Geografie 2013, 118, 158-178
Map skills in Czech and foreign curricula: a comparative study
The contribution deals with a comparison of curricular documents of Czechia, Slovakia, Finland and the U.S.A., with special emphasis on map skills. Requirements for map skills of 11, 15 and 18-years-aged pupils, included in the curricula of the above mentioned countries, have been classified using the Revised Bloom’s taxonomy. Subsequent comparison was based on the distribution of these requirements on the performance of pupils among the 24 categories of the taxonomy. Presented results indicate considerable differences in the conception of map skills from the point of view of both their type (i.e. position in individual categories) and continuity according to the level of education.
Keywords
curriculum, comparative analysis, map skills, geographical education, Revised Bloom’s taxonomy.
