Course: Modern didactics of natural sciences in English

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Course title Modern didactics of natural sciences in English
Course code KBI/EIPBI
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Ryplová Renata, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Rokos Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Ditrich Tomáš, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Petr Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Závodská Radka, doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
  • Flašar Jan, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Vácha Zbyněk, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hrušková Martina, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Modern methods in science teaching. 2. Inquiry-based education in biology. 3. Approaches to students' assessment. 4. Inquiry-based education, CLIL and other trends in human biology teaching. 5. Planet Earth and geological processes. 6. Temperature biology. 7. Animals of Central Europe. 8. Nature conservation in the Czech Republic. 9. Cell biology. 10. Experimental botany. 11. Trends in teaching plant botany. 12. Garden based education. 13. Use of samples, demonstrations and experiments in biology education. 14. Final student presentations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Monitoring, Demonstration, Laboratory, E-learning, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies), Experiment, Project-based learning, Group work, Blended learning, Flipped classroom
Learning outcomes
This course taught in English enables the students to know actual trends in science didactics including modern and innovative teaching methods. During practical laboratory, outdoor or garden education as well as during seminars and discussions the students learn the ways of the transformation of science facts and principles into the basic and secondary school curriculum. The course is opened for foreign as well as Czech students.
overview on actual trends in science (especially biology) didactics, knowledge of scientific terminology, understanding of written and spoken scientific language, the ability to lead a scientific dialogue and design and present teaching activity on individual topic in the field of biology
Prerequisites
no

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Colloquium

English language level B1, ability to design and present teaching activity on individual topic in the field of science education.
Recommended literature
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