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Lecturer(s)
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Švarcová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. what is it development 2. theory of modernization and poverty 3. social and cultural barriers of development 4. development and structural dependency 5. development and responses to social change 6. the problems of planned social change 7. development and globalization 8. development, gender, and human rights 9. development and environment 10. development and humanitarian aid 11. development, transformation and Central Europe 12. rethinking development
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to read in English. |
| to describe and explain the basic sociological methods and theories. |
| Skills |
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| to form a formally acceptable professional output |
| to use foreign databases of professional journals |
| to use adequate concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to list the defining attitudes and theoretical foundations. |
| to describe interelation between regional development and theory of modernization. |
| to explain basic terms, theories and concepts. |
| to understand to the contextual and institutional conditions of the development. |
| to understand interelation between the issue of regional development, and social change in current society. |
| Skills |
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| to compile and subsequently typologize the main thought positions. |
| to distinguish or recognize the internal contradictions of the main thought positions. |
| Competences |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| Project-based instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
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| Project-based instruction |
| Lecture |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Project |
| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Escobar, A. Encountering Development. The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princenton, 1995.
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Ferguson, J. The Anti-Politics Machine. "Development", Depolitization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho. London, 1994.
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Friedmann, J. Cultural and Global Process. London, 1994.
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Grillo, R. a Stirrat, R., L.(eds.). Discourses of Development. New York, 1997.
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Long, N. An Inroduction to the Sociology of Rural Development. London, 1977.
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McMichael, P. Development and social change: a global perspective (sociology for a new century). Pine Forge Press . 1996.. London, 1996.
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Rahnema, M. a Bawtree, V. The Post-Development Reader. Zed Books, London, 1997.
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Sachs, W. (ed). The Development Dictionary. A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Zed Books Ltd, London, 1992.
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Skelton, Tracey; Allen, Tim. Culture and Global Change. 1st pub. London : Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-415-13917-1.
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Strasser, H. a Randall,S., C. An Introduction Theories of Social Change. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1981.
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