VZB41 Ecology in Health Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Dana Křivánková (seminar tutor), PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Hana Mikulicová (seminar tutor), PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Reissmannová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Reissmannová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to arouse students' ecological thinking and sustainable development thinking. Knowledge will help students to create basic positive attitudes to the protection and creation of the environment, to understand the role of the individual in the global environment and to influence others, especially children and youth. The aim of the course is to expand their overview of current issues and contribute to understanding how the state of the environment affects human health and how the current lifestyle affects the environment. Students will get acquainted with the various environmental factors that affect our body and are able, based on this information and knowledge, to choose individual preventive measures against the development of many types of diseases. The course also aims to provide practical ideas and inspiration for teaching, to enable students to present their own opinions and special pedagogical approaches. They will also apply the acquired knowledge in creating optimal conditions for work at school.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student: understands the importance of environmental education;
presents his own opinion and argues effectively;
defines current global environmental issues;
identifies their causes and suggests solutions;
understands the importance and position of ecological education in primary school teaching;
revises its value scale;
applies the acquired knowledge and skills in practical life;
interprets basic knowledge of the issue of individual environmental factors and their positive and negative effects on the health of individuals and populations;
propose specific preventive measures arising from individual environmental factors;
assess human impact on the environment and minimize the negative impact of human activities.
Syllabus
  • 1. The meaning and possibilities of environmental care in the Czech Republic and the EU. SDGs.
  • 2. Environmental information, the right to environmental information.
  • 3. Nature and landscape protection in the Czech Republic and the EU, value orientations and ecologically friendly ways of human behavior.
  • 4. Selected global environmental problems.
  • 5. The so-called home ecology in daily practice of family and school, ecological education in family, more responsible consumption.
  • 6. The position of ecological education in primary school teaching, teaching in nature and in the school garden, EV residential courses, the effectiveness of the school's environmental impact and the possibility of increasing it, ecological teaching programs as part of primary school teaching.
  • 7. Physical, biological, chemical and social environmental factors, prevention resulting from individual factors. Noise, its harmful and disturbing effects on the body. Noise-related diseases. Noise protection measures.
  • 8. Principles of lighting hygiene when working with a computer. Types of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Irradiation diseases. Principles of preventive measures.
  • 9. Drinking water, principles of drinking regime. Nutrition in the 21st century, GMP, superfoods, "éčka".
  • 10. Outdoor air and its most common chemical contaminants. Housing and health.
  • 11. Indoor air, preventive measures from living indoors. Waste and health. Types and sources of waste. The main principles of safe waste disposal.
  • 12. Work and health. Work environment, high-risk workplaces, occupational diseases, specifics of the school environment. InAirQ project.
  • Exercise syllabus:
  • 1. Activities of the ecological center Lipka - excursion
  • 2. - 12. Elaboration of individual seminar work on the topic of food safety and its presentation.
Literature
    required literature
  • Státní zdravotní ústav. Zdraví a životní prostředí: http://www.szu.cz/tema/zivotni-prostredi
  • OSN. SDGs. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš, Mojmír VLAŠÍN a Dagmar SMOLÍKOVÁ. Desatero domácí ekologie. Brno: Rezekvítek, 2000. 159 s
  • The Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
  • Environmental health. WHO: https://www.who.int/health-topics/environmental-health#tab=tab_1
    recommended literature
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš. Průvodce praktickou ekologickou výchovou. Brno: Rezekvítek Brno, 2000. 205 s. ISBN 80-902954-0- 1.
  • MÁCHAL, Aleš, NOVÁČKOVÁ, Helena, SOBOTOVÁ, Lenka. Úvod do environmentální výchovy a globálního rozvojového vzdělávání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2012. 282 s. ISBN 978-80-87604-01-4.
  • ASPHER: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/programs/global-consortium-climate-health-education/courses/past-courses/european-climate-health-responder-course
  • Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi: http://www.szu.cz/manual-prevence-v-lekarske-praxi?highlightWords=manu%C3%A1l+prevence
  • Česká republika 2030: https://www.cr2030.cz/
  • WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240000377
  • TUČEK, Milan and Alena SLÁMOVÁ. Hygiena a epidemiologie pro bakaláře. 2., doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2018, 216 stran. ISBN 9788024639321. info
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, 254 stran. ISBN 9788024625102. info
  • KŘIVÁNKOVÁ, Dana. Školní zahrada jako přírodní učebna. Druhé vydání. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2014, 4 brožury. ISBN 9788087604625. info
  • 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
    not specified
  • HORKÁ, Hana. Teorie a metodika ekologické výchovy. Brno: Paido, 1996. 75 s. ISBN 80-85931-33-8.
Teaching methods
Series of lectures and discussions on various environmental issues, work on a seminar assignment.
Assessment methods
Students shall present and defend a seminar paper on a selected topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2933
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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