ZeC109 Regional geography for teaching I

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, 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
Course objectives
The course aims to convey to students actively:
a) the substantive nature of regional geography,
b) topics and concepts related to regional geography that can be considered highly relevant for teaching geography at primary school, and
c) effective teaching strategies for teaching regional geography at primary school.
The course focuses primarily on current issues that may have implications both within a given region and may also have implications for our local environment (scale).
Learning outcomes
Students:
evaluate the formulation of the expected outcomes in the Framework Education Programme and assess the content of geography textbooks for primary and secondary schools in relation to the selected region;
describe what the new regional geography and concept-oriented teaching consists of;
define and spatially anchor the selected regions and characterise them;
explain and demonstrate through examples knowledge of patterns and relationships within the selected region;
applies selected regional geography concepts or issues to a local scale;
discusses current global issues from the selected region;
locates, collects, organizes, analyzes, interprets, and evaluates geographic information and data sources;
describe and justify objectives, structure, learning activities, and assessment on selected topics in regional geography;
use examples to indicate how planning, implementation and reflection on teaching regional geography in primary school can be approached;
present and defend a teaching preparation (according to a given structure) based on a case study;
collaborates, communicates and presents in the team.
Syllabus
  • 1. Regional geography - selected approaches (1h)
  • 2. Didactic anchoring of regional geography according to RVP ZV (2h)
  • 3. World Ocean (1h)
  • 4. Europe - definition and regionalisation (1h)
  • 5. Europe - natural, social, economic and environmental themes and their relation to the regional geography of the Czech Republic (2 h)
  • 6. Regions of Europe (4h)
  • 7. Czech Republic - delimitation and regionalisation (1h)
  • 8. Czechia - natural, social, economic and environmental themes and their relation to the regional geography of Europe (2h)
  • 9. Regions of the Czech Republic (4h)
  • 10. Conceptual Approach in Regional Geography - summative revision (1h)
  • 11. Pupils with SEN in geography lessons - application of support measures in teaching regional geography (1h)
Literature
    required literature
  • ANDĚL, Jiří, Ivan BIČÍK and Jan D. BLÁHA. Makroregiony světa : nová regionální geografie. Vydání první. Praha: Karolinum, 2019, 326 stran. ISBN 9788024642734. info
    not specified
  • Časopis Geografické rozhledy (vybraná tematická čísla)
Teaching methods
Combined teaching: lectures, workshops and group work, individual independent work.
Assessment methods
To obtain a colloquium, it is necessary
a) elaboration of the own teaching preparation for teaching the selected region, prepared according to the assignment,
(b) passing a written test aimed at verifying knowledge of local history and basic geographical knowledge.
The geographical and didactic content and formalities will be taken into account. The colloquium will be awarded:
1. after submitting the coursework, meeting the assessment criteria and defending the coursework in a professional debate (learners will be informed about the assessment criteria in the course introduction and in the MUIS).
2. after successful completion of a test verifying the knowledge of the locational knowledge (blind map) and after submitting written answers to 10 open questions/assignments (the source of the questions and answers are the publications listed in the reference list)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20 hod.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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