Ze0046 Regional Geography of America, Australia and Polar Areas

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze0046/01: Thu 17:05–18:45 učebna 5a, H. Svobodová
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physical and socio-economic geography is assumed.
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 aim of the subject is to give an idea of America and Australia as a functioning system of regional units and different dimensions of a hierarchical classification based on natural and corresponding economic and social parameters. Students have to compose information, factual and localized information into their context.
Syllabus
  • AMERICA
  • 1. Identifying and defining of the region
  • 2. Physical-geographical characteristics
  • 3. Social-geogrphical characteristics 4. Regionalisation of the areas and complex characteristics of subregions and countries: Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon, Canada; USA; Mexico; Central America; Carribean area, Bermudas; Brasilia; French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela; Columbia, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay; Chile, Argentina, Uruguay; Falklands, South Georgia a South Sandwich. Islands.
  • AUSTRALIA
  • 1. Physical-geographical characteristics
  • 2. Social-geogrphical characteristics
  • POLAR AREAS
  • 1. Arctic
  • 2. Antarctica
Literature
  • Geografie Latinské Ameriky: http://rgla.upol.cz/
  • Regionální geografie Ameriky pro studenty učitelství zeměpisu pro ZŠ http://www.pf.jcu.cz/stru/katedry/z/vyuka/reg-ucebnice/
  • HÜBELOVÁ, Dana and Petr CHALUPA. Cvičení z regionální geografie : Amerika a Austrálie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004, 87 stran. ISBN 8073150611. info
  • BIČÍK, Ivan. Regionální zeměpis :učebnice zeměpisu pro střední školy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 1998, 47 s. ISBN 80-86034-19-4. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Anglosaská Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ateliér Milata, 1994, 162 s. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. [D] 2. Č. 2, Amerika, Antarktida, oceány. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 309 s. info
Teaching methods
Teoretical preparation, group project, presentation of requested work.
Assessment methods
Elaboration of requested work and presentation, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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