EXPERIENCE-BASED LEARNING IN TEACHING OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE
EXPERIENCE-BASED LEARNING IN TEACHING OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE

Author(s): Ivana Tomčíková
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, School education, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: local country; experience-based learning; walks and excursions; project teaching; problem teaching;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of teaching at Slovak schools is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of pupils useful not only in school but also in everyday life. The teacher´s are challenged in how they disclose the content of the curriculum to pupils so that they are offered the opportunity to be active participants in the teaching process. One of the possibilities of such learning is experience-based learning. The experience arises in the active solving of real or model tasks. In geography, the local landscape offers space for the development of imagination, which the teacher can foster in the teaching process of personal experiences and pupils' experiences. A deeper knowledge of the geography of the local landscape is thus not only an objective but also a means of geographic education. Specific geographic phenomena and their relationships in the local country serve as a model for understanding the generally applicable contexts and regularities. They enable pupils to better understand and consistently acquire the natural environment, as well as the peculiarities and relationships between humans and the country. The aim of this paper is to describe the purpose and methods of experiencebased learning, to give thoughts on how to implement it in the teaching process methods and supporting active pupil learning. The learner's own active approach to learning is based on activities they perform, either through direct observation of geographic walks or excursions in the local country, or mediated in the classroom by solving various problems and project tasks.

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