| Course title | Geography of Global Issues |
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| Course code | KGE/GPLI |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 3 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory, Compulsory-optional, Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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This course consists of these issues: Civilization on the Earth, its evolution and characteristics of its present state. A global approach to solving problems.: using Ignorance test. Gapminder web: how to visualize change of ky macroeconomic indicators in global context. Analysis of problems (causes and basis). Democratic development. Nutrition, health and diseases in population. Warfare threat. Exhaustibility of natural resources. Environmental threats. Natural disasters. The principle of sustainable development. Education for global responsibility. An overview of topics of lectures/seminars: - Models of the development - The principle of sustainable development - Global diseases - HIV / AIDS - Biodiversity - Global Warming - Global terrorism - Nuclear power, power stations and fuel - Orientation in different cultures
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar
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| prerequisite |
| Knowledge |
| To gain a fundamental awereness on global issues. |
| To nderstand scholarly text in English basically. |
| To participate actively during seminar discussions. |
| Skills |
| To understand text and find and explain key issues of the text. |
| To seek and find information in relevant sources. |
| Competences |
| N/A |
| N/A |
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| learning outcomes |
| Knowledge |
| To know basic classification of global issues, including mutual links betwen them, and be able to describe them and/or explain them. |
| To be able to discuss possible approaches and solutions on both global and local levels. |
| To know about significant global and local activities that should contribute solving global issues. |
| Skills |
| To nalyse current global issues and take a critical approach to it. |
| To hold a part of responsibility to seek and solve particular global issues. |
| Competences |
| N/A |
| N/A |
| teaching methods |
| Knowledge |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills |
| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Competences |
| Lecture |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| assessment methods |
| Knowledge |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Geography in Education (1) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physics in Education (15) | Category: Physics courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Geography in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (15) | Category: Physical education and sport | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Economics | Study plan (Version): Economic and Regional Geography (2017) | Category: Geography courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Chemistry in Education (14) | Category: Chemistry courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Biology in Education (15) | Category: Biology courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (13) | Category: Physical education and sport | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Information Technologies in Education (15) | Category: Informatics courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): SS Teacher Training in Geography (14) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |