Ze0151 Didactics of Geography 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Spurná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze0151/01: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 5a, E. Hofmann, M. Spurná
Ze0151/02: Tue 8:00–9:50 učebna 5a, E. Hofmann, M. Spurná
Ze0151/03: Mon 11:00–12:50 učebna 5a, E. Hofmann, M. Spurná
Prerequisites
The course takes place in parallel with the school practice and reflective seminars. The course effectively builds on the work with the pillars of teaching competence in previous undergraduate studies.
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 course objective is to elaborate in depth on the didactic and disciplinary pillars of teaching competence in order to develop students' teaching skills in the single pillars progressively.
In the course, we work with the pillars of Progressive Objectives, Assessment is at the Beginning of Instructional Planning, Connection of Geography with curricular documents, Learning Tasks that Developing Geographical Thinking, and Geographical Thinking. Student activities result in student drafts of teaching materials.
Learning outcomes
Students produce drafts of teaching materials based on these pillars with the following outcomes:

Connection of Geography with Curricular Documents:
- Selects appropriate topic areas and expected outcomes for draft teaching preparations.
- Selects information, data, texts from textbooks or other sources that support the development of geographic thinking.
- Transforms key competencies into teaching strategies.

Geographical Thinking:
- Utilizes geographical questions of various orders in teaching materials.

Assessment is at the Beginning of Lesson Planning:
- Presents manifestations of student behavior of selected topics and the development of geographical thinking in  instructional preparation.

Progressive Objectives:
- Misconceptions of geographical thinking.
- Presents the steps of achieving the development of geographical thinking in teaching.

Learning Tasks Developing Geographical Thinking:
- Presents learning tasks that can be used to develop geographical thinking.
Syllabus
  • Students' activities are based on the draft of teaching preparation and materials.
  • Connection of Geography with Curricular Documents
  • Geographical Thinking
  • Assessment is at the Beginning of Lesson Planning
  • Progressive Objectives
  • Learnirng Tasks Developing Geographical Thinking
Literature
    required literature
  • The handbook of secondary geography. Edited by Mark Jones. First published. Sheffield: Geographical Association. 351 stran. ISBN 9781843773771. 2017. info
  • SPURNÁ, Michaela, Eduard HOFMANN and Petr KNECHT. Pilíře učitelské způsobilosti: nástroj pro mezioborovou spolupráci přípravě budoucích učitelů geografie (Pillars of Teacher Competence: A Tool for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Preparation of Future Geography Teachers). Geografické informácie. Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, vol. 26, No 1, p. 58-71. ISSN 1337-9453. doi:10.17846/GI.2022.26.1.58-71. 2022. URL info
    recommended literature
  • BIDDULPH, Mary, David LAMBERT and David BALDERSTONE. Learning to teach geography in the secondary school : a companion to school experience. Third edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. xi, 349. ISBN 9781138779440. 2015. info
  • GERSMEHL, Philip. Teaching geography. 3rd ed. London: Guilford Press. ix, 332. ISBN 9781462516414. 2014. info
    not specified
  • HOFMANN, E. a kol. Handbook_číst I. IS MUNI.
Teaching methods
Individual, pair and group work with professional information sources. Presentation of individual / pair / group work results at the seminar.
Assessment methods
Elaboration of given seminar work, timely submission and approval by the teacher of the subject.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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