Ze0101 Introduction to Geography and Planetary Geography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze0101/01: Mon 8:00–8:50 učebna 5, D. Mísařová, H. Svobodová
Ze0101/02: Mon 9:00–9:50 učebna 5, D. Mísařová, H. Svobodová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
nejsou
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course presents geography as a science with it's methods of research, with it's object of study and it's partial disciplines. It presents basic statistical methods for working in geography. It deals with the basic features of the Earth as a planet, the geographical consequences of the motions and properties of the Earth. It develops skills related to selected themes and presents topics of planetary geography in teaching. The goals of the course are: A student defines the object of studying geography, uses basic statistical terms and characteristics, understands basic astronomic terms and relations directly influencing events in the landscape, explains the origin and evolution of the universe, Kepler's laws and the apparent movement of the solar system bodies. He can explain the influence of the Moon and other objects of the Solar System on Earth, draws and explains the basic elements of the orientation in Apace and on Earth, the apparent movement of the Sun through the celestial sphere, the course of the solar rays through the atmosphere, the influence of the atmosphere on the observation of the celestial bodies, explains the movement of the Earh and the Moon. At the end of the course the student will be able to: Draw the structure of geographic disciplines, calculate selected basic statistical characteristics, assemble the age structure of the population and describe it, compile pivot tables and time series, determine tasks using geographic coordinates, explain the culmination of the Sun, determine the local and zone time, calculate the distance between points on Earth to analyze and calculate the white day length. The student will also know the basic content of the theme of planetary geography in school teaching. Usage of the course in curriculum of elementary schools The subject falls primarily in the educational field "Humans and Nature", the field of study "Geography". The subject deals with the expected outputs of the thematic unit a) geographic information, data sources, cartography and topography b) natural images of the Earth and other thematic units a) environment, b) field geography, practice and applications. Cross-cutting themes: environmental education, education for thinking in European and global contexts Cross-curricular links: mathematics, physics, natural sciences.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of lectures: 1. Introduction to geography studies at PdF MU / introduction of department of geography and its teachers, course of study. 2. Geography as a science, science paradigms, object and subject of study, definitions, geographical disciplines 3. Methods in geography: basic statistical concepts 4. Methods of geography: characteristics of medium level and variability 5. Qualitative methods in geography 6. Planetary geography, definition of planetary geography and it's place in the system of geographic sciences, demonstration of textbooks and school atlases with the theme of planetary geography. 7. The Universe, its objects and distances, basic astronomical concepts. 8. Earth, its shape, dimensions and weight. 9. Principles of spatial orientation on Earth. 10. Movements of the Earth, Earths Axes, the evidence and consequences of their existence 11. Time and calendar. Basic time units and ways of determining time. 12. Apparent movement of objects in the celestial sphere and their coverings. 13. Physical area of the Earth. Syllabus of seminars 1. Object and focus of geography studies 2. Relative and absolute frequency, age structure 3. Medium level characteristics, variability characteristics 4. Gaussian distribution 5. Questionnaire surveys, pivot tables 6. Earth Orientation with Coordinates 7. Calculation of the bright part of day and the azimuth of sunrise and sunset 8. Local and Zone Time 9. Distances on Earth 10. Twilight phenomena, polar days and nights 11. The Movement of the Earth 12. Theory of Planetary Geography in School Teaching
Teaching methods
lectures, seminary
Assessment methods
written test including theory and practical caltulations
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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