ENS226 Individual Student Projects

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
each odd Thursday 16:00–17:40 U32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course consists of practical research work by the student guided by the teacher (or in some cases by an external consultant). Students work together as a team or in smaller groups, the research theme differs every year and depends on the interests of teacher and students. Past themes have included: Conditions, barriers and strategies of support of the sale of regional products in South Moravia; Conditions for a local and sustainable economy in a village in the Liberecko region.
Students and teacher meet every two weeeks to co-ordinate the research, in addition the student spends 4 -6 hours per week working on the project independently. Students and teacher also communicate via the subject internet forum. Students together present their findings to a wider audience and prepare a research report summarising their findings.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to: design and implement a simple research project; enhance her/his abilites of teamwork; publicly present the results of his/her research; prepare a report summarising the results of his/her work.
Syllabus
  • The course is designed as a mutual practical research project, whose subject matter varies each year. Therefore it is not possible to present a weekly schedule. The usual format consists of six to seven co-ordinating meetings, in between the students and teacher are in touch via the subject internent forum, or by e-mail, telephone or personally. Near the end of the course, students present their findings at a public forum. After term-time, students produce a report together summarising their research findings.
Literature
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena and Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895. info
  • MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
The course is designed as a team research project. The teaching methods involve independent research work by the students, concluded by a presentation and paper. The students´work is supported and monitored by the teacher via regular team meetings. During the course, the students communicate with each other and with the teacher via the course Internet discussion forum.
Assessment methods
The course is evaluated on a pass-fail basis. To pass, students need to: attend at least five of the (6-7) co-ordination meetings; work actively and in conjunction with their colleagues on the research topic; take an active part in the course discussion forum; take part in the oral presentation of the research results; submit their research findings in adequate written form and, if needed, take an active part in editing drafts of their own and of the final report.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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