Course: Zoology and zoogeography for education

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Course title Zoology and zoogeography for education
Course code KPŘ/MZOLQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ševčíková Olga, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Bocáková Milada, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Sklenářová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
An overwiew of hypotheses in animal phylogeny. Historical concepts of Protozoans, Diblastics, Triblastics (= Bilateralia), Protostomes and Deuterostomes, Acoelomates, Pseudocoelomates, Coelomates. Comparative morphology of Metazoans, a position of Metazoans in the Eukaryotes, and an overview of theories in their origin. Phylogenetical hypotheses based on molecular data. Animal distribution in the past and present as a result of evolutionary processes, extinction and dispersal. Tectonics, historical zoogeography, the theory of island biogeography, cladistic analysis in biogeography, the classification of zoogeographical regions. The possibilities of use of the phylogenetical relationships among organisms in the primary/secondary education.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
An overwiew of hypotheses in animal phylogeny. Historical concepts of Protozoans, Diblastics, Triblastics (= Bilateralia), Protostomes and Deuterostomes, Acoelomates, Pseudocoelomates, Coelomates. Comparative morphology of Metazoans, a position of Metazoans in the Eukaryotes, and an overview of theories in their origin. Phylogenetical hypotheses based on molecular data. Animal distribution in the past and present as a result of evolutionary processes, extinction and dispersal. Tectonics, historical zoogeography, the theory of island biogeography, cladistic analysis in biogeography, the classification of zoogeographical regions. The possibilities of use of the phylogenetical relationships among organisms in the primary/secondary education.
No requirements.
Prerequisites
No requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Knowledge covering the course literature and lectures.
Recommended literature
  • Buchar J. (1983). Zoogeografie. SPN, Praha.
  • Cox C. B. & Moore P. D. (2003). Biogeography: an ecological and evolutionary approach. . Blackwell, Oxford.
  • CRACRAFT, J., DONOGHUE, M. J. . (2004). Assembling the tree of life. . Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Dosstál P. a kol. Historický vývoj organismů, Praha UK 2004, 132.s..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching natural history and environmental education for the 2nd primary schools (NA17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter