Ze0122 Didactics of Geography for Bachelor study

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Kotašková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika Kotašková, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze0122/01: Mon 10:00–11:50 B32 učebna, V. Kotašková
Ze0122/02: Mon 12:00–13:50 B32 učebna, V. Kotašková
Ze0122/03: Mon 8:00–9:50 B32 učebna, V. Kotašková
Prerequisites
The seminar corresponds to the conception of the bachelor study programme - Geography with a focus on education. It deals mainly with incorporating the content of the particular geographic disciplines contained in   Bc. Study (physical geography, human geogrpahy, environmental geography etc.) into the current curriculum of primary and secondary schools in Czechia.
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 aims to convey the didactic and disciplinary pillars of teaching competence to students and, with the help of the pillars, to build the foundation of didactics geography for primary and secondary schools.
In the subject, we will focus on summarizing professional geographical knowledge from the bachelor's degree, which will subsequently serve as background (materials and schemes) for the creation of teaching preparations in subsequent semesters of master's studies.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the semester, the student will:
- name the specifics of geography as a subject;
- characterize the inclusion of geography in the curriculum of primary (secondary) school.
- describe various models of curriculum development at individual school levels.
- evaluate how the curriculum of individual geographical disciplines is implemented in relation to the expected outcomes in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools.
- characterize the form of geography in textbooks for primary (secondary) schools.
- characterize the essence of geographical thinking in education.
- characterize and present the types of learning tasks developing geographical thinking and its progression.
Syllabus
Students work with their own materials acquired during their studies, recommended professional publications, mind maps, curriculum documents (FEP) and selected textbooks.
Literature
    required literature
  • BENDL, T., RUBÁŠ, D. (2023): Za pět dvanáct: potřeba rekontextualizace geografie ve vzdělávání. Informace ČGS, 42, 2, 1–12.
  • Kinder, A., & Rawling, E. (2023). The GA’s Framework for the school geography curriculum. Geography, 108(2), 101-106.
    recommended literature
  • ENSER, Mark. Powerful geography : a curriculum with purpose in practice. First published. Carmarthen, Wales, UK: Crown House Publishing Limited, 2021, v, 182. ISBN 9781785835117. info
  • The handbook of secondary geography. Edited by Mark Jones. First published. Sheffield: Geographical Association, 2017, 351 stran. ISBN 9781843773771. info
  • MARADA,M., ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ. D., a kol. Koncepce geografického vzdělávání. Certifikovaná metodika. https://www.egeografie.cz/.
  • SPURNÁ, Michaela; Eduard HOFMANN and Petr KNECHT. Pilíře učitelské způsobilosti: nástroj pro mezioborovou spolupráci přípravě budoucích učitelů geografie (Pillars of Teacher Competence: A Tool for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Preparation of Future Geography Teachers). Geografické informácie. Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2022, vol. 26, No 1, p. 58-71. ISSN 1337-9453. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17846/GI.2022.26.1.58-71. URL info
  • FRYČ, Jindřich; Zuzana MATUŠKOVÁ; Pavla KATZOVÁ; Karel KOVÁŘ; Jaromír BERAN; Iveta VALACHOVÁ; Lukáš SEIFERT; Martina BĚŤÁKOVÁ and Ferdinand HRDLIČKA. Strategie vzdělávací politiky České republiky do roku 2030+. Praha: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy, 2020, 118 stran. ISBN 9788087601464. URL info
Teaching methods
Analysis of recommended materials and documents (will be specified in the seminars).
Individual, pair, and group work with professional information sources.
Presentation of individual/pair/group work results at seminar.
Assessment methods
Completion of assigned weekly assignments by the specified deadline, timely submission and presentation of semester results, including their approval by the subject teacher.
The subject concludes with an oral exam based on the application of the knowledge and skills acquired during the semester to a given geographical topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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