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Geography in the Changing World. The 4th Joint Congress of the Czech and Slovak Geographical Societies - Book of Abstracts
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ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach

Geography in the Changing World. The 4th Joint...

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Marián Kulla Loránt Pregi Ladislav Novotný Katarína Onačillová (eds.)
The abstracts collected in this volume demonstrate the thematic and methodological breadth of contemporary geographical research. They cover physical and human geography, regional development, urban studies and spatial planning, geoinformatics, remote sensing, environmental modelling, landscape ecology, health geography, natural hazards, political geography, participatory approaches, and geography education. The contributions also illustrate the increasing importance of interdisciplinary research, advanced spatial analysis, Earth observation, artificial intelligence and innovative forms of geovisualisation. At the same time, they reaffirm the continuing value of field research, regional knowledge and critical geographical thinking.
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Didaktika geografie (nielen) pre nové kurikulum
ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach

Didaktika geografie (nielen) pre nové kurikulum

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Stela Csachová

The university textbook Didactics of Geography (not only) for the new curriculum responds to current curricular changes in geographical education in Slovakia and to the need to modernize the training of future geography teachers. Didactics of geography is an independent scientific discipline, the brief historical development of which is presented in the introductory chapter. The goals and content of geographical education in the context of school reforms are elaborated in subsequent chapters.

Special emphasis is placed on the development of geographical and geospatial thinking, inquiry-oriented teaching and STEM education. A significant part of the publication consists of chapters devoted to methods, organizational forms and teaching aids in geography.

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Predictive Modeling of Soil Types and Their Characteristics
ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach

Predictive Modeling of Soil Types and Their...

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Vasyl Cherlinka - Michal Gallay - Yuryi Dmytruk

The textbook is a practical guide to predictive mapping of soil types and properties in R. It bridges digital soil mapping theory with hands-on practice, covering the full workflow from data acquisition and preprocessing to validation and uncertainty quantification. Early chapters introduce the tidyverse ecosystem and the sf and terra packages for spatial data handling. Subsequent parts address modelling of categorical variables (soil types/WRB) and continuous variables (soil organic carbon) using Random Forest, Cubist, and Quantile Regression Forests. Step-by-step code examples show training/testing, feature selection, accuracy metrics, and model interpretation. Reproducibility and cartographic best practice are emphasised. A Slovakia case study demonstrates real-world application while outlining limits and generalisability. The book targets bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students in geography, geoinformatics, environmental and agricultural sciences, as well as practitioners. Written in English, it fits international courses and mobility programmes.

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Študentská vedecká konferencia PF UPJŠ 2019
ŠafárikPress - UPJŠ v Košiciach

Študentská vedecká konferencia PF UPJŠ 2019

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Katarína Cechlárová (ed.)

This year, the Student Scientific Conference was held on April 24, 2019, across 17 sections in disciplines such as biology and ecology, chemistry, physics, geography, mathematics, informatics, and their didactics. Bachelor’s and master’s students presented a total of 124 contributions. The most successful participants advanced to national or traditional Czech-Slovak student scientific showcases in fields like physics, chemistry, mathematics, informatics, and mathematics didactics.

In addition to faculty students, 10 high school students participated outside the competition. They were invited based on their achievements in subject-specific Olympiads or because they were already engaged with the faculty under the guidance of dedicated teachers in laboratory work as part of their preparation for future studies. The day also featured a programming competition with 23 participants, an IHRA contest involving 16 teams of high school students and 15 teams from elementary schools, and a new Puzzle section where 72 high school students from the region competed.

The abstracts from the Student Scientific Conference demonstrate that our faculty's students not only absorb theoretical knowledge delivered in lectures but also actively engage in solving partial scientific problems that align with research objectives at the institutes of PF UPJŠ. This collection serves as both a record of scientific activity at the faculty and a dignified presentation for the broader public.

Prof. RNDr. Katarína Cechlárová, DrSc.

Vice-Dean for Education

Doc. RNDr. Gabriel Semanišin, PhD.

Dean of the Faculty

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