IGEpP02 Useful Science - Exploration of the Landscape

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/3. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Češková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Iva Frýzová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miroslav Jireček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Jiří Kelnar (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tereza Češková, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
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 is a demonstration of fieldwork / outdoor learning and its implementation in the curricula.
Learning outcomes
After the course a student should be able to:
- consider the benefits and risks of the locality for fieldwork critically
- choose the appropriate form of fieldwork - with respect of age, knowledge of the pupils, time, and fieldwork equipment
- design, prepare and realise fieldwork learning tasks for primary pupils
- consider and diagnose the learning tasks from the cognitive, psycho-motoric, affective and social perspectives
Syllabus
  • 1. Preparation of the fieldwork
  • 2. Plants and learning tasks aimed at their recognising in various biotopes
  • 3. Animals and learning tasks aimed at their recognising in various biotopes
  • 4. Ecosystems - complex as well as relations in
  • 5. Nature protection ´´
  • 6. Excursion in historical and cultural sights
  • 7. Landscape history and history in the landscape
  • 8. Transformation of landscape and land-use
  • 9. Landscape elements and indicators
  • 10. Mapping and orientation in the landscape
  • 11. Diagnostics of the fieldwork effectivity
Literature
  • Outdoor learning research : insight into forms and functions. Edited by Sue Waite. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, xv, 360. ISBN 9781138348998. info
  • The changing world of outdoor learning in Europe. Edited by Peter Becker - Barbara Humberstone - Chris Loynes - Jochem Schirp. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, xv, 283. ISBN 9781138047662. info
  • SOBEL, David. Place-based education : connecting classrooms and communities. Great Barrington: Orion, 2013, 147 stran. ISBN 9781935713050. info
  • RICKINSON, Mark. A rewiew of research on Outdoor learning. 2004. info
Teaching methods
Fieldwork
Assessment methods
portfolio of fieldwork ideas
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4,5 dne.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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