e071 Scientific Communications in Kinesiology

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
dr. Armin Paravlić (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
dr. Armin Paravlić
Incubator of Kinanthropology Research – Faculty of Sports Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. František Hurt
Supplier department: Incubator of Kinanthropology Research – Faculty of Sports Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will learn to: review and evaluate the quality of existing scientific literature, adequately use online databases, conduct systematic reviews, use adequate writing style and sentence structure depending on the audience. In addition, students will understand the entire publication process, from the initial idea to the publication of the article. Also, students will learn how to use a Mendeley programme to manage a references through the manuscript and/or thesis. Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how to read and critically analyze a scientific paper;
2. Demonstrate understanding of how to use online databases as a main literature search tool;
3. Demonstrate understading on how to conduct a systematic review;
4. Demonstrate understanding of scientific communication, including style and sentence structure,common uses of words, elements of composition, different types of scientific literature;
5. Demonstrate understanding of the entire scientific process from initial idea to publication;
6. Describe and understand the stages of the scientific communication process (prewriting, drafting, managing a references, revising, final editing, audience and purpose analysis).
Learning outcomes
The course aims to familiarize students with the basic principles of written and oral communication skills in reading, critically analyzing, writing, and distributing (communicating) scientific information in kinesiology.
Syllabus
  • - Introduction to the basic types of scientific communication;
  • - Use of online databases as the main search engine for the published literature on the topic of interest (we will give a practical example of Google Schoolar and PubMed);
  • - Reading and critically analyzing the scientific article (from the abstract to the references);
  • - Conducting a systematic review (why and how to) including, but not limited to:
  • • Planning a review;
  • • Defining an appropriate review question;
  • • Justifying the review;
  • • Inclusion and exclusion criteria;
  • • Performing search strategies;
  • • Data extraction;
  • • Critical appraisal;
  • • Data analysis and synthesis;
  • • Evaluation of the systematic review;
  • • Disseminatation of the results;
  • - How do I present my own research data?
  • • Designing a tables and a diagram for the data obtained; • Managing a references (Introduction to Mendeley programme)
  • • Preparing the presentation (for scientific conference, scientific journal, dissertation project);
  • - Where can I publish my own article?
  • - How do I plan the whole process from the initial idea to publication and what does it look like in practice?
Literature
  • Tod, D. (2019). Conducting systematic reviews in sport, exercise, and physical activity. Springer Nature.
  • HOFMANN, Angelika H. Scientific writing and communication : papers, proposals, and presentations. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, xxiv, 728. ISBN 9780199947560. info
  • SCHIMEL, Joshua. Writing science : how to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xiv, 221. ISBN 9780199760237. info
Language of instruction
English
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