Ze2RC_DOK1 Didactics of Geography 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 5. 10. 12:00–15:50 učebna 5a
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 in teaching of 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.
Learning outcomes
-Define and justify the general and specific objectives to which geography education is directed. -Search, analyze and interpret information on the creation of a geographic curriculum at elementary school; - To initiate and implement the individual parts and gradually the entire lesson for selected geographic education themes; -To set concrete and measurable goals for the lesson.
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
    required literature
  • ŠUPKA, Jan, Eduard HOFMANN and Alois MATOUŠEK. Didaktika geografie. 2. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1994, 59 s. ISBN 80-210-1010-X. info
    recommended literature
  • Vávra,J. Didaktika geografie 1. Od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině v zeměpisu na ZŠ, na příkladu tématu Světový oceán. Liberec 2006, ISBN 80-7372-083-3.
  • 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
Teaching methods
Tutorial, autonomous working, group working, presantation.
Assessment methods
Tutorial. Thematic work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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