Course: The essentials of biological and environmental didactics

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Course title The essentials of biological and environmental didactics
Course code EKO/ZDEV1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tuf Ivan Hadrián, doc. RNDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vorlíček Jiří, Mgr.
Course content
Terminology and history of Czech environmental pedagogy. Methods and ethic of environment education, recomendations. Tools and information sources; educational plans for field work with young people ? basic school, secondary school. NGO and environmental centres focussed on education. Global problems. Project as an essential for teaching. Position of environmental pedagogy in school education programmes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic), Grafic and Art Activities, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The course aims at presenting actual information and procedures from the branch. Major approaches, conceptual and theoretical topics are listed in syllabus. Absolvents are able to teach at schools.
Application - Know the branch specific pedagogical process - Understand and know the age-specific restrictions on the understanding of pupils - Understand and know the age-specific needs and interests of pupils - Able to adapt teaching methods to presented topic - Be able to prepare a lecture, seminar, workshop and field trip
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Exam - good knowledge and orientation in modern theory of life histories on selected subjects
Recommended literature
  • Horká H. (2005). Ekologická dimenze výchovy a vzdělávání ve škole 21. století. Brno,. Masarykova univerzita v Brně.
  • Kratochvílová J. (2006). Projektová výuka.. Brno, MU.
  • Kvasničková D. (1998). Metodická příručka k ekologickému vzdělávání na středních školách.. Praha, Fragment.
  • Máchal A. (2000). Průvodce praktickou ekologickou výchovou. Rezekvítek, Brno.
  • Matějček T. (2007). Ekologická a environmentální výchova. Učební text k průřezovému tématu Environmentální výchova podle RVP ZV).. Praha, Nakladatelství ČGS.
  • Metodický pokyn MŠMT. (2001). EVVO ve školách a škol. zařízeních ze 14. 12. 2001.. Praha: MŠMT.
  • Pike,G. Selby,D. (1994). Globální výchova.. Praha, Grada.


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