ze2mp_uzc7 Geography textbooks

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Janko, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to evaluate the quality of current lower secondary geography textbooks in theoretical as well as in practical terms. After analysing scholarly texts and practical working on different textbooks analysis, by using concept mapping, group work, group discussion students should be able to maximalise the use of textbooks in his/her geography lessons at lower and upper secondary schools. The course could acquaint interested students in deeper theoretical background of textbooks research which could be used as a basis for further research realised within the bound of diploma or doctoral thesis.
Syllabus
  • 1) Theoretical background 2) Textbook selection 3) Textbook evaluation 4) Textbook analysis 5) Using textbooks 6) Textbook research - theory 7) Textbook research - practice
Literature
  • KNECHT, Petr, Tomáš JANÍK, Dominik DVOŘÁK, Michaela DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Peter GAVORA, Libuše HRABÍ, Patrícia JELEMENSKÁ, Věra JEŽKOVÁ, Dana HUBELOVÁ, Drahoslava CHÁROVÁ, Dušan KLAPKO, Josef MAŇÁK, Veronika NAJVAROVÁ, Mária NOGOVÁ, Jan PRŮCHA, Zuzana SIKOROVÁ and Jana STARÁ. Učebnice: z pohledu pedagogického výzkumu (Textbooks from the educational research perspective). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2008, 196 pp. Pedagogický výzkum v teorii a praxi. Svazek 11. ISBN 978-80-7315-174-4. info
  • Hodnocení učebnic. Edited by Josef Maňák - Petr Knecht. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 2007, 141 s. ISBN 9788073151485. info
  • Učebnice pod lupou. Edited by Josef Maňák - Dušan Klapko. Brno: Paido, 2006, 123 stran. ISBN 8073151243. info
  • SIKOROVÁ, Zuzana. Výběr učebnic na základních a středních školách. V Ostravě: Ostravská univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta, 2004, 150 s. ISBN 8070423730. info
  • GRAVES, Norman John. School textbook research : the case of geography 1800-2000. London: Institute of Education, University of London, 2001, xii, 171. ISBN 0854736417. info
  • MARSDEN, W. E. The school textbook: geography, history, and social studies. Portland: Woburn Press, 2001, xii, 305. ISBN 0713040432. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Učebnice: Teorie a analýzy edukačního média. Brno: Paido, 1998. ISBN 80-85931-49-4. info
Teaching methods
individual and group work, presentation, analysis of scholarly/research papers, tetxbooks analysis
Assessment methods
The course will be finished upon the semminar attendance and upon the oral and written test based on the knowledge gained during the semminar. Exceptionally, there is a possibility of alternative completion of the course (after a preliminary agreement with the teacher).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2009/ze2mp_uzc7