Course: Materials and Technologies C

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Course title Materials and Technologies C
Course code KMT/MTTGE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krotký Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Homutová Eliška, Mgr. et Mgr.
Course content
Meaning, use, division, characteristics, and complex processing of wood materials. Wood structure and characteristics. Multifunction of forests, forest growing, Wood cutting and wood processing. Macroscopic and microscopic structure of wood. Anatomic functions of wood. Mechanic and technologic wood characteristics, Chemical and physical wood characteristics, chemical processing of wood. Wood defects, wood pests, Large-area and sintered boards. Saw-milling processing of wood, lumber and wood protection, sintered boards. Importance, use, and division of plastics. Plastics fabrication, division, and characteristics. Thermoplastics, meaning and use. Standardization of plastics with respect to their chemical structure and mechanical qualities. Processing and surfacing of plastics. Gluing and joining of plastics. Plastics as a part of environment, their impact on surroundings. Marking standardization and reuse of plastics, recycling. Other selected non-metallic materials (natural materials and their application in technical education).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Basic manual skills. Knowledge of physics and chemistry at the level of the first year of secondary school.
Skills
Data processing
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Students can classify and recognize selected non-metallic materials. To define their basic characteristics and possible application in technical and natural science teaching in elementary schools. Students can correctly interpret and apply work safety rules to laboratory examining of material characteristics.
Skills
Students are able to monitor and record examined parameters and to set and formulate conclusions.
The student is experimenting and evaluating the data.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Laboratory work
Skills
Collaborative instruction
Competences
Collaborative instruction
Project-based instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Skills
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Dluhoš, Jindřich. Materiály a technologie : Plasty a vybrané nekovové materiály. Ostrava, 1994.
  • Hamilton, James, Nubs, Stumpy. The Homemade Workshop: Build Your Own Woodworking Machines and Jigs. Popular Woodworking Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1440341663.
  • HONZÍKOVÁ, J. Pracovní výchova s didaktikou. Praha, 2015. ISBN 978-80- 7452-111-.
  • Honzíková, Jarmila; Novotný, Jan. Dřevo v pracovní výchově. Plzeň : Krajské centrum vzdělávání a Jazyková škola, 2005. ISBN 80-7020-150-9.
  • KŘUPALOVÁ, Z. Technologie pro 1. ročník SOU oborů zpracování dřeva.. Praha, 2000. ISBN 978-808-5920-741.
  • Pexa, Bohumír. Dřevo a technologie jeho zpracování. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979.
  • Škára, Ivan. Materiály a technologie : Dřevo. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983.
  • Štěpek, Jiří; Kuta, Antonín; Zelinger, Jiří. Technologie zpracování a vlastnosti plastů. Praha, 1989.
  • Vlásek, Evžen. Drobná domovní údržba. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Vydavatelství Západočeské univerzity, 1998. ISBN 80-7082-465-4.
  • Vlásek, Evžen; Honzíková, Jarmila; Mach, Petr. Drobná domovní údržba. II. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-7082-941-9.
  • Vlásek, Evžen. Technická praktika. Ruční obrábění dřeva. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1996. ISBN 80-7082-263-5.


Study plans that include the course
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