This thesis engages with travel writing at two levels: pedagogically and practically. It discusses at length, the unique configuration of travel writing’s literary currencies and conventions. Primary linguistic data were collected from travel texts collated within a portfolio of the researcher’s own negotiated and sustained practice as a travel writer. Within this portfolio the researcher engaged with a variety of travel text types, including a travel blog, prose and a poem. A close reading of these portfolio texts is presented, along with the introduction of the Aim, Design, Assessment (ADA) apparatus – a tool developed to aid the analysis and understanding of travel writing for both writers and commissioning editors. The findings present the following conclusions; Travel writing’s pedagogy does inform the practice, by way of its generic currencies and their inclusion within a travel writer’s professional practice. Secondly, that the ADA apparatus is a tool that the practitioner has applied here with measurable success in changing and developing both her writing and her attention to language. Within its conclusions, the thesis reflects on the researcher’s ResM Travel Writing degree and provides suggestions of how the genre can be taught academically. It documents a set of practices that the researcher evolved to professionalise her own travel writing. This positions the work within the discipline of applied research, where the science of academic research disclosures can be recycled into the pedagogic education and professional practice of travel writing. Examining travel writing from an interdisciplinary perspective (Tourism Knowledge, Design & Literary Studies) it also contributes to the volume of new tourism knowledge and introduces travel writing’s role as a toureme conduit.

This diploma thesis seeks above all to introduce the German concept of artistic education into the context of the Czech art education and to compare it with some of the didactical tendencies within this field. Based on the analysis of German and English publications, firstly the pivotal theoretical influences of the concept are introduced, and then its specifics, educational methods and goals are described. The theoretical section is concluded by examples of practical approaches using the described concept in the field of German school praxis. The empirical-practical section, that is based on the author's personal experiences gained during Erasmus studies in Germany (Karlsruhe, University of Education, Institute of Art), introduces how the concept is being applied during the training of university students, in particular on the level of the artistic and pedagogical praxis. This section also contains a reflection of the concept of artistic education's influence on the author's own artistic work. The second section concludes by analysing two student projects in a German school, applying the methods of artistic education, and outlines how these projects could be improved. At the end of the thesis the results of the theoretical, empirical and practical sections are summarized and evaluated. Questions...

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Interest in discovering the reasons for student s lack of interest/stimulus in Geography as a school subject gave rise to this study. Thus, we examined the educational methodologies used in the pedagogic practice developed in the fifth grade of the elementary school in Brazil (Uberlândia) and in "sixiéme" in schools in France (Paris). We have redeemed the interest and attraction that this subject could have in the schools by questioning the old conception that the teaching of Geography is not important, because it only demands memorization and that it does not develop the thinking and the critical spirit of the students. Our research shows signs for the improvement of the methodology used in present didactic books by means of: the images and the language of the midia; field work; the valorization of maps; and of the students daily routine as a start of the pedagogic practice, whenever possible. By using these pedagogic practices, we understand that the reconstruction of geographical knowledge and the redimensioning of the educational practices are possible. In this manner the delights of learning Geography as a school subject can be accomplished. The renewal of our daily pedagogy in the classroom becomes more and more important if we wish to impart to the students the conditions necessary to assimilate the knowledge which study of Geography provides for a greater understanding of challenges we face in today s world. / Este trabalho se definiu a partir da preocupação em identificar as razões do desinteresse/desestímulo dos alunos pela disciplina Geografia. Nessa perspectiva, examinamos as metodologias de ensino utilizadas na prática pedagógica desenvolvida na 5ª série do ensino fundamental no Brasil (Uberlândia) e na sixième dos estabelecimentos escolares franceses (Paris). Problematizando a antiga concepção de que o ensino de Geografia não é importante, uma vez que exigiria apenas a capacidade de memorização e porque não desenvolveria o raciocínio e o espírito crítico dos alunos, recuperamos o interesse e a sedução que esta disciplina pode exercer nas escolas. Nossa pesquisa aponta sinais de superação de uma metodologia centrada no livro didático, por meio de uma crítica das imagens e dos discursos propagados pela mídia, da realização de trabalhos de campo, da valorização dos mapas e do cotidiano do aluno como ponto de partida para a prática pedagógica, sempre que pertinente. Por meio dessas metodologias de ensino, entendemos que a reconstrução do saber geográfico e o redimensionamento das práticas educativas são possíveis, de sorte que se resgata o encanto da disciplina. Renovar nossa prática pedagógica cotidianamente, na sala de aula, é cada vez mais indispensável, se o propósito é criar condições para que os alunos se apropriem dos conhecimentos que a Geografia fornece para uma compreensão dos desafios que enfrentamos no mundo atual. / Mestre em Geografia