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Petra Karvánková · Dagmar Popjaková Michal Vančura · Jozef Mládek Editors Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education Petra Karvánková (cid:129) Dagmar Popjaková Michal Vančura (cid:129) Jozef Mládek Editors Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education Editors Petra Karvánková Dagmar Popjaková Faculty of Education Faculty of Education Department of Geography Department of Geography University of South Bohemia University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice in České Budějovice České Budějovice, Czech Republic České Budějovice, Czech Republic Michal Vančura Jozef Mládek Faculty of Education Faculty of Education Department of Geography Department of Geography University of South Bohemia University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice in České Budějovice České Budějovice, Czech Republic České Budějovice, Czech Republic ISBN 978-3-319-43613-5 ISBN 978-3-319-43614-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43614-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016954079 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 T his work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland Acknowledgments F irstly, for the appearance of the publications, we thank Prof. RNDr. Jozef Mládek, DrSc., from the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, who actually led, inspired, and encouraged all the team of editors and authors of the publication. T he publication has been fi nancially supported by the Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice 162/2013/S G eographical research and its implementation in inquiry-based teaching of Geography . Thanks to all the students of the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice who participated in the formal preparation of the publication, mainly, Bc. Martina Kuřímska, Bc. Jiří Nerad, Bc. Jaroslava Tomková, and Bc. Barbora Rybaříková. We thank the students of the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno Bc. Bohumír Veselý, Bc. Lucie Peřinová, and Bc. Pavlína Jedličková who were involved in the preparation of case study A Powerful Way of Teaching Geography within the project FRMU MUNI/ FR/1315/2014. Under the project, a case study entitled A nalysis of the facilities and development of ATC Olšovec – Jedovnice was also processed. T he publication was supported by the Czech Geographical Society and its depart- ments for education and regional geography. v Contents 1 Geographical Education from the Czech, Slovak and Polish Point of View ............................................................................................ 1 Petra Karvánková , Miroslav Marada , Dana Ř ezníčková , Alena Madziková , and Danuta Piróg Part I General Education System and Teaching Geography in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Republic of Poland 2 Geography Curriculum in Czechia: Challenging Opportunities........................................................................................... 15 Eduard Hofmann , Hana Svobodová , and Petr Knecht 3 Current Geography Education in Slovakia: Conversions and Conditions ........................................................................................ 33 Ladislav Tolmáči and Štefan Karolčík 4 Teaching and Learning Geography in Secondary Education in Poland .................................................................................................. 45 Wiktor Osuch Part II Innovative Methods in Geography Teaching – Way to Mobilize the Students 5 Inquiry-Based Education of Physical Geography ................................ 63 Petra Karvánková , Dagmar Popjaková , Michal Vančura , and Šárka Nedvědová 6 Global Development Education: Czech Approach in the Spread of Global Awareness ........................................................ 87 Petra Karvánková , Dagmar Popjaková , Jana Kubelková , Petra Skalická , Pavel Horejš , Štěpán Klučka , Markéta Martínková , and Martin Kochánek vii viii Contents 7 Case Studies in Geography Education as a Powerful Way of Teaching Geography ........................................................................... 115 Eduard Hofmann and Hana Svobodová 8 Project-Based Learning in Geography.................................................. 129 Petr Hynek Part III Information Technology in Teaching Geography 9 Use of Information and Communication Technology and Resources of the Internet in Education Natural Sciences ............ 147 Małgorzata Pietrzak 10 Information Technologies in Teaching Geography from the Teacher’s Point of View .................................................................... 169 Martin Blažek , Martin Lána , Vojtěch Blažek , and Jan Dvořák 11 Reading Satellite Images, Aerial Photos and Maps: Development of Cartographic and Visual Literacy ............................. 187 Hana Svatoňová Part IV Current Topics of Political, Regional and Social Geography and Their Didactic Applications 12 The World’s Major Regions as Part of Regional Geography Courses? ............................................................................... 211 Jiří Anděl , Ivan Bičík , and Kateřina Zavadská 13 New Political Geography ........................................................................ 229 Barbara Baarová and Vladimír Baar 14 Changes in Demographic Behaviour: Possible Use of Its Findings in Didactic Practice ....................................................... 253 Jozef Mládek , Marcela Káčerová , Dagmar Popjaková , and Michal Vančura Resumé ............................................................................................................. 281 Streszczenie ...................................................................................................... 285 List of the Authors Jiří Anděl F aculty of Science, Department of Geography, U niversity of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem , Ústí nad Labem , Czech Republic Vladimír Baar Faculty of Science, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development , University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic Barbara Baarová Faculty of Science, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development , University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic Ivan Bičík Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development , Charles University in Prague , Prague , Czech Republic Martin Blažek Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic UMR PASSAGES Université Montaigne-Bordeaux , Pessac , France Vojtěch Blažek GIS administrator, Regioskop z.s.p.o., Písek; Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , České Budějovice , Czech Republic Jan Dvořák F aculty of Education, Department of Geography, U niversity of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Grammar School Jírovcova, České Budějovice , České Budějovice , Czech Republic Eduard Hofmann Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , Masaryk University in Brno , Brno , Czech Republic Pavel Horejš Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Petr Hynek Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, o.p.s. , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic ix x List of the Authors Marcela Káčerová Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Human Geography and Demography , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovak Republic Štefan Karolčík Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Didactics , Comenius University in Bratislava , Bratislava , Slovak Republic Petra Karvánková Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Štěpán Klučka Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Petr Knecht Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , Masaryk University in Brno , Brno , Czech Republic Martin Kochánek Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , České Budějovice , Czech Republic Jana Kubelková People in need, o.p.s. , Praha , Czech Republic Martin Lána ZŠ a MŠ Dečín IV , Děčín , Czech Republic Alena Madziková Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics , University of Prešov , Prešov , Slovak Republic Miroslav Marada F aculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development , Charles University in Prague , Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Martínková Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Jozef Mládek Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Šárka Nedvědová Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Wiktor Osuch Institute of Geography, Department of Geography Teaching , Pedagogical University of Cracow , Kraków , Poland Małgorzata Pietrzak Institute of Geography and Spatial Management , Jagiellonian University in Kraków , Kraków , Poland Danuta Piróg Institute of Geography, Department of Geography Teaching , Pedagogical University of Cracow , Kraków , Poland Dagmar Popjaková Faculty of Education, Department of Geography, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Dana Řezníčková Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development , Charles University in Prague , Prague , Czech Republic List of the Authors xi Petra Skalická People in need, o.p.s., Praha , Czech Republic Hana Svatoňová Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , Masaryk University in Brno , Brno , Czech Republic Hana Svobodová Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , Masaryk University in Brno , Brno , Czech Republic Ladislav Tolmáči F aculty of Natural Science, Department of Geography and Geologie , Matej Bel University , Banská Bystrica , Slovak Republic Michal Vančura Faculty of Education, Department of Geography , University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice , Č eské Budějovice , Czech Republic Kateřina Zavadská Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, U niversity of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem , Ústí nad Labem-město , Czech Republic
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