Korvasová (lecturer)
Ing. Dana Křivánková (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Mikulicová (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Trávníček (lecturer)
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to convince students about the importance of environmental education, to deepen their knowledge and skills in ecology and didactics of environmental education, to broaden their overview of current problems and related literature, to provide practical ideas and inspiration for teaching, to enable students to present their own opinions and individual pedagogical approaches.
Syllabus
  • Information on the environment, the right to receive information on the environment. Protection of nature and landscape in the Czech Republic and the EU. Selected global environmental issues. The position of environmental education in primary school education, teaching outdoors and in the school garden. Ecological education in the family and in extra curricular activities. Efficiency of environmental activity and the possibility of increasing it. Environmental education programs as part of primary school education. Orientation in values and environmentally friendly ways of human behaiour. Miracles in nature, a summary of basic ecological concepts and environmental contexts. Practical demonstrations of activating methods which can be used in EEC.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš. Průvodce praktickou ekologickou výchovou. Brno: Rezekvítek, 2000, 205 s. ISBN 8090295401. info
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš. Špetka dobromysli : kapitoly z praktické ekologické výchovy. 1. vydání. Brno: EkoCentrum, 1996, 153 stran. ISBN 8090166865. info
  • HORKÁ, Hana. Teorie a metodika ekologické výchovy (Theory and methodology of eccological education). Brno: Paido, 1996, 75 pp. ISBN 80-85931-33-8. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, guided discussion, research lesson, team work, independent work with literature.
Assessment methods
Reading and critical review of a book from the field of environmental and ecological literature of your choice. 100% attendance, individual catch-up for missed lessons if necessary.
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: 14 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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