Course: Local Region in Teaching Geography

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Course title Local Region in Teaching Geography
Course code KGG/DMR
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
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)
  • Daniel Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The following topics will be discussed: the topic of local region in the framework and school educational programmes, local region in geography textbooks and the current state of teaching about local region at primary and secondary schools, interdisciplinary approaches towards teaching about local region, methods and forms useful in teaching about local region, geographical field trip (planning, realization).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to introduce students to the topic of local region in teaching geography at primary and secondary schools, including application of apropriate teaching forms and its interdisciplinary approach.
Application of the topic of local region in its interdisciplinary as well as solely geographical concept into education at primary and secondary schools.
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of the didactics of geography, regional geography of the Czech Republic.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

Elaboration of given individual assignments.
Recommended literature
  • Čechová, B. et al. (2006). Nápadník pro rozvoj klíčových kompetencí ve výuce. Praha: www.scio.cz.
  • Kühnlová, H. (1999). Kapitoly z didaktiky geografie. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum.
  • Kühnlová, H. (2007). Život v našem regionu: pracovní učebnice pro základní školy a víceletá gymnázia. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • Petty. G. (2008). Moderní vyučování. Praha: Portál.
  • Různí autoři. Učebnice zeměpisu (geografie).


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