Springer Current Topics in Czech and Central European Geography Education

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. From the Back Cover 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. About the Author Petra KARVANKOVÁ, Mgr. PhD., University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic She has been working at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia as Assistant Professor since 2007. As part of her educational activities she is focused mainly on the teaching of geography and physical geography. Over the last 5 years, she is involved in 8 projects focus on teaching of geography or environmental studies. She is the the guarantor of education for the primary school at Department of Geography. Within the Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia she is a member of the Council of didactics for the first and 2nd level of primary school. Since 2012, P. Karvanková is a member of the Central Commission of Geographic Olympiad in the Czech Republic. She has been working as an external lecturer at the seminar of geography at the secondary school too. Dagmar POPJAKOVÁ, doc. RNDr. PhD., University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Her research is focused around the teaching of geography, study of population and industrial structures of the southern regions of the Czech Republic. Her research activity involves 70 publishing units, including 1 monograph, 46 scientific works, 4 textbooks etc., which register more than a hundred citations. She has been a co-researcher on 7 research projects. D. Popjaková worked in the academic positions in Slovakia before (Presov University 1992-2001 and Comenius University in Bratislava 2005-2007). She is an academic teacher with experience in the areas of didactics of geography. Michal Vančura, Mgr. PhD., University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic   After his studies at Faculty of Natural Sciences of Masar