Course: Humanitarian and development intervention

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Course title Humanitarian and development intervention
Course code KSA/HIDG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- What is development cooperation and what is humanitarian aid. - Examples of development and humanitarian projects/programmes. Preparation and realization of development and humanitarian projects. - Needs analysis and evaluation. - Key institutions and organizations of global development policy. - Development programmes in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 50 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 14 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to understand of spoken word in English language (e. g. in video presentation)
to understand of professional science text
to understand scientific structured lecture
Skills
to interpret professional text
on the basic social science concepts to interpret medial text
to use and look up electronic information resources
to write cultivated professional text
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize and explain basic concepts, principles and aims of geopolitical situation with respect to the concept of development
to identify basic characteristics of development cooperation and humanitarian aid in the geopolitical context
Skills
to categorize situations in which usually development and humanitarian projects take place
to define and analyse problems of development and humanitarian project realization
to recognize and locate interest key institutions and organizations of global development policy in the Czech Republic
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Interactive lecture
E-learning
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Group discussion
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Seminar
Competences
Seminar
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Group discussion
Individual study
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Test
Recommended literature
  • DEGNBOL-MARTINUSEN, J. - ENGBERG-PEDERSEN, P. Understanding International Development Cooperation.. Zed Books Ltd., 2003.
  • DESAI, Vandana - POTTER, Robert B. (eds. The Companion to Development Studies. Arnold: London, 2002.
  • Escobar, A. Encountering Development. The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princenton, 1995.
  • Gardner, Katy; Lewis, David. Anthropology, development and the post-modern challenge. London : Pluto Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-7453-0747-3.
  • Jelínek, P. a kol. Rozvojová politika Evropské unie. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů., 2003.
  • Kedia, Satish,; Van Willigen, John. Applied anthropology : domains of application. Westport : Praeger, 2005. ISBN 0-275-97842-7.
  • McDonald, James H. The applied anthropology reader. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2002. ISBN 0-205-32491-6.
  • Parfitt Trevor - Hira, A. Development Projects for a New Millennium. Praeger, 2004.
  • Pink, Sarah. Applications of anthropology : professional anthropology in the twenty-first century. New York : Berghahn Books, 2005. ISBN 1-84545-063-9.
  • SACHS, W. (ed.). The Development Dictionary. Zed Books Ltd: London, 1992.


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