Geotourism / Geoturystyka
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ISSN 1731-0830
e-ISSN: 2353-3641
Issue Date
2018
Volume
Number
No. 3-4 (54-55)
Description
Journal Volume
Geotourism / Geoturystyka
(2018)
Projects
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Articles
Geoturystyka w pracy dydaktyczno-wychowawczej nauczyciela geografii
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2018) Moskwa, Krzysztof; Miraj, Krzysztof
Geosites are places visited by various tourist groups, as well as students, who take part in class or school trips. Combining educational tourism with touring, visitors have the opportunity to learn about the geological heritage of the visited region. School or class trips play an important role in bringing up children and young people and expose them to the beauty of the surrounding world. A trip for students is therefore a good opportunity to acquire new and consolidate already existing knowledge and skills, outside of the classroom. Such education, away from school, is very interesting for young people, captivating their attention, and, as such, attractive and effective. It can also be successfully used in geotourism. The authors of the work attempt to discuss geotourism as a form of education and upbringing of students. The school or class trip is important from a pedagogical point of view and makes it possible to shape broadly understood prosocial attitudes among young people. In this work, the authors want to draw attention to these issues in reference to geotourism. Learning about the activity of teachers in organizing tourist trips to various places related to geology is one of the goals set out in the paper. In order to achieve the objective, the authors of the article decided to conduct surveys, limiting a two-page questionnaire to 16 questions. Among the educators, the survey covered only geography teachers, who are mainly educated in geology in the schools. They often lead trips with young people or help their colleagues who teach other subjects, and likewise engage in school tourism. The understanding of the interests of the geography teachers in geosite trips, organization and objectives of the school trips and forms of geo-education in the field may be applied in future projects. This is especially important for geography teachers and others involved in geo-education and organization of geosite trips. The educational character of such school trips may also contribute to the development of a range of geotouristic offers and geoproducts in places associated with geological education.
Walory geoedukacyjne kamieniołomu Zachełmie w Górach Świętokrzyskich (Polska Południowa)
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2018) Złonkiewicz, Zbigniew; Mader, Anna
The abandoned Zachełmie quarry, a unique place on the geological map of the Holy Cross Mountains, is located in Zagnańsk, about 12 km northwards from Kielce. Deposits of two stages of geological development, separated by tectonic movements, are exposed in the section. The older complex is represented by the Middle Devonian grey dolomites and dolomitic claystones, steep inclined to the north. They were folded in the Carboniferous and Permian by the Variscan tectonic movements. The younger complex comprises various Permian-Lower Triassic deposits, inclined about 10° eastwards. They were deformed during the Paleogene by Alpine tectonic movements. Contact of both complexes, well exposed in the northern walls of the quarry, testifies Variscan orogenic movements, while the tectonic-erosion gap, separating them, comprises about 140 million years. Dolomites originated in the shelfal and lagoonal environments of the slowly deepening sea. Fossils typical for their Devonian environment may be found: stromatolites, amphipores, brachiopod shells and trace fossils. The unique surface with numerous structures interpreted as tetrapod trucks, the oldest in the world, is exposed in the southern wall of the quarry. Moreover, minerals occur in the north-eastern part of the quarry: calcite, hematite, dolomite, siderite, ankerite, quartz and barite. They originated in fissures cutting dolomites during the Variscan orogenic movements. The Permian and Triassic, red-brown deposits crop out in the northern walls of the quarry. They represent infilling of a narrow palaeo-valley/ravine, cut in the surface of Devonian dolomites. Their section is commenced with dolomite breccia and conglomerates that fill cavities in an uneven surface of ravine basement. These conglomerates represent a debris cover lain on its sides. The breccia and conglomerates laying further above, originated as abrupt debris flow deposits. In the upper parts of the section, they were intercalated and eventually entirely substituted with sandstones and mudstones being deposits of fine creeks. Periods of the flow extinction are documented with clays deposited in temporal ponds. Fine current structures, scarce flora remains and desiccation cracks may be distinguished in that part of the section. The oldest trace fossils of dinosaurs were found here. The thick-bedded grey sandstones distinguished in the uppermost part of section were deposited in alluvial channels of braided rivers. The unique values of the object are protected in a natural reserve formed in the eastern part of the quarry and in the narrow passage in the central part. The fragment of the wall in the passage with exposition of a tectonic-erosion unconformity is a natural monument. Authors intend to present the unique geological values of the quarry and to suggest how to improve the actual geotouristic infrastructure - location of several information boards with descriptions of geological phenomena and processes.
Ośrodek Tradycji Garncarstwa w Chałupkach (Góry Świętokrzyskie) jako obiekt geoturystyczny
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2018) Fijałkowska-Mader, Anna; Pabian, Grzegorz; Król, Paweł
It is highly probable that the rural pottery center in the area of today's Chałupki (Morawica commune) is one of the oldest in the Świętokrzyskie region, as it was already functioning in Roman times (II in A.D.). The period of its glory falls during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the interwar period, it held almost 70 workshops, and this number gradually decreased until 1993, when the last workshop of Stefan Sowiński was closed. The basis for the establishment of pottery came from the local karstic Neogene clays, occurring within karst funnels developed in the Upper Jurassic limestones. The clays were obtained by shafts in the area of approx. 8.6 km$^{2}$, covering the village of Chałupki and extending to the south of it. The production process of the ceramics was multi-stage. It included the preparation of clay, the so-called »healing«, forming dishes on a potter's toast, drying, glazing and baking in ovens. The range of ceramic products has been enriched over time. Next to utility vessels, toys appeared, mainly whistles, as well as bowls and statuettes of saints. Earthenware from Chałupki was used not only by the local population, but also in the entire Świętokrzyskie region, and even outside its borders. Over time, its role changed from purely useful to decorative. Since 1998, the Center of Pottery Tradition has been operating in Chałupki, which is both a museum and an educational object. Every year, in July, the center hosts the ethnographic festival »Chałupkowe Potions«. The Pottery Tradition Center in Chałupki is frequented by tourists, both individual and organized groups, as well as school trips. It is a geotouristic object promoting the cultural heritage of Chałupki.