OVp114 Global Problems of Humanity

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:50 učebna 36
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OVp115 Seminar to Global Problems )
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: create the complex characteristics of the basic elements creating relationships of the mans and the life on the Earts; eplain the main global problems as the integral component of the global education; set up the realistic relation as individual and society with respect to socially and natural environment.
Syllabus
  • 1. The status of man on earth and the development of human society. 2. Globalisation as an economic, social and cultural process. 3. Natural and social conditions on Earth as the source and barrier globalization. 4. Human population on Earth in the globalization process. 5. Sustainability contemporary consumerist society in terms of population and consumer growth. 6. Development of human civilization as a cause or a tool for solving global problems? 7. Global problems of mankind in both horizontal and vertical interoperability. 8. Problem of lack of food and its impact on human society. 9. Diseases as a problem of rich and less developed world. 10. Global threats to human wars. 11. Threats to human society by natural disasters. 12. Globalization of the problems of humanity and civilization, and their inclusion in teaching at primary schools.
Literature
  • MURPHY, Alexander B. and H. J. de. BLIJ. Human geographyculture, society and space. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999, xii, 508 s. ISBN 0-471-24208-X. info
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 7th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, xii, 591. ISBN 0471580899. info
  • Úvod do studia planety Země. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, 365 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
final colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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