Course: Natural science field practice

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Course title Natural science field practice
Course code KBI/8PK
Organizational form of instruction Course
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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)
  • Petr Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Vácha Zbyněk, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is organized in the form of group teaching, in which individual groups monitor organisms and inanimate conditions in selected habitats. Students get acquainted with the species spectrum of organisms and understand the ecological links between organisms and between organisms and the environment. At the same time, students are acquainted with the basic techniques of collecting and storing science material for the purposes of teaching in the first stage of elementary school and include didactic applications and related issues of the cross-sectional topic of Ecological Education. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the preparation of students in the field of methodology of nature observation and didactic use of individual natural resources associated with the demonstration of natural resources in teaching. It is not a necessary condition, but if possible, the course will be organized in cooperation with one of the centers of environmental education (in South Bohemia especially CEV Dřípatka in Prachatice town), where there is a suitable background and where students can get acquainted with methods of environmenral education.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Monitoring, Laboratory, Activating (simulations, games, drama), Excursion, Experiment, Project-based learning, Practical training, Group work
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire and deepen practical knowledge of living natural products in connection with their connection to individual habitats.
(1) deepening of knowledge of living natural objects and living things (2) understanding of ecological relationships between organisms and between organisms and the environment (3) acquisition of didactic competencies for teaching in the field
Prerequisites
no

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Systematic student observation, Development of laboratory protocols

Submission of protocols, knowledge of basic types of natural objects from living and non-living components of nature, preparation of field teaching program, its realisation and analysis 100% attendance.
Recommended literature
  • + další literatura, klíče, atlasy, audio a video nahrávky.
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  • Dungel J., Řehák Z.:. Atlas ryb, obojživelníků a plazů ČR a SR.. Praha, Academia, 2005.
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  • Zahradník J.:. Hmyz. Praha, Aventinum. 326 s. 2004.


Study plans that include the course
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