Ze0036 Geography of Retail

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and be able to explain the interdependence between spatial distribution of the most important phenomena in human geography and to depict their global consequences. By using fieldwork, geographical texts, concept mapping, group work, class discussion etc. The student should be able to transfer the theoretical knowlege in everyday teaching practice at the lower secondary shool.
Syllabus
  • 1. Retail geography in the geography education curriculum
  • 2. Case study of one selected hypermarket
  • 3. Practical part - fieldwork
  • 4. Didactic analysis of the topic
  • 5. Work with geographical texts, group discussion, conclusion
Literature
  • KELLER, Jan. O hypermarketech veřejně : sborník. 1. vyd. Brno: Nesehnutí, 2002, 116 s. ISBN 8023868322. info
  • KOŽELOUH, Jiří. Nákupní řetezce - nové výzvy (Retail networks - new challenges). Brno: NESEHNUTÍ Brno, 2008, 68 pp. ISBN 978-80-87217-00-9. info
  • International handbook on geographical education. Edited by Rodney Gerber. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, xviii, 344. ISBN 1402010192. info
  • • Retail geography. Edited by John A. Dawson Publisher: London : Croom Helm, 1980. ISBN: 0470270144.
  • SZCZYRBA, Zdeněk. Geografie obchodu : se zaměřením na současné trendy v maloobchodě. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2006, 90 s. ISBN 8024414538. info
  • BEDNÁŘ, Pavel. Geografie služeb. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006, 1 CD-ROM. ISBN 9788073683528. info
  • SZCZYRBA, Zdeněk. Maloobchod v ČR po roce 1989 : vývoj a trendy se zaměřením na geografickou organizaci. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 126 s. ISBN 8024412748. info
  • BIRKIN, Mark, Graham CLARKE and M. Martin CLARKE. Retail geography and intelligent network planning. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ix, 284. ISBN 0471498033. info
Teaching methods
individual and group work, fieldwork, presentation, analysis of scholarly/research papers,
Assessment methods
The course will be finished upon the semminar attendance and upon the oral and written test based on the knowledge gained during the semminar. The instructional methods are following: lecture, class discussion, group (pair) work, working with texts, fieldwork, concept mapping etc.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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