Thesis title: Critical thinking in the context of geography knowledge
Begun: September 2020
Thematic research group: GEEN – Centre for Geographical and Environmental Education
Link to relevant web pages:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomas_Bendl
Qualifications:
2014 – 2018 (Bachelor degree) Faculty of Science Humanities and Education
2017: St.Gallen University of Teacher Education (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
2017: The British International School (London, UK)
2018 – 2020 (Master’s degree) Political and Regional geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2020 – present (PhD.)
Awards and grants:
2022 – 2025 Grantová agentura UK: Geografické myšlení v kontextu geografických znalostí
2018: Finalist of Studentská vědecko-umělecká činnost (SVUČ) on FP TUL
Research:
Field of interest: critical and geographical thinking in geography education, environmental education, modern technologies in geography education, recontextualization of geography education, political geography
Publications:
BENDL, T. (2023): Storytelling within documentaries as a tool for teaching climate change impacts. The Geography Teacher, special issue: Climate Change.
BENDL, T., M. MARADA, L. HAVELKOVÁ. (2023) Preservice Geography Teachers’ Exposure to Problem Solving and Different Teaching Styles, Journal of Geography, 122:3, 66-76, DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2023.2220114
Rubáš, T. Matějček, T. Bendl, The Concept of Sense of Place in Environmental Education, Public recreation and landscape protection, ISBN: 978-80-7509-904-4, p. 286-289, 4 pages, ISSN: 2336-632X, [Online], 2023
BENDL, T., RUBÁŠ, D. 2023. Za pět dvanáct: Potřeba rekontextualizace geografie ve vzdělávání, Informace ČGS, 42, 2. Přijato redakcí (11.2023).
BENDL, T., MARADA, M., (2021): Kritické myšlení v geografickém vzdělávání: je geografické myšlení kritické? Geografie,126,4,371-391.
BENDL, T., BOŘIL, V., SUCHÁNEK, J. (2020): Populismus, migrace a virtuální svět. Geografické rozhledy, 29(5).
External activities
Assistant professor at Department of Geography / Pedagogical faculty / Technical University of Liberec
Teacher at gymnasium in Prague
Teacher at VOŠ and SOŠ in Prague
Member of the organizing team of Czech Geographical Olympiad
Member of Czech Geographical Society