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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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This course consists of these issues: Civilization on the Earth, its evolution and characteristics of its present state. A global approach to solving problems.: using Ignorance test. Gapminder web: how to visualize change of ky macroeconomic indicators in global context. Analysis of problems (causes and basis). Democratic development. Nutrition, health and diseases in population. Warfare threat. Exhaustibility of natural resources. Environmental threats. Natural disasters. The principle of sustainable development. Education for global responsibility. An overview of topics of lectures/seminars: - Models of the development - The principle of sustainable development - Global diseases - HIV / AIDS - Biodiversity - Global Warming - Global terrorism - Nuclear power, power stations and fuel - Orientation in different cultures
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 10 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To gain a fundamental awereness on global issues. |
| To nderstand scholarly text in English basically. |
| To participate actively during seminar discussions. |
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| To understand text and find and explain key issues of the text. |
| To seek and find information in relevant sources. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To know basic classification of global issues, including mutual links betwen them, and be able to describe them and/or explain them. |
| To be able to discuss possible approaches and solutions on both global and local levels. |
| To know about significant global and local activities that should contribute solving global issues. |
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| To nalyse current global issues and take a critical approach to it. |
| To hold a part of responsibility to seek and solve particular global issues. |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty. 1st ed. London : Profile Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-84668-430-2.
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Barnett, T, Whiteside, A. AIDS in the 21st century: disease and globalization. New York, 2002.
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Diamond, Jared. Upheaval: Turning points for nationas in crisis. New York, 2019. ISBN 978-0-316-40913-1.
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Jeníček, V., Foltýn, J. Globální problémy světa v ekonomických souvislostech. 2010. ISBN 978-80-7400-326-4.
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Kissinger, H. Uspořádání světa. Státní zájmy, konflikty a mocenská rovnováha.. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7260-355-0.
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Lomborg, Bjorn. Skeptický ekolog. Praha, 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, Lester. Globalization and diversity. Hoboken, 2017. ISBN 9780134117010.
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