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Lecturer(s)
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Frajer Jindřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Daniel Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Powerful knowledge and recontextualisation 2. Sources of information about the world and the media image of places and regions 3. Geography of virtual space and platforms 4. Geography of time and micro-mobility 5. Geography in popular culture, sport and travel
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
- Homework for Teaching
- 64 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The seminar connects academic geography with secondary-school teaching through the concept of powerful knowledge: students learn to recontextualise geographical concepts from academic geography for secondary-school teaching. In each thematic unit, a selected concept of academic geography is first introduced; students then work on a practical task and finally evaluate the results and connect them back to the concept introduced. The course fulfils key competences of the graduate of teacher education 1. Subjects taught and their mediation to pupils, 1.2. I didactically convey the content of the subjects taught to pupils in line with their educational needs, and 6.2. I work responsibly with information and digital tools, I orient myself in the media landscape.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student: - recontextualises, i.e. didactically transforms, a selected concept of academic geography for secondary-school teaching; - designs a specific learning task or activity in which the recontextualised concept can be applied in teaching; - connects disciplinary theory with everyday student experience and current events, including students' media and information habits; - critically evaluates the sources of information about the world encountered in everyday life and orients themselves in the media landscape.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge covered by the compulsory courses preceding this course in the curriculum
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
The course is completed by a colloquium. Successful completion requires active preparation for and participation in seminars and the ongoing completion of assigned tasks. a) Active participation in seminars and completion of the assigned practical tasks demonstrates the ability to recontextualise, i.e. didactically transform, concepts of academic geography for secondary-school teaching. b) Evaluation of the tasks and their connection to the concept introduced demonstrates the ability to connect disciplinary theory with practice and with students' everyday experience. c) Critical evaluation of sources of information about the world within the tasks demonstrates the ability to work responsibly with information and to orient oneself in the media landscape.
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Recommended literature
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Béneker, T., van der Vaart, R. The knowledge curve: Combining types of knowledges leads to powerful thinking. 2020.
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Brooks, C., Butt, G., Fargher, M. (2017). The power of geographical thinking.
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Couper, Pauline. (2015). A student's introduction to geographical thought: theories, philosophies, methodologies. Los Angeles.
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Cresswell, Tim. (2024). Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction. London.
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Daněk P. (2013). Geografické myšlení: úvod do teoretických přístupů. Brno.
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Enser, M. (2021). Powerful geography: A curriculum with purpose in practice..
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Fargher, M., Mitchell, D., Till, E. (2021). Recontextualising geography in education.
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Maude, A. Geography and powerful knowledge: A contribution to the debate. , 2018.
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Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., Zadrozny, J. (2024). Powerful geography: International perspectives and applications.
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