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Lecturer(s)
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Uncka Ladislav, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1-2) Individualistic and holistic approach to social reality research 3-4) Theoretical Reflections of Social Structure 5-6) Theoretical reflection of social behavior 7-8) Social behavior and social structure 9-10) Paardoxy, consequences and theoretical conceptualization of the relationship between social behavior and social structure 11-12) Character of contemporary social changes
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Project-based instruction, Group discussion, Task-based study method, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 39 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 16 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 33 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic sociological theories. |
| to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society. |
| to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research. |
| to enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of Western societies. |
| Skills |
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| to create a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to independently interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology. |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English. |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to distinguish changes in one of the basic sociological dilemmas of action vs. social structure. |
| to explain theoretical models interpreting the given sociological dilemma. |
| to characterize different types of conflicts between theories explaining the relationship between action and social structure. |
| to enumerate and characterize the individual consequences of the researched sociological dilemma for the description and interpretation of modern societies. |
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| to classify different types of theoretical approaches while taking into account the dilemma of structure vs. social behavior. |
| to independently demonstrate specific conflict situations resulting from taking opposing positions associated with the explanation of what is structure and social action. |
| to independently critically evaluate sociological concepts explaining the structure and social behavior. |
| to independently choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of social phenomena related to the issue of structure and social behavior. |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Group discussion |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Group discussion |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Group discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Becker, Gary. The Economic Approach to Human Behaviour. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976.
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Bourdieu, Pierre. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
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Bourdieu, Pierre; Thompson, John B. Language and symbolic power. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-674-51041-0.
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Dretske, Fred. Explaining behavior : reasons in a world of causes. Cambridge : MIT Press, 1988. ISBN 0-262-54061-4.
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Émile, Durkheim. Společenská dělba práce. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004. ISBN 80-7325-041-1.
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Gibson, James L.; Donnelly, James H.,; Ivancevich, John M. Organizations : behavior : structure : processes. Plano : Business Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-256-03265-3.
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Giddens, A. The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Berkeley: University of Califoria Press, 1984.
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Habermas, Jürgen. The theory of communicative action. Vol. 1, Reason and the rationalization of society. Boston : Beacon Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8070-1507-5.
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Parsons, Talcot. The Social System. London: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1951.
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Searle, John R. The construction of social reality. London : Penguin Books, 1996. ISBN 0-14-023590-6.
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Weber, Max. Economy and Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.
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