Table Of ContentPetra 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
