Methodology of Working with a Textbook Versus Field Activities of Teaching Geography during the Corona Crisis

• Published in: European journal of contemporary education Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 428 - 437
• Main Authors: Petrikovicová, Lucia, Durinková, Adriána, Králik, Roman, Kurilenko, Victoria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2021
• Subjects: Adolescents; COVID-19; Elementary School Students; Field Trips; Foreign Countries; Game Based Learning; Geographic Regions; Geography Instruction; High School Students; Ichthyology; Pandemics; Physical Geography; Plants (Botany); Preadolescents; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Textbooks; Water; Slovakia
• ISSN: 2304-9650; 2305-6746; 2305-6746
• DOI: 10.13187/ejced.2021.2.428

As part of the educational process, it is currently difficult for a teacher to engage students for the amount of information that is available all around us today. Therefore, it is necessary to choose appropriate methods and actively prepare various teaching aids that can motivate students, arouse interest in self-study and thus educate them. The paper focuses on teaching geography in primary and secondary schools by using innovative methods also during Corona crisis. The results of the paper are beneficial in the educational process of regional landscape geography with a focus on physical geography. The central theme of individual activities is biogeography, focused on specific species of fauna, respectively ichthyofauna and flora of the studied area. The studied area represents the area of the river Rajcianka and Kuneradský brook, which flow through the district of Žilina in Slovakia. The paper also includes a memory game and a folder Fish of our waters, which can also be used as a bilingual brochure for tourists.