Geology at the lower secondary educational level (ISCED 2): Comparision of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenian and Poland
Abstract
The submitted study discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages of various strategies of allocation of geological topics in education. A comparative method is used to evaluate and analyse curricular documents in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia and Poland at the lower secondary educational level.
Comparison is focused on the scope and incorporation of selected educational content of Geology into the individual educational subjects and recommended teaching methods suitable for interpretation of geological subject matter. On the basis of this knowledge from abroad, individual subjects are selected for the "best practice" and subsequently proposed for implementation under the conditions in the Czech Republic in order to make geology more familiar and attractive for students at the lower secondary level of education.