ZS1BK_PGU Practicum of the geographical curriculum

Faculty of Education
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/4. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
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
Aim of the subject - to gain and practical application of basic geographical knowledge and abilities aplicated on the nature and society in a real part of landscape. The accent is given on the position of local landscape in the framework of the Czech republic and on the apreciation of the influences on the society which flow form it. The condition of the orientation in a real landscape is the comprehension of the quintessence of maps, of the guides of their proper usage and practical activity with them. The akceptation of this knowledge leads to the purposeful cognition and safe stage in landscape.
Syllabus
  • 1.The structure of natural components in the curriculum about local landscape
  • 2.The socio-economical components of local landscape
  • 3.The principles of complex geographical evaluation of local landscape
  • 4.Tge geographical position of local landscape in the framework of the Czech Republic
  • 5. Czech Republic in maps and atlases
  • 6.The principles of the usage of maps of great, middle and small scale
  • 7.The principles of the usage general-geograpcical and thematic maps
  • 8.The orientation in a landscape by the help of maps
  • 9.The usage of maps for the preparation of a school expedition
  • 10.The determination of the lenght and course of the school expedition
  • 11.The construction of altitudinal profile of the trace of a school expedition
  • 12.The principles of the safe moving through landscape
Literature
  • NOVÁK, Svatopluk and Miloslava MACHALOVÁ. Mapy v didaktické komunikaci (Maps as the means of didactic communication). In Geografické štúdie č. 8. Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalia Universitatis Matthiae Belli. Banská Bstrica: UMB, 2001, p. 247-252. ISBN 80-8055-583-4. info
  • MACHALOVÁ, Miloslava. Didaktika vlastivědy. Brno: Paido, 1996, 97 s. ISBN 8085931141. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Jozef MEČIAR. Socioekonomická geografie v přehledu pro studenty čtyřletého studia. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1996, 172 s. ISBN 8021014555. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, individual project
Assessment methods
intensive course, semestral paper, in-term assessment
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Vypracování zadaných seminárních prací
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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