SC4BK_UEEV Introduction to environmental education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Mojmír Vlašín (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(NOW( SC4BK_VPMV Selected multicult. problems )&&NOW( SC4BK_NABS Religions of the world )&&!NOWANY( SC4BK_UPVC Introduc.to motoric activities , SC4BK_PAVC Leisure time motoric actvities , SC4BK_EVTD Aestetic - creative workshops , SC4BK_SoPo Social policy , SC4BK_SPOD Soc.and legal children protec. , SC4BK_SPIT Mediation and probation ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to explain Social pedagogy with basic Environmentalistic and Applied Ecology, especially in areas that were not ( at the time twenty years ago) a part of universal secondary education.
Syllabus
  • Man and his environment. (Environment-system composed of natural, artificial and social components of the material world, which are in constant interaction.) It is composed mainly air, water, rocks, soil, organisms and energy. Reason why is necessary interested in the environment (globally changing environment, the only species capable of self-reflection, the destruction of the environment threatens the man himself) Basic concepts of ecology (biosphere, ecosystem, ecological niche,species, population, community, food webs, chains, ecological stability, environment) Basic concepts of environmental science (landscape, protection and landscape reconstruction, protected areas, categorization, legislation) See Glossary Biosphere. Origin and evolution of communities, food webs. The theory of creation and extinction of species and populations. The current global challenges, ecological-environmental crisis.
Literature
  • ZRZAVÝ, Jan, David STORCH and Stanislav MIHULKA. Jak se dělá evoluce : od sobeckého genu k rozmanitosti života. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2004, 289 s. ISBN 8071855782. info
  • PRIMACK, Richard B. Biologické principy ochrany přírody. Translated by Pavel Kindlmann - Jana Jersáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 349 s. ISBN 80-7178-552-0. info
  • KOHÁK, Erazim. Zelená svatozář :kapitoly z ekologické etiky. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 204 s. ISBN 80-85850-86-9. info
  • MÍCHAL, Igor. Ekologická stabilita. 2. rozš. vyd. Brno: Veronica, 1994, 275 s. ISBN 80-85368-22-6. info
  • LOVELOCK, James. Gaia : živoucí planeta. Translated by Anton Markoš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 221 s. ISBN 8020404368. info
  • BRANIŠ, Martin and Karel PIVNIČKA. Úvod do studia životního prostředí. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 141 s. ISBN 80-7066-945-4. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion, seminar, use of the cane
Assessment methods
oral exam, the test result
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je povinnou součástí profilace Multikulturní výchova a environmentální výchova
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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