SOk730 Environmental Education

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/1.2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jan Trávníček (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Korvasová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Dana Křivánková (lecturer)
Hana Mikulicová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOk730/01: Sat 22. 9. 14:00–17:50 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 19. 10. 17:00–19:50 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 23. 11. 9:00–12:50 Lipka-Kamenná, H. Korvasová, H. Mikulicová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Specific goals are set at the level of values / attitudes, skills and content. The aim is therefore to develop our own competent attitudes towards an environmentally friendly lifestyle, incl. engaging skills, providing students with tools and examples useful for their future practice, as well as helping to learn the basics of environmental thinking.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of seminars (in weeks or blocks): 1st week: Basics of Environmental Education. 2nd week: Methodological Specifics of EEC 3rd week: Current environmental issues and their application in teaching 4th week: Ecosystem services and their application in teaching 5th week: Sustainability at personal, regional and global level 6th week: The role of nonprofit organizations, EE centers and networks, information centers, campaigns and awareness raising events 7th week: Regional education and regional textbooks, school as a community center 8th week: Examples of an environmentally-friendly (more responsible) way of life 9th week: Excursion in the center of environmental education - an example of good practice 10th week: Outdoor activities within environmental education 11th week: Research-oriented lessons, We learn in the garden 12th week: Students’ practical demonstrations of activating methods usable in EEC .
Literature
    required literature
  • Úvod do environmentální výchovy a globálního rozvojového vzdělávání: soubor učebních textů. 1. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012. 2 s. ISBN 978-80-87604-01-4.
    recommended literature
  • ČINČERA, Jan. Environmentální výchova: efektivní strategie. 1. vydání. Praha: Agentura Koniklec, 2013, 127 stran. ISBN 978-80-904141-1-2.
  • ANDREOTTI, Vanessa, Vladimír BURJAN, Jan ČINČERA, Zuzana GALLAYOVÁ, Juraj HIPŠ, Mikuláš HUBA, Fumiyo KAGAWA, Jan KRAJHANZL, Zuzana LABAŠOVÁ, Aleš MÁCHAL, Richard MEDAL, Miroslava PILÁRIKOVÁ and David SELBY. Environmentálna výchova v súvislostiach. 1. vydanie. Zvolen: Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, 2015, 267 stran. ISBN 9788022827942. info
  • NÁTR, Lubomír. Příroda, nebo člověk? : služby ekosystémů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 349 s. ISBN 9788024618883. info
  • HORKÁ, Hana. Ekologická dimenze výchovy a vzdělávání ve škole 21. století. 1. vydání. Brno: Katedra pedagogiky Pedagogické fakulty MU, 2005, 158 stran. ISBN 8021037504. info
Teaching methods
Block lessons in the form of seminar exercises requiring activity, involvement in prepared exercises and tasks and individual preparation. Deepening self-study of students leading to the presentation of their own eco-educating project.
Assessment methods
Individual work of students: to create a seminar work - essay reacting to a selected book from the field, group work on own eco-educating project (practical demonstration by students)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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