Course: Geographical Curriculum

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Course title Geographical Curriculum
Course code KGE/GKUN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Adamec Martin, Mgr.
  • Jonášová Čižíková Sabina, Mgr.
  • Vávra Jaroslav, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Bendl Tomáš, RNDr.
  • Rubáš Dominik, RNDr.
Course content
Topics of lectures: 1. Introduction to the topic of geographic curriculum 2. Historical development of the geographical curriculum in the USA 3. Historical development of geographical curricula in the UK (England) 4. Historical development of geographical curriculum in Germany, France, Finland, Poland, Slovakia 5. Historical development of the geographical curriculum in the Czech Republic until the end of the 1980s 6. Geographical curriculum in the Czech Republic in the 1990s 7. Czech geographical curriculum in FEP Czech Basic Schools and in FEP Grammar Schools , transformation into SEP 8. Portals RVP.cz, ceskaskola, cz, csicr.cz, msmt.cz, and others 9. Textbook of geography 10. Implementation of FEP ZV (minimum standards and optimal / excellent) in Czech geographical education 10. Portals for teacher's work (rvp.cz, ceskaskola.cz and others) 11. Geographical topics, examples 12. Geographic thinking in geographical education

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the school geographical curriculum. The student is acquainted with US and British/English standards, as well as with the German curriculum. They are acquainted in detail with the history and development of the Czech curriculum (FEP ZV), with the creation of SEP and with the inclusion of geographical curriculum. The student will gain the skill to organise the geographical themes, which is focused on quality and on minimum quantity.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Downs, Roger M., et al. Geography for Life: National Geography Standards. Washington, 2012. ISBN 978-1-884136-41-2.
  • Gersmehl, P. Teaching Geography. New York, 2014.
  • Hemmer I. Educational Standards in Geography for the Intermediate School Certificate with sample assignments. Bonn, 2012.
  • Kalhous, Z., Obst, O. a kol. Školní didaktika. Praha: Portál, 2009..
  • Vávra, J. Didaktika geografie 1. Od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině v zeměpisu na ZŠ, na příkladu tématu Světový oceán. TU Liberec, 2006. ISBN 80-7372-083-3.
  • VÚP. Rámcový vzdělávací program pro gymnázia.. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-87000-11-3.


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