Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education [electronic resource] /
Karvánková, Petra.editor.
Popjaková, Dagmar.editor.
Vančura, Michal.editor.
Mládek, Jozef.editor.
This book discusses current challenges related to teaching geography, mainly at the secondary school and higher education level. Focusing on a range of current topics, different methods, techniques, materials, applications, and approaches to geography education with a regional Central European perspective, the book makes an original contribution to the field. Most of the chapters aims at the practical development of the themes such as geography curriculum (Part I), global education, inquiry-based education, project-based learning, case studies, powerful teaching (Part II), using of information and communication technologies (Part III) in geography teaching. The final part (Part IV) covers some geopolitical, and socio-geographical aspects of the aforementioned Central European former communist countries from the point of view how to teach them with various methods. Therefore, the book can appeal to many geography or science students, researchers and educators studying geography education around the world.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Chapter 1 Geographical Education from the Czech, Slovak and Polish Point of View, Miroslav Marada, Dana Řezníčková, Alena Madziková, Danuta Piróg -- Part I GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM AND TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND REPUBLIC OF POLAND -- Chapter 2 Geography Curriculum in Czechia: Challenging Oppurtunities, Eduard Hofmann, Hana Svobodová, Petr Knecht -- Chapter 3 Current Geography Education in Slovakia – Conversion and Conditions, Ladislav Tolmáči, Štefan Karolčík, Chapter 4 Teaching and Learning Geography in Secondary Education in Poland, Wiktor Osuch -- Part II INNOVATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING – WAY TO MOBILIZE THE STUDENTS -- Chapter 5 Global Development Education: Czech Approach in the Spread Global Awareness, Petra Karvánková, Dagmar Popjaková, Jana Kubelková, Petra Skalická, Pavel Horejš, Štěpán Klučka, Markéta Martínková, Martin Kochánek -- Chapter 6 Inquiry-Based Education of Physical Geography, Petra Karvánková, Dagmar Popjaková, Michal Vančura, Šárka Nedvědová -- Chapter 7 Case Studies in Geography Education as a Powerful Way of Teaching Geography, Eduard Hofmann, Hana Svobodová -- Chapter 8 Project-Based Learning in Geography, Petr Hynek -- Part III INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING GEOGRAPHY -- Chapter 9 Use of Information and Communication Technologies and Resources of the Internet in Education Natural Sciences, Malgorzata Pietrzak -- Chapter 10 Information Technologies in Teaching Geography from the Teacher´s Point of View, Martin Blažek, Martion Lána, Vojtěch Blažek, Jan Dvořák -- Chapter 11 Reading Satellite Images, Aerial Photos and Maps – Development of Cartographic and Visual Literacy, Hana Svatoňová -- Part IV CURRENT TOPICS OF POLITICAL, REGIONAL AND SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY AND THEIR DIDACTIC APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 12 World Major Regions as Part of Regional Geography Courses? Jiří Anděl, Ivan Bičík, Kateřina Závadská -- Chapter 13 New Political Geography, Barbara Baarová, Vladimír Baar -- Chapter 14 Changes in Demographic Behaviour in the Second Half of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century, Possible Use of Findings in Didactic Practice, Jozef Mládek, Marcela Káčerová, Dagmar Popjaková, Michal Vančura -- Resumé -- List of the Authors.
This book discusses current challenges related to teaching geography, mainly at the secondary school and higher education level. Focusing on a range of current topics, different methods, techniques, materials, applications, and approaches to geography education with a regional Central European perspective, the book makes an original contribution to the field. Most of the chapters aims at the practical development of the themes such as geography curriculum (Part I), global education, inquiry-based education, project-based learning, case studies, powerful teaching (Part II), using of information and communication technologies (Part III) in geography teaching. The final part (Part IV) covers some geopolitical, and socio-geographical aspects of the aforementioned Central European former communist countries from the point of view how to teach them with various methods. Therefore, the book can appeal to many geography or science students, researchers and educators studying geography education around the world.
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Curriculum planning.
Science Education.
Curriculum Studies.
Teaching and Teacher Education.