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Lecturer(s)
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Grosová Andrea Dagmar, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Practical lesson: data sources and world population trend 2.-3. Great Demographic Theories I: Malthus theory, theory of demographic transition. 4.-5. Great Demographic Theories II: Theory of Second Demographic Transition. 6. Epidemiological transition and prolongation of life expectancy. 7. Social stratification and health 8. Practical lesson: how to measure inequality 9.-10. Fertility trends in Western societies 11. Population development, "population explosion" and fertility in the third world 12. Stability of partnerships: causes and consequences
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Seminar classes, Lecture
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 13 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 10 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| use the professional terminology of social sciences in the specific topics |
| apply the elementary functional literacy |
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| read the proffesional texts in English |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| describe global population trends |
| specify demographic character of world regions |
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| understand the meaning of demographic measures in demographic literature and Statistical Yearbooks |
| predict the effects of past demographic trends in the future |
| interpret associations among demographic, social, biological and economic processes |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Competences |
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| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Self-evaluation |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Adams, Bert N.; Trost, Jan. Handbook of world families. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2005. ISBN 0-7619-2763-8.
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Preston, Samuel; Heuveline, Patrick; Guillot, Michel. Demography : measuring and modeling population processes. Malden : Blackwell, 2000. ISBN 978-1557864512.
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