Political geography topics in the Czech grammar school curriculum. Is geography an outsider or top of the class of political education?
Abstract
The article follows up a contemporary discussion of the form of regional geography teaching, whose older concept leads to the reduction of problem-oriented topics typical of political geography, too. The aim of the article was to find out by the content analysis what political geography topics occur in school educational programs of Czech grammar schools in such subjects as geography, history and basics of social sciences, and what is the position of geography in teaching political geography topics in comparison with the mentioned subjects.
The findings point out an inappropriate division of topics between several subjects, which have a different approach to their teaching and which do not have to provide students with geographical orientation in spatial context and interdisciplinary interpretation of problems. On the contrary, the issue of European integration is considered an example of ideal multidisciplinary concept of teaching, which should be reflected in the curricular documents themselves.
The conclusion offers reflections on the solutions to the current situation.