ZX120 Doing Research in Developing Countries

Přírodovědecká fakulta
podzim 2013
Rozsah
1/1/0. 3 kr. (plus ukončení). Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Jayakumara Shantha Mallika Arachchige (přednášející), RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Rozvrh
St 9:00–9:50 Z4,02028
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
ZX120/02: St 10:00–10:50 Z4,02028, J. Mallika Arachchige
Předpoklady
PROGRAM(N-GK) || PROGRAM(D-GR4) || SOUHLAS || PROGRAM(KOS)
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/20, pouze zareg.: 0/20, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/20
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 9 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
This course provides and equips the students with most essential knowledge and skills on how to conduct studies on socio-economic aspects of third world countries; Students will understand how to successfully adjust, to diverse socio-economic and cultural lifestyles prevailing in the area, standard data collection methods suit to the field by reviewing data collection methods employed by successful studies carried out, field data analysis while staying in the field. In sum, this course will familiarize the students to the effective collection and analysis of data in the field and productive use of valid data and information in social studies in third world contexts.
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to the course
  • 2. Cultures in Asia and ethics of research
  • 3. What logistics should be concerned in management of research: Safe traveling, Stay, Selection of interpreters, Payments, timing of surveys
  • 4. How to access the secondary information including maps; local institutions and office norms, bureaucracy, working times, holidays, corruption
  • 5. Social surveys (part-i); what are social surveys, getting familiarity to the field, questionnaire development
  • 6. Discussion on group assignment and individual assignment (Group assignments have to be handed over in the 12th, week and individual assignments have to be presented in the colloquium)
  • 7. Social surveys (part -ii): Training of research assistants, Quality control (pilot surveys, cross-checking, note taking, debriefing at the end of the day, possible data analysis in the field)
  • 8. Case studies (part 1); What is case study strategy, getting familiarity to the field, putting boundaries to cases
  • 9. Case studies (part 2): in depth interviews, focus group interviews, participatory data collection including mapping, data analysis in the field
  • 10. Critical reviewing of case studies (Study -i)
  • 11. Critical reviewing of case studies (Study -ii)
  • 12. Colloquium for individual assignment presentation
  • 13. Review and conclusion of the course
Literatura
  • Baker, Victoria. J (1998) A Village in Sri Lanka: Coping with Uncertainty, Harcourt Brace College Publishers
  • Chambers, Robert (ed) (1989) Farmer First: Farmer Innovations and Agricultural Research, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
  • United Nations (2005) Households Sample Surveys in developing and Transition countries, http://unsat.un.org/unsd/hhsurveys/pdf/household_Surveys.pdf
Výukové metody
Lectures, home works, individual presentations, class discussion
Metody hodnocení
Evaluation of group and individual assignments and class exercises
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Students are encouraged to select their masters study research for the individual assignment
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2014, podzim 2015.