USEFUL SCIENCE - WE STUDY NATURE AROUND US
USEFUL SCIENCE - WE STUDY NATURE AROUND US

Author(s): Iva Frýzová, Tereza Češková, Miroslav Jireček, Petr Knecht
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Regional Geography, School education, Environmental interactions, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Integrated Science; Social Studies; nature; education; outdoor education;
Summary/Abstract: The course takes the form of a five-day course and is designed as a transition from field -oriented subjects Integrated Science and Social Studies base 1– 4 to field didactics. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with outdoor education as a specific teaching strategy, which should not replace ordinary teaching, but should, on the contrary, supplement and deepen the curriculum of individual disciplines in relation to the region. The emphasis of the course is placed on the possibility of implementing outdoor education in the curriculum of the educational area People and their world. During outdoor education, theoretical knowledge and skills are applied in the field of Geography, Geology, Biology, Ecology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Physical and Art education in exploring the place, in this case the unique environment of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area.

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