DGC007 Research Abroad

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
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
This course is aimed at MU doctoral degree students who experienced internship at a foreign research (eventually educational or development) institution lasting at least seven weeks (preferably 3 months or longer). Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to gain experience at foreign higher education institutions; to get to know educational system applied in other countries;to establish contacts for future collaboration, to deepen knowledge within students' specialization as well as their language skills. Fulfillment conditions are determined by the Doctoral Board of the respective study program.
Learning outcomes
Through completion of this course students: gain experience at foreign higher education institutions; get to know educational system applied in other countries; establish contacts for future collaboration, deepen knowledge within students' specialization as well as their language skills.
Syllabus
  • Course is registered after the return from study period abroad. It is necessary to consult learning agreement or courses taken abroad with your supervisor prior to the stay at foreign university.
Literature
  • Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: A Student Guide to Study Abroad,Institute of International Education (August 23, 2013)
  • Internationalisation of higher education and global mobility. Edited by Bernhard Streitwieser. Oxford: Symposium Books, 2014, 320 s. ISBN 9781873927427. info
  • BROOKS, Rachel and Johanna L. WATERS. Student mobilities, migration and the internationalization of higher education. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ix, 196. ISBN 9780230578449. info
  • European and national policies for academic mobility : linking rhetoric, practice and mobility trends. Edited by Irina Ferencz - Bernd Wächter. Bonn: Lemmens, 2012, 240 s. ISBN 9783868560053. info
  • Geographies of mobilities : practices, spaces, subjects. Edited by Tim Cresswell - Peter Merriman. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011, xii, 276. ISBN 9780754673163. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods depend on the type of mobility program as well as on the offer of host institution and vary from lectures to seminars, guided personal study, dissertation project work.
Assessment methods
The course is assigned upon the decision of the supervisor on the basis of submitted documents. The preliminary consultation with the supervisor prior to the departure is necessary. On a regular basis, the courses taken in foreign university are agreed in advance by signing the Learning Agreement.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
For the given semester students do not interrupt their studies. You need to register your stay in the IS, in the records of internships, study and work stays https://is.muni.cz/auth/studium/studijni_pobyt_studijni and upload Learning Agreement: your study record will then be entered status 51, ie short-term stay abroad.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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