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Lecturer(s)
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Reissich Václav, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Globalization and its specific features: Economic globalization; Geoplotics and globalization: global conflicts; Environmental issues in the global context; Controversial aspects of globalization; diversity and the global world; Culture, religion and socio-economic development: cultural and language features; geography of world religions; indicators of economic and social development (concrete examples; case studies) migration: global challenge of the current world;
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with a video analysis, Lecture, Seminar
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 13 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 26 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 52 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| To read scholarly paper in English. |
| To orient in current world events. |
| Skills |
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| To present arguments and defend them. |
| To participate tactful discussion. |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To clarify key aspects of globalization and to explain them on typical examples. |
| To describe critically current globalization trends and explain their impacts on regional and local areas in the world. |
| Skills |
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| To review a paper critically and highlight key ideas contained in the text. |
| To know tu summarize, synthetise and communicate new knowledge, information and data both orally and in writing. |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture with a video analysis |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Beer, A., Clower, T.L. Globalization, planning and local economic development. London, 2020. ISBN 978-1-138-81031-0.
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Blewitt, John. Understanding sustainable development. London : Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-455-6.
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DESAI, Vandana - POTTER, Robert B. (eds. The Companion to Development Studies. Arnold: London, 2002.
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Diamond, Jared. Uphaeval: turning points for nations in crisis. New York, 2019. ISBN 978-0-316-40913-1.
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Heikkilä, Elli K.; Yeoh, Brenda S. A. International marriages in the time of globalization. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61728-036-8.
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Khana, Parag. Move. Scribner. 2021.
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Lomborg, Bj?rn. Skeptický ekolog : jaký je skutečný stav světa?. Praha : Dokořán, 2006. ISBN 80-7363-059-1.
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Nováček, Pavel. Udržitelný rozvoj. 2. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-244-2795-9.
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Rossling, H.. Faktomluva. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7555-056-9.
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Rowntree; Lewis; Price; Wyckoff. Globalization and Diversity: geography of changing world. New Jersey, 2014. ISBN 978-0-321-82146-1.
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Thaler, Richard H.; Sunstein, Cass R. Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness. New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2009. ISBN 978-0-14-311526-7.
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