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Lecturer(s)
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Kroufek Roman, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Human environment, its development and current state. 2. Global human problems. 3. Ecological problem, demographic and food problem. 4. Political and peace issues. Conflicts. 5. Globalization and sustainable development. 6. Environmental problems of the Czech Republic, regional environmental issues. 7. Conservation of Nature and Landscape in the Czech Republic. 8. History and Present of Environmental Education. 9. Environmental education as a cross-cutting theme of RDP, EEW at elementary school. 10. Possibilities of implementation of environmental education at elementary schools. 11. Evaluation of Environmental Education at Elementary School. 12. Environmental literacy. 13. Presentation and defense of student work. 14. Presentation and defense of student work.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Learning outcomes of the course unit The course enables students to focus on basic and the most serious environmental problems. The first part focuses on the global problems of mankind, their classification, causes and theoretical possibilities of remedy. They draw attention to their interdependence and interdependence. Part two focuses on local environmental issues and its link to already-known global issues. Great emphasis is placed on topicality and opinion pluralism, which is emphasized in student case studies. The subject also mediates the problems of nature and landscape conservation. An important part of the subject is also the theory and practice of environmental education at elementary school.
The student will be able to characterize the basic abiotic components of the environment and their threats, to describe the basic principles of the main global problems of today (demographic problem, climate change, ozone threat, reduction of biodiversity), to explain the impacts of major global problems on the local level of the Czech Republic, its basic principles. He / she will focus on environmental education at elementary school. In cooperation with other students, it is able to carry out the research by means of a case study on a local or regional environmental theme and presents the results accordingly.
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Prerequisites
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The subject has no prerequisites.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
In a group of 3 to 5 students, the research will be carried out in the form of a case study focused on local or regional environmental issues. The thesis will offer concrete and realistic solutions to the problem and have a standard structure of the case study. The defense of the work will take place during the seminar.
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Recommended literature
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Činčera, J. Environmentální výchova: efektivní strategie. Praha: MŽP, 2013. ISBN 978-80-210-6642-7.
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DLOUHÁ, J. & BARTON, A. Exploring regional sustainable development issues.
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KUBÁTOVÁ, D., KROUFEK, R. Člověk, zdraví a životní prostředí.. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP 80-7044-80-789-3., 2006. ISBN 80-7044-80-789-3.
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KUNC, K., SKOKAN, L., 2000. Globální problémy. Úvod do geoglobalistiky. Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, Ústí nad Labem, 186 s..
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Máchal, A. Průvodce praktickou ekologickou výchovou, Brno, Rezekvítek a Lipka,. 2000. ISBN 80-902954-0-1.
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MATĚJČEK, T., 2008. Globální problémy. Fyzickogeografické aspekty. PřF UJEP, Ústí n. L..
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MOLDAN, B. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj ekologie, hrozba i naděje.
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