Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education [Paperback]

This book discusses current challenges related to teaching geography, mainly at the secondary school and higher education level. Focusing on a range of current topics, different methods, techniques, materials, applications, and approaches to geography education with a regional Central European perspective, the book makes an original contribution to the field. Most of the chapters aims at the practical development of the themes such as geography curriculum (Part I), global education, inquiry-based education, project-based learning, case studies, powerful teaching (Part II), using of information and communication technologies (Part III) in geography teaching. The final part (Part IV) covers some geopolitical, and socio-geographical aspects of the aforementioned Central European former communist countries from the point of view how to teach them with various methods. Therefore, the book can appeal to many geography or science students, researchers and educators studying geography education around the world.

Chapter 1  Geographical Education from the Czech, Slovak and Polish Point of View, Miroslav Marada, Dana Xezn?1kov?, Alena Madzikov?, Danuta Pir?g.- Part I GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM AND TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND REPUBLIC OF POLAND.- Chapter 2  Geography Curriculum in Czechia: Challenging Oppurtunities, Eduard Hofmann, Hana Svobodov?, Petr Knecht.- Chapter 3  Current Geography Education in Slovakia  Conversion and Conditions, Ladislav Tolm?1i, `tefan Karol1?k, Chapter 4  Teaching and Learning Geography in Secondary Education in Poland, Wiktor Osuch.- Part II INNOVATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING  WAY TO MOBILIZE THE STUDENTS.- Chapter 5 Global Development Education: Czech Approach in the Spread Global Awareness, Petra Karv?nkov?, Dagmar Popjakov?, Jana Kubelkov?, Petra Skalick?, Pavel Horeja, `tp?n Klu1ka, Mark?ta Mart?nkov?, Martin Koch?nek.- Chapter 6&al#%