Course: Field Work

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Course title Field Work
Course code KGE/TPRX
Organizational form of instruction Practice
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Reissich Václav, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
3-4 days of preparation of the field trip (schedule; logistics; accomodation). 3-4 days field trip to foreign country or to a particular region in the Czech Republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Group discussion, Field trip
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 16 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 58 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 42 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To communicate in certain foreign language.
To evaluate and distinguish based on professional literature key places, that must be inscribed into the itinerary.
Skills
To plan realisticaly a time schedule.
To create a team and a plan preparations together.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To set up plan of the field trip based on previously provided data and information.
To apply theroetical knowledge about visited area and explain or describe them in the field.
Skills
To apply principles of interpersonal communication and team work.
To communicate and solve various situation in foreign language.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Field trip
Group discussion
Discussion
Skills
Field trip
Collaborative instruction
Competences
Field trip
Textual studies
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Project
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Continuous assessment
Competences
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Čechurová, M., Preis, J. Zahraniční geografická exkurze: příprava, realizace, význam. Praha, 2012.
  • Davies, Norman. Evropa: dějiny jednoho kontinentu. Prostor. 2005.
  • Král, Václav. Fyzická geografie Evropy. Academia. 1999.
  • Nováček, Pavel. Udržitelný rozvoj. UPOL. 2011.


Study plans that include the course
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