Course: Elementary Geometry and Methodology

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Course title Elementary Geometry and Methodology
Course code KMT/MAT4
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise + On-line Activities
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stopenová Anna, PaedDr. Ph.D.
  • Hodaňová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bártková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Dofková Radka, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Uhlířová Martina, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Point, line segment, half- line, line, polygonal line. Incidence between points and lines. Ordered points. Relative position of points and lines. - Triangle (and its properties), plane, half-plane, relative position of lines and planes. Parallelism. Convex set, angle, circle, sphere, spherical surface, arc of a circle, n-gon, quadrangular, parallelogram. - Solids. Parallel projection. Development of spatial imagination. Shape grids. - Identity (sameness). Comparison of line segments, line segment operations (intersections). Corresponding angles and triangles. Comparing angles and angular operations. - Congruent planar mappings ?identity, axial symmetry, central symmetry, translation, rotation, translational symmetry. Composition of congruent mappings and properties of composition. Group of congruent mappings. Congruent linear and spatial mappings. Homothety and similarity of geometric figures. Basic concepts of topology. Overlapping geometric figures. - Line segment measurement and measure of a set. Units of measurement with respect to line segments and angles. Measuring line segments at lower primary schools. Measuring planar shapes. Areas of certain planar shapes. Perimeter and area of a rectangle and a square at the primary school. Length of a circle. Use of square grids. Measuring spatial figures. Volumes of certain solids. Metric relations between geometric figures ? distances between sets of points, angles between lines and planes. Construction tasks. Sets of points with given properties. - Axiomatic system, axiom requirements. Deductive proof in geometry. Euclidean and Non-Euclidean geometry models. Historical notes and their use at primary schools.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 39 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The purpose of the subject is to provide future teachers with the necessary level of knowledge and skills (drawing, measuring, solving of geometry tasks) that they will need when teaching geometry at primary schools. The subject matter comprises the whole system of plane and space geometry concepts, geometry mappings, and the measure theory
To provide the students with a professional view of primary school mathematics curriculum.
Prerequisites
Foundation mathematics in extent basic and central school

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Active participation in the lessons, passing continuous tests (60%), elaboration and submitting of a seminar paper. Written and oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • KOUŘIM, J. a kol. (1985). Základy elementární geometrie. Praha.
  • OPAVA, Z. (1989). Matematika kolem nás. Praha.
  • STOPENOVÁ, A. (2005). Základy matematiky 3.. Olomouc.
  • STOPENOVÁ, A. (2006). Základy matematiky 5. Olomouc.
  • STOPENOVÁ, A. (2001). Matematika II. Geometrie s didaktikou. Olomouc.
  • STOPENOVÁ, A. (1996). Vybrané úlohy z elementární geometrie pro studenty učitelství 1. stupně ZŠ. Olomouc.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 (MD14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 (MD13) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching primary school classes 1 through 5 (MD15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter