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Lecturer(s)
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Bendl Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Švec Martin, Ing.
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Boháč Artur, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Adaptation to the study of geography in the form of exercises, tests, and geographic games. Developing the geographic literacy of a university student (reading, writing, graphics, computer technology, map in the field, map as a source of geographic information). Geography in the media, internet geography and cartography, geographic information systems. Writing papers, preparing presentations, way of quoting, plagiarism as unethical behavior. 2. The Earth's surface and its representation and the landscape of the Earth as an open system. Exoterrestric elements and phenomena around the landscape. Terrestrial elements and phenomena around the landscape. The complexity of the surrounding landscape system interacts with the complexity of the landscape system of the Earth. Consequences of interactions of elements and phenomena around the landscape with elements and phenomena of the Earth's sphere of the Earth (differentiation of heat flow, orientation in space and time, consequences on events in the components of the physical geographic sphere and in the components of anthroposphere, the relationship of described interactions with global problems and the search for sustainability of life. 3. The definition of geography as a science discipline and its social construction in Czech society. Teaching geography at elementary, secondary and higher education. Czech University Geography, Departments and Institutes, leading geographers. Workplaces where professional geographers work, comparison with foreign countries. Czech Geographic Society, Czech Geographic Scientific Periodical. Significant foreign geographic schools, geography in neighboring countries. Libraries' scientific libraries, their regime, study in libraries, the importance of a foreign language for the study of foreign literature.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Demonstration
- Class attendance
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 15 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 15 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Standardization of input knowledge from geography based on geographic cognitive structure: Geography concepts, diagnostic and input test. Mental map, exercises with the map of the Czech Republic, Europe and the world, interconnection with the conceptual basis of cartography. Landscape perception, mapping and information objects about the landscape and their geographical attributes. Familiarization with geographically popular, professional and didactic literature and with geography as an area of knowledge and skills.
students understand and evaluate themes examined in subject
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Prerequisites
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knowledges of grammar school geography
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic test
Credit: Active participation in practice, elaboration of semestral work, successful graduation in test. Participation in terrain teaching. Details on the first practice. Exam: Isn't asked.
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Recommended literature
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BRÁZDIL, R. Úvod do studia planety Země. Praha, 1988.
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Čief, R., NIŽNANSKÝ, B. Geografia ? začínáme aktívne. Ružomberok, 2016.
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NIŽNANSKÝ, B., NIŽNANSKÁ, K. Planetárna geografia. Ružomberok, 2010.
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