期刊名称：Review of International Geographical Education Online
电子版ISSN：2146-0353
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：2
页码：426-446
DOI：10.33403/rigeo.573655
语种：English
出版社：Review of International Geographical Education Online
摘要：UNESCO identifies uniqueplaces in the World, whether natural or man-made, of universally outstandingvalue or cultural significance as World Heritage. These places are consideredheritage of all mankind, rather than just heritage of a particular area,country, or region. Such sites can be rich sources of information not only forthe people of the region, but also for the general public, and are oftenassociated with lively tourism. The aim of this paper is tocharacterize the UNESCO World Heritage site of Vlkolínec, one of the mostvisited UNESCO sites in Slovak Republic, and to use the settlement of Vlkolínecas an example to describe how the site attributes can be used in geographicaleducation. In the first part of thepaper, we describe the natural potential of Vlkolínec, characterize thesettlement’s development from the end of the 18th century to the present, anddescribe historical landscape structures whose existence in Vlkolínec was thereason for its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the schoolyear 2018/2019, we conducted a survey among students in the 2nd stage ofprimary education in Liptov region on their knowledge about the UNESCO site of Vlkolínec.Based on the results of the survey, we designed and realized a project withyear eight primary students at the Slovak UNESCO World Heritage site ofVlkolínec.
