OVk114 Global Problems of Humanity

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.6. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 28. 2. 12:00–15:50 učebna 73, Fri 28. 3. 8:00–11:50 učebna 73
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( OVk115 Seminar to Global Problems )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Explain the main global issues of man as an integral part of global education; to create a realistic relationship of man as an individual and society to the possibilities of the social and natural environment.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to compose a complex characteristic of the basic factors shaping human relationships within his / her life on Earth.
Syllabus
  • 1. The status of man on earth and the development of human society. 2. Globalisation as an economic, social and cultural process. 3. Natural and social conditions on Earth as the source and barrier globalization. 4. Human population on Earth in the globalization process. 5. Sustainability contemporary consumerist society in terms of population and consumer growth. 6. Development of human civilization as a cause or a tool for solving global problems? 7. Global problems of mankind in both horizontal and vertical interoperability. 8. Problem of lack of food and its impact on human society. 9. Diseases as a problem of rich and less developed world. 10. Global threats to human wars. 11. Threats to human society by natural disasters. 12. Globalization of the problems of humanity and civilization, and their inclusion in teaching at primary schools.
Literature
    required literature
  • SLEPIČKOVÁ, Lenka. Addressing diversity and global issues in the public primary education: Global Storylines approach and its effects on learners and teachers. In ECER 2015, Budapest, Education and Transition - Contributions from Educational Research. 2015. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Global crises and the crisis of global leadership. Edited by Stephen Gill. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, xvi, 299. ISBN 9781107674967. URL info
  • MURPHY, Alexander B. and H. J. de. BLIJ. Human geographyculture, society and space. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999, xii, 508 s. ISBN 0-471-24208-X. info
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 7th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, xii, 591. ISBN 0471580899. info
  • Úvod do studia planety Země. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, 365 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
final colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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