Ze2MP_DPV7 Didactics of Geography 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Timetable
Wed 9:45–10:30 učebna 5
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
Didactics of Geography I deals with questions of “General Didactics“ which are applied into specific situations of teaching geography. It also deals with questions concerning the didactics of other scientific and social fields. It is about the tackling of relations in the triad: learning – teaching – education. Didactics of Geography I continues theoretical and practical curriculum of geographical disciplines in 1-4 terms. In didactical transformation of achieved knowledge, it makes use of regional principle in maximum extent.
Syllabus
  • - Why teach didactics of geography? Why teach geography? - Geographical education or education by geography? - The structure of geographical education – geographical curriculum - Development and usage of different sources for teaching geography - Student and learning in geography - Evaluation of student’s learning and its quality - Methods of teaching of geography - Organizational forms of teaching geography - From geographical curriculum to particular lesson - Teacher and professional growth
Literature
  • ŠUPKA, Jan and Eduard HOFMANN. Didaktika geografie. Edited by Jaromír Rux. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 104 s. ISBN 8021005726. info
  • ŠUPKA, Jan, Eduard HOFMANN and Alois MATOUŠEK. Didaktika geografie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1994, 59 s. ISBN 802101010X. info
  • Hofmann, Eduard. Cíle geografického vzdělávání v ŠVP v kontextu s cíly RVP. In. Maňák,J. – Janík,T. (ed.) Problémy kurikula základní školy. PdF MU, Brno 2006, 285-293 s.
  • LAMBERT, David and David BALDERSTONE. Learning to teach geography in the secondary school : a companion to school experience. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, xxiii, 479. ISBN 0415156769. info
Assessment methods
Course. The course finishes with a credit. Test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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