Ze0118 Field Practice in Social Geography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.6. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze0118/01: Tue 4. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Wed 5. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Thu 6. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Fri 7. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, D. Mísařová, H. Svobodová
Ze0118/02: Tue 4. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Wed 5. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Thu 6. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Fri 7. 5. 8:00–15:50 kancelář vyučujícího, D. Mísařová, H. Svobodová
Prerequisites
Preconditions are represented by good knowledge from individual socio- and economic-geographical sciences.
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 the course is to gain basic knowledge necessary for socio- and economic –geographical knowledge in everyday life and practice of public administration. The prerequisite for this is a good mastery of traditional geographical practices, including search for news on the Internet and in newspapers.
Learning outcomes
After the course the student will be able to: - analyze current problems of social and economic development of the city - implement of the results of field research into teaching at a primary school in the form of case studies.
Syllabus
  • In the selected region (village) complex geographical analysis, including: 1. Work with demographic data. 2. Processing sociological questionnaire. 3. Evaluation of local technical and public infrastructure. 4. The possibilities of regional development of the site.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOFMANN, Eduard, Pavel KORVAS and Petr POLÁČEK. Multimediální učebnice pro terénní výuku (Multimedial textbook for fieldwork). Brno: Pedagogická fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 2008, 23 pp. info
  • KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Hana, Darina MÍSAŘOVÁ, Radek DURNA, Tereza ČEŠKOVÁ and Eduard HOFMANN. Koncepce terénní výuky pro základní školy. Na příkladu námětů pro krátkodobou a střednědobou terénní výuku vlastivědného a zeměpisného učiva (The Concept of Outdoor Education for Elementary School. On examples of topics for short-term and medium-term outdoor education in primary and lower secondary education). Online. 1., elektronické vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 110 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9246-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-9246-2019. Čítárna Munispace info
    recommended literature
  • WOKOUN, René. Regionální rozvoj a jeho management v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oeconomica, 2007, 244 s. ISBN 9788024513010. info
  • MATĚJ Miloš, KLÁT, Jaroslav, PLCHOVÁ, Jarmila a Jan Kyselák. Kulturní památky Rosicko – Oslavanské průmyslové aglomerace. Ostrava: Národní památkový ústav, 2013. ISBN: 978-80-85034-67-7.
  • Management regionální politiky a reforma veřejné správy. Edited by René Wokoun - Pavel Mates. Praha: Linde, 2006, 351 s. ISBN 8072016083. info
Teaching methods
Students work individually on specific case problem from social and economic geography, which includes analysis of the territory and the subsequent synthesis and presentation of the results. Within the output processing using conventional methods such as geographic research. Questionnaire survey, controlled interviews with selected representatives of state and local governments in the visited area, suggest possible improvements and measures suitable for the development of the locality or region. Students can pre-prepare relevant documents for a specified topics related to the visited location / region, so that together cover the entire spectrum of socio-geographic issues.
Assessment methods
Seminary thesis delivery and presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 dny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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