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Lecturer(s)
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Maisner Onuralp, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Holá Klára, Doc. PaedDr. CSc.
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Tomášek Petr, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
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Ondráš Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Reissich Václav, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Rada Vladimír, Mgr.
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Course content
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The course includes these items: - A definition of globalization and fundamental concepts. The emergence of the globalization process and its principal participants. Analysis of selected global issues on model examples (e.g. the dynamics of demographic growth and sustainability, human settlements and sustainable development, diseases, health and globalization trends in contemporary society, threats to the diversity of life on the Earth). - Index of human development, human rights, cultural differences. Human settlements and sustainable development. - Global diseases - HIV / AIDS. - Global migration within the context of Czech Republic. - Climate changes - causes, the status and prognosis of the development of the global problem. Media coverage and political aspects of the problem. Interpretation of the topic at school. Interdisciplinary context of the topic. - The definition of the concept ?sustainable development?. The origin, development and critical evaluation of the conception of sustainable development. Basic principles of sustainable development. Sustainable development indicators. Approaches to education of sustainable development. - Economic globalization - economic development at the turn of the 20th and 21th century and its close relationship to globalization, the role of transnational corporations and foreign investment in this development, the international production network, the role of a state in the background of economic globalization. - Modern-day changes in the society and in the world economy, the speed of progress in technology and communication (technology development and innovation as basic determinants of globalization, technology and economic transformation, technology virtually shrinking time and space, technological changes of the production, geography of innovation). - The role of science in sustainable development, promotion of education, education towards sustainable development. - The role of international organizations in the global world. - Europe and the world, the importance of the European Union (the development of European integration, geographic potential of the European Union and its application). - Czech Republic and globalization.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Students' self-study, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids
- Contact hours
- 13 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| None |
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| no specific |
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| Knowledge |
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| critically assess the positive and negative aspects of globalization, its perspectives |
| to understand, be able to explain and apply in context the concepts of globalization, global problems of humanity, globalization in trade, economics, culture, etc., local and regional problems in relation to global problems |
| to include in time the origin of the process of globalization and to name its main actors |
| to consider and critically assess information sources related to global issues, with an effort to verify their credibility and veracity |
| to name, assess and consider the possible effects of global problems, directly affecting humans and as individual human beings (the problem of spreading diseases and drugs, the problem of poverty, terrorism, problems of illegal migration of people, etc.) on society (in global and regional perspective) and on individuals |
| to seek, identify and understand global changes and problems in the environment, try to understand and, to the extent possible, contribute to their non-deepening, consider possible strategies |
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| make a geographical description of the region |
| evaluate the potential and assumptions of the development of the region |
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| evaluate the position of administrative regions in the state |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture with visual aids |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Task-based study method |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Oral exam |
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| Seminar work |
| Continuous assessment |
| Written exam |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Antošová, N. Globální problémy lidstva. Ostrava: VŠB, 2006. ISBN 80-248-1048-4.
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Baar, V., Houdková, Z. Výchova k myšlení v evropských a globálních souvislostech. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86034-83-.
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Barnett, Tony; Whiteside, Alan. AIDS in the twenty-first century : disease and globalization. Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 1-4039-0005-1.
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Barros, Vicente. Globální změna klimatu. Praha : Mladá fronta, 2006. ISBN 80-204-1356-1.
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Beck, Ulrich. Co je to globalizace? : omyly a odpovědi. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-123-9.
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Cabada, L., Šanc, D. Panregiony ve 21. století. Plzeň, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7380-357-5.
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Capra, F. Bod obratu, Věda, společnost a nová kultura.. Praha: DharmaGaia a Maťa, 2002. ISBN 80-85905-42-6.
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Cihelková, Eva. Světová ekonomika : nové jevy a perspektivy. Praha : C.H. Beck, 2001. ISBN 80-7179-311-6.
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Deaton, Angus. The Great Escape. Princeton, 2013. ISBN 978-0-691-16562-2.
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Fromm, Erich. Mít, nebo být?. Vyd. tohoto překladu 1. Praha : Aurora, 2001. ISBN 80-7299-036-5.
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Fromm, Erich. Umění být. 1. vyd. Praha : Naše vojsko, 1994. ISBN 80-206-0225-9.
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Fukuyama, Francis. Konec dějin a poslední člověk. Praha : Rybka Publishers, 2002. ISBN 80-86182-27-4.
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Huntington, Samuel P. Střet civilizací : boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Praha : Rybka Publishers, 2001. ISBN 80-86182-49-5.
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Jeníček, Vladimír; Foltýn, Jaroslav. Životní prostředí a trvale udržitelný rozvoj v soustavě globálních problémů. Praha : Vysoká škola ekonomická-Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů, 1996. ISBN 80-85368-94-3.
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Jonáš, Jiří. Světová ekonomika na přelomu tisíciletí. Praha : Management Press, 2000. ISBN 80-7261-016-3.
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Khana, Parag. Move. .
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Meadows, Donella H.; Meadows, Dennis L.; Randers, Jörgen. Překročení mezí : konfrontace globálního kolapsu s představou trvale udržitelné budoucnosti. 1. vyd. Praha : Argo, 1995. ISBN 80-85794-83-7.
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Mezřický, Václav. Globalizace/. Praha : Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-748-5.
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Moldan, Bedřich. Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje. Praha : Karolinum, 2001. ISBN 80-246-0246-6.
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Moldan, Bedřich. Příroda a civilizace : Životní prostředí a rozvoj lidské civilizace. 1. vyd. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1997. ISBN 80-04-26434-4.
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Nováček, P. Ohrožená planeta na prahu 21. století. Olomouc, UP, 1998. ISBN 80-901890-859-3.
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Porritt, Jonathon. Zachraňme Zemi. Praha : Brázda, 1992. ISBN 80-209-0217-1.
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Šíbl, Drahoš; Šaková, Beáta. Svetová ekonomika : internacionalizácia, integrácia, globalizácia, interdependencia. Bratislava : Sprint, 2004. ISBN 80-88848-60-1.
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Toffler, Alvin; Toffler, Heidi. Nová civilizace : třetí vlna a její důsledky. Praha : Nakladatelství Dokořán, 2001. ISBN 80-86569-00-4.
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Tomeš, Jiří; Festa, David; Novotný, Josef. Konflikt světů a svět konfliktů : střety idejí a zájmů v současném světě. Praha : P3K, 2007. ISBN 978-80-903587-6-8.
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