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In the article, the terms of the public interest in Russia are discussed, among which are the natural resources and the humanitarian component, including the geographic entity, the state plays an important role.
This paper deals with the issue of the didactics of the Czech lands geography process and the position of geography as a scientific branch in its system. It describes new trends and styles in teaching geography in the Czech Republic. At the same time, it mentions some current teaching difficulties at Czech primary and secondary schools. The first stage of teaching developing theory, the period from...
The paper presents the development of Slovenian didactics of geography in the frame of the development of geographical education from the Middle Ages until nowadays. Important milestones are discussed through the prism of the work of important men who influenced the development of geographical education from its very beginning.
The paper presents a substantive and methodological assessment of the tasks and the trends in changes in the scope of knowledge and skills tested during the final examinations (matura) at Polish high schools in the years 2005–2011. The examination sheets contained a various number of tasks (27–38). They included open-ended and closed-ended tasks. With a total of 14 sheets, closed-ended tasks predominated...
The issue of initial and further training of geography teachers seems to be relevant everywhere where teaching faculty is currently offered. This paper presents discussion, reflection and research results on the widely understood process of initial and further training of future geography teachers in the context of academic work of professor Jan Flis, especially regarding the problem of pedagogization...
Facing a deteriorating situation on the job market for teachers (including geographers), one should expect even heavier commitment of the professional group to their additional training. Therefore, it is necessary to take actions on the central level for creating wider range of offer adequate for the teachers’ needs and supporting them in that. The current system of methodological guidance and additional...
Professor Jan Flis began his collaboration with the Higher College of Teacher Training in 1951, and since 1960 he has become its full-time employee, which he remained until the end of his long teaching and academic career. One of the most important record of his research activity (especially in the area of teaching), is an extensive collection of his publications that can be found in the Library of...
The study shows the evolution of plans of teaching and curriculums of geography studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow (former Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna) in Cracow in 1946–2001. On the basis of literature and their own research, the authors distinguished some stages of changes introduced into geography-teachers training, taking into account formal and curricular aspects and professor Jan...
In the study, the authors presented Jan Flis’ road to geography. They emphasized four significant facts in the Professor’s biography which had, in their opinion, impact on his choice of future field of study and professional career. He attended an eight-year Jan Długosz public middle school in Nowy Sącz; a classical school with Greek and Latin courses. The school education provided him with excellent...
In the first part of this paper the author presents her own path as a teacher. During her professional career she has met the Professor numerous times. The first time was when she was a geography student at the Jagiellonian University. The subsequent occasions occurred when she was a geography teacher in primary school and also as a PhD student of the didactics of geography. In main part of the paper...
The study shows the role of professor Jan Flis in the development of geography education in the post-war era. His academic input into the discipline is expressed in 134 publications, out of which 40 concern the topic of the didactics of geography. Professor’s interest in the field of geography education focused on: the selection and structure of geographical material, forming of theories in teaching...
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