XBIk01 Garden as a Learning Environment

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.7. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iva Frýzová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Iva Frýzová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Frýzová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
XBIk01/OS01: Fri 27. 3. 9:00–12:50 Botanická zahrada Kejbaly, Fri 24. 4. 9:00–12:50 Botanická zahrada Kejbaly, K. Ševčíková
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 school garden is an integral part of every kindergarten. The subject represents the school garden not only as a space for but it presents this educational environment as a unique area for acquiring knowledge and skills of plant growing, diverse biotopes, phenological changes of nature during the year, etc.
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to teach students to prepare, implement and reflect various educational activities in the school garden in accordance with phenological changes of nature and local traditions. Introduce students to different types of school gardens, especially natural school gardens, and familiarize them with the basics of plant care in the garden.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
 characterize the school garden as a complex educational environment and propose its use for teaching in the course year;
 Perform meteorological observations of weather and phenological observations of model plants during spring and summer months;
 To grow selected plants with children in the garden and in the classroom;
 care for indoor plants in kindergarten with respect to possible safety risks;
 to distinguish and properly use professional and user terms in the field of botany and zoology;
 compare the health aspects and principles of growing healthy foods (bio) over traditional agricultural and horticultural products production;
 Apply safety and hygiene rules for tasting, manipulation with nature etc .;
 to appreciate the importance of practical activities in the school garden for the development of work habits
Syllabus
  • These are practical exercises using activating teaching methods that are supported by original work lectures and e-learning study texts. 1. Meteorological and phenological observations. 2. Vegetables - cognition, sorting, care during the year. 3. Elements of natural gardens - combined culture (polyculture) and permaculture. 4. First spring herbs - cognition, safety aspects. 5. Traditional holidays of the spring months - customs and traditions in the Czech environment, regional differences. 6. Fruit trees - cognition, sorting, care in the course of the year. 7. Room plants - cognition, sorting, care in the course of the year, safety risks. 8. Spring work in the garden - planting of the flower bed, sowing, planting on the bed (contact tuition with pupils of primary school). 9. Vegetable bed - care in the course of the year, harvest, safety and hygienic aspects of consumption of fruit from the school garden. 10. Field crops - cognition, sorting, care in the course of the year. 11. The garden as an educational environment I - a biotope school garden. 12. Garden as an Educational Environment II - Community School School
Literature
  • AUDY, Jana. Učíme se v zahradě. Vyd. 1. Kněžice: Chaloupky, 2007, 497 s. ISBN 9788026025689. info
Teaching methods
practical lectures
Assessment methods
group project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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