Ze2BP_GOS3 Geography of Population and Settlements - Seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze2BP_GOS3/01: Thu 8:50–9:35 učebna 10, L. Lněnička
Ze2BP_GOS3/02: Thu 10:40–11:25 učebna 10, L. Lněnička
Ze2BP_GOS3/03: Thu 14:20–15:05 učebna 10, L. Lněnička
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Aim of Tuition: With the link to the contents of the subject Ge4_GOP3 by form of seminars - on the basis of the concrete analysis and solving of selected problems to generalize some themes of the geography of population and settlements, to acquire its methods and to gain 1) the ability of aimed acquiring of new concrete konowledge of the dealing theme and 2) the ability of synthesis of the said knowledge within the complex framework of developmental relationship of partial geographical spheres - with emphasis on the problem of didactics transformation. At the end of course students should be albe to use informations in regional geography, interpret of basic informations in structure of people.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Seminars:
  • 1)The source and character of statistical information.
  • 2)Settlements area adn his changes and problems. Density of populations in the world, use software GIS.
  • 3)Demographic and settlement paper of place of birth.
  • 4)The comment of problems and methodics, and the allotment of 1st paper (The development of the population of globe and continents - the method of string indexes and graphs.)
  • 5) The comment of problems and methodics, and the allotment of 2nd paper (The development of the age- and sex-composition of the population of Czech republic - the metod of age-pyramid.)
Literature
  • CHALUPA, Petr. Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel v přehledu a cvičeních : učební texty pro studenty učitelského studia zeměpisu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 109 s. ISBN 8021004487. info
  • Populační vývoj České republiky 2001 - 2006. 1 vyd. Praha: Demoart, 2007, 114 s. ISBN 978-80-86561-77-6. info
  • Populační vývoj České republiky 1990-2002. Edited by Zdeněk Pavlík - Milan Kučera. 1. vyd. Praha: Demoart, 2002, 98 s. ISBN 80-902686-8-4. info
Teaching methods
Students have a specific project from geography of population and from settlements. Semester paper: demography characteristic of residential town (region). After preapering students refer about your projects in class discusion.
Assessment methods
semester paper: demography characteristic of residential town (region) Examination consists of two parts: written and oral. Knowledge of states and capital cities.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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