PdF:ZeC012 Field practice in physical geo - Course Information
ZeC012 Field practice in physical geography
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Peter Mackovčin, 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 8. 10. 9:00–12:50 kancelář vyučujícího, 13:00–16:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Fri 22. 10. 9:00–12:50 kancelář vyučujícího, 13:00–16:50 kancelář vyučujícího
- Prerequisites
- Completion of analytical disciplines of physical geography: Relief and structure of the Earth. Soils and biota of the Earth.
- 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
- Geography Teacher Education for Lower Secondary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to demonstrate and in practice the knowledge gained in lectures and seminars from partial physical-geographic disciplines. Students will be acquainted with the natural conditions of the model area, its economic use and settlement conditions. Students will understand the situation in the visited region. Their tasks will consist in the purpose assessment of the territory and mapping of examples of selected phenomena in individual natural components in the territory with respect to human activities (harmful natural processes, inappropriate use, threatened by human activities). Students will elaborate a text part of the map part and defend it in discussion.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be acquainted with the natural conditions of the model territory, its economic use and settlement conditions. Students will thus understand the situation in the visited region. Their tasks will consist in the purposeful assessment of the territory and the mapping of examples of selected phenomena in the various nature areas in the area with regard to human activities (harmful natural processes, inappropriate use, threats to human activities). Students draw up a text part for the compiled map and defend it in the discussion.
- Syllabus
- 1) Collection of background material for terrain practice area - text, table and map material, route route design. 2) Processing of supporting materials - finding, division of topics, processing and presentation. 3) Division of tasks and territory of field practice. 4) Fieldwork. 5) Writing individual reports from field practice, incl. map. 6) Creating a joint presentation and publishing it.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Základní mapa ČR, měřítko 1:10 000, 1:25 000, 1:50 000, ČÚZK, Praha
- Půdní mapa ČR, měřítko 1:50 000, Výzkumný ústav meliorací a ochrany půdy, Praha-Zbraslav
- Typologická (lesnická) mapa, měřítko 1:10 000, ÚHUL, Brandýs nad Labem
- Geologická mapa ČR, měřítko 1:50 000, Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha
- Teaching methods
- Explanation in the field. Independent student work. Separate laboratory data processing from the field.
- Assessment methods
- credit
- 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: 16 hod.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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