IBIp03 Applied Biology 2 - Practice for teaching in the school garden

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iva Frýzová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Iva Frýzová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Learning outcomes of the course are focused on applying biological knowledge during the autumn and winter months to the environment of everyday life in accordance with the principles of sustainable life. Practical training at the faculty model garden school (Kejbala workplace) prepares students on a professional and didactic side for teaching subjects of the educational area Man and the World of Work.
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Characterize the school garden as a complex educational environment and propose its use for teaching during the autumn and winter months
- Perform phenological observations of model plants during autumn and winter months
- To cultivate and observe the growth of selected plants with pupils of the first grade of primary school in the conditions of the class and on the bed during the autumn and winter months
- Explain and explain the importance of autumn activities in the garden
- Design, implement, and reflect teaching in the school garden using activating teaching methods and taking into account cross-curricular relationships and cross-curricular themes
Learning outcomes
- Characterize the school garden as a complex educational environment and propose its use for teaching during the autumn and winter months
- Perform phenological observations of model plants during autumn and winter months
- To cultivate and observe the growth of selected plants with pupils of the first grade of primary school in the conditions of the class and on the bed during the autumn and winter months
- Explain and explain the importance of autumn activities in the garden
- Design, implement, and reflect teaching in the school garden using activating teaching methods and taking into account cross-curricular relationships and cross-curricular themes
Syllabus
  • These are block practical exercises using activating teaching methods that are supported by original worksheets and e-learning study texts.
  • 1. Autumn garden (+ contact with primary school pupils)
  • 2. Ornamental trees in the school garden - cognition, meaning, safety risks
  • 3. Interdisciplinary relations of education areas Man and the world of work and Man and his world
  • 4. Soil and its recovery (biowaste, composting, fertilizing, ...)
  • 5. Plants as food (curative, curative, poisonous, allergenic, genetically modified, ...)
  • 6. Traditional festivals of autumn and winter months - customs and traditions in the Czech environment, regional differences
Literature
    required literature
  • Václavíková, D. (2015). Šlokní užitková zahrada. Vsetín: Líska. Dostupné z http://www.liska-evvo.cz/doc/cb334a6a-8f85-11e5-98c8-52540021ce28/@@download
    recommended literature
  • KŘIVÁNKOVÁ, Dana. Školní zahrada jako přírodní učebna. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012, 4 sv. ISBN 9788087604335. info
  • VODÁKOVÁ, Jitka. Pěstitelské práce. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 238 s. ISBN 8004239765. info
Teaching methods
outdoor learning in the school garden
Assessment methods
presentatin of final project
Language of instruction
Czech
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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