CORE072 Science and Society

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ivana Medková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jindřiška Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is offered as a CORE subject and is designed for bachelor students with little or no prior knowledge of the subject.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
Facilitate the understanding of the notion "science", getting to know the phases of scientific discovery in various disciplines, and showing the connections between the life of a scientist and the life of the society as a whole.
Learning outcomes
The students will improve their understanding in the following areas: Which problems can be resolved by a scientific approach? What does it mean to approach a problem scientifically? What is the role of a scientist in the society?
Syllabus
  • 1. Demarcation of science. 2. Scientific personalities and their communication. 3. Isaac Newton 4. Research in social sciences. 5. Asking questions in science. 6. Working with data. 7. Model, modelling, simulation. 8. What it means to think. 9. Paradoxes and science. 10. Internationalism in science. 11. The ethics of publishing. 12. Science and the arts.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • NOVOTNÝ, Jan and Jindřiška SVOBODOVÁ. O knize Jak pracuje věda (course "How Science Works"). 2021. URL info
  • NOVÝ, Luboš and Jaroslav FOLTA. Dějiny exaktních věd v českých zemích do konce 19. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 431 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussions.
Assessment methods
Assessment of the course work is continual. After each lecture, the students fill in the online quiz or test for the last lecture. In order to pass the course, it is necessary to answer at least 9 out of 12 assignments. If the student cannot take part in the lecture, the teacher may send a text related to the subject matter of the lecture. In that case, the student will write a response to the text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Please send questions concerning the organisation of the course to Helena Durnová 2917@muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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