Petr Trahorsch, Ph.D.

Petr Trahorsch studied geography and physical education at the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He completed his postgraduate studies at the same university in 2020 with a dissertation focused on researching visuals in geography textbooks and diagnosing children’s conceptions and misconceptions. In teaching, he focuses primarily on the didactics of geography and the implementation of new approaches to regional geography in teaching. Currently, he also works as the secretary of the North Bohemian branch of the Czech Geographical Society. Last but not least, he is also a geography teacher at a lower secondary school.

• 2014 (B.Sc.) Faculty of Education UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (physical education and geography)
• 2016 (M.Sc.) Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (teaching geography-physical education for secondary schools)
• 2020 (Ph.D.) Faculty of Education UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (Didactics of primary science education)
• 2022 Leibniz Institute for Educational Media (1 months)

• 2016–2020 Department of Geography, Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (researcher)
• 2020– Department of Geography, Faculty of Science UJEP in Ústí nad Labem (professional assistant; from 2023 deputy head of the department)
• 2020– Science education support center, Faculty of Science UJEP (until 2023 deputy head of the center)
• Member of editorial board of a popular journal Geografické rozhledy

• Trahorsch, P. & Reich, J. (2023). Problem-solving procedures in spatially explicit tasks: comparing procedures with printed and digital cartographic documents. GeoScape, 17(1), 34–46.
• Trahorsch, P. & Svobodová, H. (2023). Spatial differentiation in contestant success in the district round of the Czech Geography Olympiad in 2021 and 2022. Geografie, 128(3), 301–324.
• Trahorsch, P. & Bláha, J. D. (2022). The influence of visualization quality of geographical phenomena on childrenʼs conceptions: the results of a quantitatively oriented study. Journal of Geography, 121(3), 100–114.
• Trahorsch, P. Bláha, J. D. & Ryčlová, K. (2022). Conceptual mapping of geography textbook content on the example of the desert biome. European Journal of Geography, 13(4), 45–64.
• Trahorsch, P & Knecht, P. (2021). Research on learning tasks in geography textbooks: a review study. Geographia Cassoviensis, 15(1), 56–70.

• IGA UJEP/SGS (2020–2022). Diagnostics of children’s conceptions of selected geographical phenomena among primary and lower secondary school pupils, team member
• TA CR No. TL02000114 (2019–2022). Implementation of map skills in geography teaching in lower secondary education, team member.
• IGA UJEP/SGS (2017–2019). Visuals in geography and national history textbooks and their influence on the emergence of misconceptions, principal researcher
• GA CR No. 16-01003S (2016–2018). Visual geographic information and its role in geographic education, team member

• Czech Geographical Society (2016–)
• Czech Association for Pedagogical Research (2017–)