Bi7221 Biology didactics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeňka Lososová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Olga Rotreklová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeňka Lososová, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Olga Rotreklová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:50 B11/306
Prerequisites
General didactic.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: define teaching and learning processes in biology lessons (principle of the education of biology, teaching methods, didactical principles); arrange biological lectures on the high/grammar school, make up the didactic test and prepare laboratory experiments and field excursions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: define teaching and learning processes in biology lessons (principle of the education of biology, teaching methods, didactical principles); arrange biological lectures on the high/grammar school, make up the didactic test and prepare laboratory experiments and field excursions.
Syllabus
Didactics of biology is the study concerned with teaching and learning processes in biology lessons. The focus will be on the theoretical development of biology lessons in school- and out-of-school locations. Curriculum of the biology on the high/grammar school. Biological terms formation. 3. Object-teaching. Scientific teaching. 4. Lectures. Dialog and discussion. 5. School experiments. 6. Schoolbooks on the high/grammar school. 7. Lesson-preparation. 8. Field excursions. 9. Education products (preparation, demonstration). 10. Botanical and zoological keys and atlases, webs, journal of didactic of biology. 11. Knowledge mapping: test, examination. 12. Creativity and motivation in biology teaching; 13. Work with the gifted students (The Biology Olympiad).
Literature
  • Pavlasová Lenka, Přehled didaktiky biologie. Univerzita Karlova, Praha, 2014, 57 s.
  • Rámcový vzdělávací program pro gymnaziální vzdělávání. Praha : Výzkumný ústav pedagogický, 2007.
  • ŠÍMA, Petr. Biologie v souvislostech : pro gymnázia. První vydání. Praha: EDUKO nakladatelství, s. r. o., 2023, 247 stran. ISBN 9788088473138. info
  • ALTMANN, Antonín and František HORNÍK. Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky biologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 135 s. info
  • ALTMANN, Antonín and František HORNÍK. Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky biologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 217 s. info
  • ALTMANN, Antonín. Přírodniny ve vyučování biologii a geologii. Vyd. 2., upr. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1972, 133 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Preparation of selected biological lessons (lecture, school experiment, field excursion). Oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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