PdF:CORE070 Global problems of humankind - Course Information

CORE070 Global problems of humankind

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kateřina Gorčíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Kotašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vanda Ivana Pivarníková (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MAXATR(3, core)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/120

Abstract

The goal of the subject is to present global topics and problems that are the content of global development education, which are part of the lifelong educational process. The student will acquire knowledge that can contribute to understanding the differences and similarities between the lives of people in developing and developed countries. It will also include developing students' attitudes, building critical thinking, and expressing their own opinions so that students are able and willing to participate actively in solving local or global problems. The course responds to current trends in geographic education and focuses on selected topics presented from a geographic perspective, as well as understanding the economic, social, political, environmental and cultural processes that influence them.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- collect, sort and critically evaluate information related to  global problems;
- name the goals of sustainable development and the global problems associated with them;
- give examples of the consequences of selected global problems (e.g. climate change);
- propose possible measures and solutions to problems on a local as well as a global scale;
- to realize one's own role in the world and evaluate the sustainability of one's actions.

Key topics

• 1. What are global development problems and how to reflect them in your own actions?
• 2. 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• 3. Climate change and its manifestations on Earth
• 4. Climate change: how it affects everyday life
• 5. India: an example of a transformative and diverse country
• 6. Drought and how to deal with it: a case study of the Sahel and the Czech Republic
• 7. The ageing population: a case study of South Korea
• 8. (Un)sustainable transport or the journey from Suez to Brno
• 9. Sustainable cities and municipalities
• 10. Declining biodiversity
• 11. Problems of textile industry

Study resources and literature

recommended literature
• DANIŠ, Petr. Klima je příležitost : opravdová řešení pro naši budoucnost na Zemi. 1. vydání. [Praha]: Tereza, vzdělávácí centrum, z.ú., 2023, 238 stran. ISBN 9788087905395. info
• CHIRICO, JoAnn. Global problems, global solutions : prospects for a better world. Los Angeles: Sage, 2019, xxv, 616. ISBN 9781506347783. info
• SACHS, Jeffrey. The age of sustainable development. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015, xvi, 543. ISBN 9780231173155. info

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Combination of lecture and group work in the classroom or outdoors.

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

During the semester, the student will actively participate in classes, participate in group work and present the semester task at the end of the semester. The subject will end with a colloquium and a debate on the chosen topic, which the student will put into the context of the local and global scale.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2026, recent)
  
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