PdF:SZk1041a Environment. Educat. - Course Information
SZk1041a Environmental Education
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Natálie Čeplová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Frýzová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education - Timetable
- Fri 8. 12. 13:00–14:50 laboratoř 82, Fri 15. 12. 13:00–14:50 laboratoř 82
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to: (1) work with information about ecological categories (population, association, ecosystem); (2) know the difference between ecology and environmentalistics; (3) understand global environmental problems; (4) work with ecological and environmental informations; (5) make environmetally positive deductions. In the lectures, crucial problems of the contemporary human society are discussed, e.g. usage of natural resources and conversion of environment. Lectures are intent on education of students - future teachers.
- Syllabus
- 1. Main goals of environmentalistics, basic concepts;
- 2. Environmetalistics in school and household;
- 3. Basic ecological (biological) concepts;
- 4. Running of matter and energy;
- 5. Protection of nature;
- 6. Ecology and chemismy, role of a teacher;
- 7. Polutants, toxicity, prevention;
- 8. Energy;
- 9. Environment generally;
- 10. Environment in the Czech Republic;
- 11. Landscape;
- Literature
- recommended literature
- G. TYLER MILLER, JR., SCOTT E. SPOOLMAN, Essentials of Ecology, fifth edition, ...
- MILLER, G. Tyler. Essentials of ecology. 3rd ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005, 1 sv. ISBN 0534997325. info
- TOWNSEND, Colin R., Michael BEGON and John L. HARPER. Essentials of ecology. 2nd ed. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, xiii, 530. ISBN 1405103280. info
- TOWNSEND, Colin R., John L. HARPER and Michael BEGON. Essentials of ecology. Malden: Blackwell science, 2000, xvii, 552. ISBN 0632043482. info
- Environmental ecology : the ecological effects of pollution, disturbance, and other stresses. Edited by Bill Freedman. 2nd ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995, 606 s. ISBN 0122665422. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, individual project.
- Assessment methods
- Final grade: colloquium - a) basic orientation in the problematics (abcd test), b) seminary work (individual project about regional environmental problematics)
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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