| Course title | Thinking in Global Context |
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| Course code | KGE/VMEGS |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | 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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The course includes these items: - A definition of globalization and fundamental concepts. The emergence of the globalization process and its principal participants. Analysis of selected global issues on model examples (e.g. the dynamics of demographic growth and sustainability, human settlements and sustainable development, diseases, health and globalization trends in contemporary society, threats to the diversity of life on the Earth). - Index of human development, human rights, cultural differences. Human settlements and sustainable development. - Global diseases - HIV / AIDS. - Global migration within the context of Czech Republic. - Climate changes - causes, the status and prognosis of the development of the global problem. Media coverage and political aspects of the problem. Interpretation of the topic at school. Interdisciplinary context of the topic. - The definition of the concept ?sustainable development?. The origin, development and critical evaluation of the conception of sustainable development. Basic principles of sustainable development. Sustainable development indicators. Approaches to education of sustainable development. - Economic globalization - economic development at the turn of the 20th and 21th century and its close relationship to globalization, the role of transnational corporations and foreign investment in this development, the international production network, the role of a state in the background of economic globalization. - Modern-day changes in the society and in the world economy, the speed of progress in technology and communication (technology development and innovation as basic determinants of globalization, technology and economic transformation, technology virtually shrinking time and space, technological changes of the production, geography of innovation). - The role of science in sustainable development, promotion of education, education towards sustainable development. - The role of international organizations in the global world. - Europe and the world, the importance of the European Union (the development of European integration, geographic potential of the European Union and its application). - Czech Republic and globalization.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Students' self-study, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids
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| prerequisite |
| Knowledge |
| None |
| Skills |
| no specific |
| Competences |
| none |
| learning outcomes |
| Knowledge |
| critically assess the positive and negative aspects of globalization, its perspectives |
| to understand, be able to explain and apply in context the concepts of globalization, global problems of humanity, globalization in trade, economics, culture, etc., local and regional problems in relation to global problems |
| to include in time the origin of the process of globalization and to name its main actors |
| to consider and critically assess information sources related to global issues, with an effort to verify their credibility and veracity |
| to name, assess and consider the possible effects of global problems, directly affecting humans and as individual human beings (the problem of spreading diseases and drugs, the problem of poverty, terrorism, problems of illegal migration of people, etc.) on society (in global and regional perspective) and on individuals |
| to seek, identify and understand global changes and problems in the environment, try to understand and, to the extent possible, contribute to their non-deepening, consider possible strategies |
| Skills |
| make a geographical description of the region |
| evaluate the potential and assumptions of the development of the region |
| Competences |
| N/A |
| evaluate the position of administrative regions in the state |
| teaching methods |
| Knowledge |
| Lecture |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Task-based study method |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
| Knowledge |
| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Oral exam |
| Skills |
| Seminar work |
| Continuous assessment |
| Written exam |
| Competences |
| Written exam |
| Continuous assessment |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty: Faculty of Economics | Study plan (Version): Economic and Regional Geography (2017) | Category: Geography courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| 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): Psychology in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (13) | Category: Physical education and sport | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Information Technologies in Education (15) | Category: Informatics courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Economics | Study plan (Version): Business Economics and Management (2015) | Category: Economy | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History in Education (14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Biology in Education (15) | Category: Biology courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Music in Education (15) | Category: Art and applied art | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Geography in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (15) | Category: Physical education and sport | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (14) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (14) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (15) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Russian Language 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): Chemistry in Education (14) | Category: Chemistry courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (14) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Psychology in Education (14) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Physics in Education (15) | Category: Physics courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): - (15) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |