Course: Plant Cultivation I

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Course title Plant Cultivation I
Course code KBI/8P1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
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)
  • Chmelová Štěpánka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
School learnig gardens. Equipment for education of Plant Cultivation. Importance of plant cultivation for humans. Seed corn, kinds of harvest. Soil and important factors for cultivation. Plant nutrition, dressing, composting. Vegetable - classification, seed corn, plantation, harvest, storage. Cultivation of flowers - classification, indoor plants, ornamental plants. Vegetative and generative propagation, grafting. Cultivation of fruit trees, harvest, storage and fruit treatment. Weeds. Plant diseases and pests. Plant protection. Viands production in the agriculture.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Monitoring, Demonstration, Activating (simulations, games, drama), Excursion, Experiment, Project-based learning, Practical training, Group work
Learning outcomes
Essential knowledge in plant cultivation - especially vegetable and ornamental plants cultivation in the school garden. Practical skills of indoor plants cultivation and propagation.
The students will get some basic knowledge and practical skills of plants cultivation and the students will be apply them in teaching in school gardens.
Prerequisites
no

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar work, Interim evaluation

Essential knowledge in plant cultivation - especially vegetable and ornamental plants cultivation. Practical skills of indoor plants cultivation and propagation.
Recommended literature
  • Brickell, Christopher. A-Z encyklopedie zahradních rostlin. Vyd. 1. Praha : Knižní klub, 2008. ISBN 978-80-242-2069-7.
  • Burešová a kol. (2007). Učíme se v zahradě. Chaloupky o.p.s. Kněžice, 443 s.
  • Chmelová Š. (2010). Pěstitelství na ZŠ I. Didaktika výuky. JU Č. Budějovice, 115 s. ISBN 978-80-7394-221-2.
  • Křivánková, D. (2016). Praktická péče o školní zahradu společně se žáky. Jihlava: Chaloupky..
  • Ryplová, R., Chmelová, Š., Vácha Z. (2019). Školní zahrady ve výuce. Jindřichův Hradec: Epika..
  • Vodáková J. a kol.:. Pěstitelské práce, SPN Praha. 1990.
  • Williams, D.R & Brown, J.D. (2012). ). Learnign gardens and sustainability education. New York: Taylor& Francis..


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