PdF:ZeD012 Problems in Geo Teaching - Course Information

ZeD012 Problem Teaching and Learning in Geography Teaching

Extent and Intensity

0/0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – 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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Didactics of Geography (programme PdF, D-SPE4) (2)

Course objectives

The course is aimed at students whose dissertation is related to the issue of geography instruction.
The aim of the course is to guide students to   deeper understanding of the processes taking place in geography classrooms. Students' attention should focus primarily on the processes of formation of geographical concepts and the development of geographic thought by studying the appropriate tasks and situations that are observed in schools. Problem-oriented approaches in teaching geography have long been considered a pillar of geographic education, because the problem teaching reflects the specific nature of the geography curriculum.
At the end of the course students will: • Demonstrate a profound and systematized insight into the processes taking place in geography classrooms.
• critically assess problem-based learning situations captured on video, and   if necessary, propose improvements.

Syllabus

• 1. Importance and application of problem-based teaching and learning in  geographical education. 2. Anchored instruction, Theory of cognitive flexibility, Theory of cognitive apprenticeship. 3. Problem and its solution. The problem solving cycle. Factors influencing the process of solving problems. 4. Problem situation in geography instruction. Problem-based learning in   geographical education. Problem-oriented teaching in geography. 5. Problem tasks as one of the pillars of   geography education. Geographical knowledge and its importance for addressing geographic problems. 6. Research and evaluation of problem-solving tasks in geography education.

Literature

• Studie z časopisů: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education; Journal of Geography; Geography; Zeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik./Journal of Geography Education; Geography in Higher Education
• KNECHT, Petr. Příležitosti k rozvíjení kompetence k řešení problémů v učebnicích a ve výuce zeměpisu (Opportunities for developing problem solving competence in geography textbooks and in geography instruction). Online. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 208 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7652-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-7652-2014. Čítárna Munispace info
• ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Dana, Hana CÍDLOVÁ, Věra ČÍŽKOVÁ, Hana ČTRNÁCTOVÁ, Radka ČUDOVÁ, Martin HANUS, Milan KUBIATKO, Miroslav MARADA, Tomáš MATĚJČEK and Eva TRNOVÁ. Dovednosti žáků ve výuce biologie, geografie a chemie (Pupils´Skills in Biology, Geography and Chemistry Education). Praha: Nakladatelství P3K, 2013, 288 pp. ISBN 978-80-87343-24-1. info
• GREIFF, Samuel. Individualdiagnostik komplexer Problemlösefähigkeit. Münster: Waxmann, 2012, 267 s. ISBN 9783830925934. info

Teaching methods

class discussion, group projects, homework, reading

Assessment methods

Based on presentations of research design of the proposed doctoral research students will suggest, justify and discuss: a) the application problem-solving theories to theoretical basis of the proposed doctoral research b) the application of particular methodologies used to investigate classroom problem-solving processes aiming at alteration of the proposed dissertation research.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
  
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