CORE070 Globální problémy lidstva

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Korvasová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vanda Ivana Pivarníková (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:50 učebna 1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 105/120, only registered: 0/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/120
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is to present global topics and problems that are the content of global development education, which are part of the lifelong educational process. The student will acquire knowledge that can contribute to understanding the differences and similarities between the lives of people in developing and developed countries. It will also include developing students' attitudes, building critical thinking, and expressing their own opinions so that students are able and willing to participate actively in solving local or global problems. The course responds to current trends in geographic education and focuses on selected topics presented from a geographic perspective, as well as understanding the economic, social, political, environmental and cultural processes that influence them.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- collect, sort and critically evaluate information related to  global problems;
- name the goals of sustainable development and the global problems associated with them;
- give examples of the consequences of selected global problems (e.g. climate change);
- propose possible measures and solutions to problems on a local as well as a global scale;
- to realize one's own role in the world and evaluate the sustainability of one's actions.
Syllabus
  • 1. What are global development problems and how to reflect them in your own actions?
  • 2. 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • 3. Climate change and its manifestations on Earth
  • 4. Climate change: how it affects everyday life
  • 5. Fires: experiences from abroad and the Czech Republic
  • 6. Drought and how to deal with it: a case study of the Sahel and the Czech Republic
  • 7. The ageing population: a case study of South Korea
  • 8. (Un)sustainable transport or the journey from Suez to Brno
  • 9. Sustainable cities and municipalities
  • 10. Affordable and clean energy
Teaching methods
Combination of lecture and group work in the classroom or outdoors.
Assessment methods
During the semester, the student will actively participate in classes, participate in group work and present the semester task at the end of the semester. The subject will end with a colloquium and a debate on the chosen topic, which the student will put into the context of the local and global scale.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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