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Lecturer(s)
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Jíšová Radmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Within this course, the student first specifies the content of the thesis during consultation sessions and seminars. Then he or she chooses adequate methods and relevant procedure for the research underlying the bachelor thesis. The student consults partial outcomes with his or her supervisor and presents parts of his or er bachelor thesis. The schedule of the course and specific requirements will be provided by the Department based on information by the student's supervisor at the beginning of the semester.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- E-learning (given by an e-learning course)
- 286 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| describe and explain approaches to social work and specific theories and methods of social work |
| characterize the requirements for academic text writting |
| distinguish qualitative and quantitative research methods |
| describe the requirements for typography of the final thesis |
| Skills |
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| write formally appropriate scientific texts |
| actively use academic book and article databases |
| apply the principles of social science research in practice |
| learning outcomes |
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| independently select problems and solve selected or assigned problems |
| acquire important information concerning analyzed issues, analyze and specify them |
| collect empirical data, systematize them and process them correctly |
| analyze empirical data using necessary theoretical approaches |
| read and evaluate relevant literature, as well as to to select appropriate theories for subject of interest |
| write a report based on their assignment |
| defend their own projects |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| assessment methods |
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| Bachelor's thesis assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Babbie, Earl R. The practice of social research. 12th ed. Belmont : Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN 0495598410.
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Hasmanová Marhánková, J.; Hrešanová, Ema. První krok na sociologické stezce. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-950-0.
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Schutt, Russell K. Investigating the social world : the process and practice of research. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2006. ISBN 1-4129-2734-X.
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