Course: Introductory Seminar on Teaching in Biology in Primary and Secondary Schools

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Course title Introductory Seminar on Teaching in Biology in Primary and Secondary Schools
Course code BOT/USY
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Oulehlová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Curriculum overview 1. Creation of didactic materials focusing on worksheets. 2. Creation of didactic collections. 3. Creation of didactic aids. 4. Motivation experiments in biology. 5. Use of mental maps in teaching. 6. Use of concept maps in teaching. 7. Didactic games in biology. 8. Information Technology in teaching. 9. Project teaching in biology. 10. Didactic excursions or walks.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic), Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
This subject is an introduction to other didactic subjects in the follow-up master study. It helps students to solve practical problems associated with teaching biology at primary and secondary schools. The emphasis is put on the practical aspects of field didactics encountered by future biology teachers at elementary and secondary schools. Students will be instruct in the creation of didactic materials, collections and teaching aids, in the activation of pupils/students with use motivation experiments and didactic games in teaching, in the practical use of modern information technologies, in didactic excursions and with the realization of project teaching.
The subject develops pedagogical skills of students and their competences for solving practical problems connected with teaching of biology at elementary and secondary school. Students will acquire the basic skills of making teaching aids for teaching, how to implement project and research-oriented teaching, how to use motivational experiments and other interactive and activation methods in their future pedagogical practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

100% participation Activity during seminars. Presentation of an experiment or didactic materials on a selected biological topic.
Recommended literature
  • Altmann A. (1975). Metody a zásady ve vyučování biologie.. SPN Praha.
  • BUZAN T. (2014). Mentální mapování.. Praha - Portál.
  • JEZBEROVÁ R. et al. Žákovské projekty ? cesta ke kompetencím. Příručka pro učitele středních odborných škol.. Praha.
  • KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ J. (2009). Teorie a praxe projektové výuky.. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • KUBINOVÁ L. et VINTER L. (2013). Experimenty pro přírodovědné kroužky na téma: Rostliny, léčivé látky, drogy.. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • SMRTOVÁ E., KAŽMIERSKI T. et al. (2005). Za Naturou na túru.. REC ČR - Praha.
  • VAŇKOVÁ, P. (2014). Pojmové mapy ve vzdělávání.. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology for Education (2019) Category: Biology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology and Environmental Education for Education (2021) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer