USEFUL SCIENCE - THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
USEFUL SCIENCE - THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Eduard Hofmann, Hana Svobodová, Radek Durna, Darina Mísařová, Jaromír Kolejka, Tereza Češková, Miroslav Jireček
Subject(s): Education, Regional Geography, School education, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: science; education; sustainability; outdoor education;
Summary/Abstract: The title of the subject “Useful science - the key to sustainable development” reflects not only the overlap of educational areas, but also a shift from exploring the landscape to solving problems in the landscape using the knowledge and skills of individual disciplines, various forms of outdoor education, all of which lead to a common conclusion - sustainability. This course is designed for lower secondary school and lower grades of multi -year grammar schools in combination with the field of geography. Geography is taught at PdF MU in combination with biology, mathematics, civics, history, foreign languages and physical education. This course is a continuation of the course “Useful Science in many activities - we explore the landscape around us,” which is intended for primary school. Some activities overlap and it is possible to show the continuity and progression of individual activities, which reflect the specifics of the age peculiarities of pupils at lower secondary school. Both courses are focused on long -term forms of outdoor education in terms of time. Students who study at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, also have in their study programme short-term and medium -term forms of outdoor education and together with long -term forms, it forms a comprehensive system of outdoor education in a way that could work in primary and lower secondary schools as well. Field practices in the bachelor’s study of geography at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University focus on individual geographical disciplines, follow each other and complement each other appropriately. E.g. cartographic knowledge and skills practiced in the field practice in the first year of study use all the following field practices in physical and socioeconomic geography. Linking the knowledge of all practices leads to complex practices in the regional geography of foreign countries and the Czech Republic. In the case of complex practices, we logically arrive at the connection of knowledge and skills from other natural sciences and social sciences and education.

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