FF:PGB012 Minor Dissertation - Course Information

PGB012 Minor Dissertation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Zelená
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each even Thursday 16:00–17:40 N41

Prerequisites

Students may enroll in the course after they pass the Comprehensive Exam. Students submit the thesis in their third semester of studies.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 31/50, only registered: 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Digital Technologies in Education (programme FF, B-PG_)
Pedagogy (programme FF, B-PG_) (3)

Course objectives

The yearly thesis should have features of a scholarly journal article. As such, it is a specific type of scientific writing bringing new (newly interpreted) findings aimed at research workers of a given field of study. Students choose and formulate a partial, focused, topic within the frame of a broad assigned topic.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to present academic project writing skills to students. Students will be able to exert:
- work with sources and literature;
- crate the outline;
- write a resource-based text;
- evaluate the quality of text;
- write the review;
- present the results (defense of the thesis).

Syllabus

In order to start working on the thesis, students must enroll in the course in the IS. Each student chooses his/her supervisor in September. Students agree on a specific topic with their supervisors. If a student fails to do so in the given period of time, a supervisor will be assigned. A cycle of lectures begins in October, which will present to students the progress of work and possible difficulties. Text creation progress will be supervised – it is desirable that the students follow instructions from their supervisors. The first assignment is to create a topic, a list of sources, annotated basic bibliography, an outline, and, in the end, the thesis as such. There are two submission dates: the first one is recommended and students who submit their theses on this date will get feedback prior to the final deadline. The second submission date is the final deadline for completed final-drafts. Theses will be defeated within the supervisor’s group. Each student writes a review of a thesis by a colleague and prepares his/her reaction to a review written by a colleague. The supervisor decides the result.
Course outline
September: course registration and enrolment in the IS
Choice of a supervisor and agreement on a topic
Lecture: What is scientific text?
Lecture: How to create a text outline?
Lecture: How to work with information and literature?
Lecture: How to defend a thesis?
First-draft submission.
Final-draft submission.

Literature

required literature

TRNKOVÁ, Kateřina, Kateřina LOJDOVÁ, Petr NOVOTNÝ, Klára ŠEĎOVÁ, Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK and Jiří ZOUNEK. Psaní odborných textů. Průvodce tvorbou ročníkové práce na Ústavu pedagogických věd FF MU (Academic writing). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 106 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6863-6. 2014. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství. 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. 2005. info

recommended literature

PICHA, Marek. Základy odborného výzkumu (Basics of scientific research). In Cesty k vědě: jak správně myslet a psát. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc. p. 147-155, 8 pp. Katedra filozofie FF MU, svazek 1. ISBN 978-80-7182-223-3. 2007. info
PICHA, Marek. Analýza textu (Analysis of Text). 2016. info
Pedagogická encyklopedie. Edited by Tomáš Janík - Milada Rabušicová - Jan Průcha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál. 935 s. ISBN 9788073675462. 2009. info

Teaching methods

lectures, individual work with supervisor

Assessment methods

Course evaluation: credit
Assessment:
1. Presence at lectures
2. Participation at discussion sessions with the thesis supervisor
3. Thesis submission
4. Writing a review of another thesis

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: individuální konzultace.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.

Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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FF:PGB012 Minor Dissertation - Course Information

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