Course: Management of geographic teaching

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Course title Management of geographic teaching
Course code KGE/VGV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Adamec Martin, Mgr.
  • Vávra Jaroslav, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Jonášová Čižíková Sabina, Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. History of geographical education 3. The Charter of Geographical Education, US Standards of Geographical Education 4. Geographical Standards of primary and secondary Czech schools 5. Bruner model, Bloom taxonomy in geographical education 6. Internet in geographical education 7. Czech a foreign geographical textbooks 8. Planning and strategies in geographical education

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 48 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject is entrance subject of geographical classroom teaching and learning. Students learn about history and present geographical teaching and learning in the Czech Republic, in EU and other countries. The basic skills are focused on management in classroom. they prepare geographical themes.
Teaching and learning of geography at Czech primary/basic schools.
Prerequisites
Basic geographical knowledge of Czech comprehensive schools and basic knowledge of physiography and human geography

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Individual teaching and learning, preparation of geography units, oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Gersmehl, Ph. Teaching Geography. New York, 2005. ISBN 1-59385-154-5.
  • Gersmehl, Ph. Themes and Counterpoints in Geographical Education. Themes and Counterpoints in Geographical Education. 1992.
  • Haversath, J.-B. et al. Geographiedidaktik. Theiorie - Themen - Forshung. Braunschweig, 2012. ISBN 978-3-14-160359-0.
  • Kalhous, Z.; Obst. O. a kol. Školní didaktika.
  • Rinschede, G. Geographiedidaktik. 2.. Ferdinand Schöningh München., 2005. ISBN 3-8552-2324-8.
  • Vávra, J. Didaktika geografie I: od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině v zeměpisu na ZŠ, na příkladu tématu Světový oceán.. Liberec, 2006. ISBN 80-7372-083-3.
  • Vávra, J. Příprava učitelů na nové pojetí výuky zeměpisu.. In: J. Novotová (ed.): Evropská dimenze v přípravě učitelů na Fakultě pedagogické Technické univerzity v Liberci. Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2004. ISBN 80-7083-902-3.


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