SOk849 Environmental Education 3: Practicing for Educators

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1.2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vladislava Kolářová (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Nováčková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOk849/01: Fri 23. 2. 17:00–19:50 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 15. 3. 15:00–16:50 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 5. 4. 17:00–19:50 Lipka-Kamenná, Fri 26. 4. 14:00–19:50 Lipka-Kamenná
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOk832 Environmental Education 1 && SOk842 Environmental Education 2 && SOk839 Environmental Education 2
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Presentation of the possibilities of greening the teaching and operation of schools and school facilities, providing suggestions for building and using school nature gardens, approaching animal husbandry issues and examples of education for healthy lifestyle in the sense of the recommendation of so called domestic ecology.
Learning outcomes
The student is able to orientate in basic ecological concepts and contexts, is able to critically evaluate environmental information. The student will propose his/her own activity on some of the presented topics and pull all these tips into practice on a chosen target group. The results will be able to present to the others as well as to evaluate its effectiveness and suggest improvements. The student will be able to describe the possibilities of introducing EE (Environmental education) in schools.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ten commandments of home ecology.
  • 2. School nature gardens and their usage.
  • 3. Issues of animal husbandry at school.
  • 4. Specifics of field education.
  • 5. Working with natural materials, folk crafts.
  • 6. Presentation of students’ topics (practical demonstrations of activating methods applicable in field lessons prepared and presented by the students themselves).
Literature
    required literature
  • SLÁMOVÁ, Pavlína. Kdo je ekopedagog? In: Úvod do environmentální výchovy a globálního rozvojového vzdělávání: soubor učebních textů. 1. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012, 2 pp. ISBN 978-80-87604-01-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Moje přírodní zahrada : příručka zahradního vědění. Edited by L. Krčma - M. Petrová - Dana Křivánková, Translated by Radomil Hr. 2. vydání. Jindřichův Hradec: Občanské sdružení Přírodní zahrada, 2013, 236 stran. ISBN 9788026053262. info
  • KŘIVÁNKOVÁ, Dana. Školní zahrada jako přírodní učebna. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012, 4 sv. ISBN 9788087604335. info
  • Hrajeme si na přírodu : soubor her s ekologickou tematikou. 2. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2011, 181 s. ISBN 9788090480742. info
  • AUDY, Jana. Učíme se v zahradě. Vyd. 1. Kněžice: Chaloupky, 2007, 497 s. ISBN 9788026025689. info
  • UHŘÍČKOVÁ, Alena and Zdena MALÍKOVÁ. Kouzlo zapomenutého : práce s přírodními materiály. 2. vydání. Brno: Rezekvítek, 2001, 57 stran. ISBN 8090295428. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, simulation games, group work, field lessons, student presentations.
Assessment methods
Didactic test. Written preparation and practical presentation of an activity reflecting the presented topic.
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: 14 hodin.
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