PdF:DeZeC_USP1 Introduction into Geography - Course Information

DeZeC_USP1 Introduction into the Study of Geography

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites

basic knowledge with PC, MS Word, Excel, Internet

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

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography (programme PdF, M-ZS4)

Course objectives

Student will be able to work with citations, work with data, tables, graphs, interpret data, tables graphs, make statistics maps, work with basic or nonbasic files, describe files. Geographical information and its verbal, tabular, graphic and cartographic processing including the use of basic statistical methods provided in basic program equipment.

Syllabus

• Geography as a science using methods. Basic outline of methods, data, information and its sources, basic statistical terms, graphs, cartograms and diagrams, theoretical distribution, correlation and timelines.
• 1. Creation and development of statistics, its past and present importance for geography.
• 2. Sampling.
• 3. Primary elaboration of statistical information (table, graph, statistical map and its basic components and principles of geographical feature organization and demonstration.
• 4. Descriptive statistics and its use in practice (mean value, characteristics of variability, asymmetry and acuteness)
• 5. Methods of timelines and its importance for analysis of development tendencies.
• 6. Main geographical applications of several fields of mathematical statistics (theoretical distribution of random quantities, characteristics of dependence, testing).
• 7. Use of special statistical PC programs in geography.

Literature

required literature
• BRÁZDIL, Rudolf. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. 3. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 177 s. ISBN 8021012609. info

recommended literature
• učebnice zeměpisu pro SŠ a ZŠ
• BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Miroslav KOLÁŘ and Pavel PROŠEK. Statistické metody v geografii (Statistical methods in geography). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1993, 177 pp. ISBN 80-210-1260. info

not specified
• UČEBNICE ZEMĚPISU SŠ a ZŠ
• GREGOROVÁ, Gabriela and Valéria FILLOVÁ. Štatistické metódy v geografii. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Geo-grafika, 2004, 117 s. ISBN 8096814664. info
• HERBER, Vladimír. Statistické metody v hydrologii I. 1. vyd. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy university, 1990, 120 s. ISBN 80-210-0127-5. info
• BRÁZDIL, Rudolf. Statistické metody v geografii - cvičení. 2. vyd. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy university, 1989, 177 s. ISBN 8021000414. URL info
• BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, René WOKOUN, Pavel PROŠEK, Zdeňka TARABOVÁ and Miroslav KOLÁŘ. Statistické metody v geografii - cvičení. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1981, 177 s. info
• WOKOUN, René, Pavel PROŠEK, Zdeňka TARABOVÁ, Miroslav KOLÁŘ and Rudolf BRÁZDIL. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Brně, 1981, 177 s. info
• CYHELSKÝ, Lubomír and Jan ZELINKA. Statistické metody v příkladech. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1960. info

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

Regular teaching according to the schedule, lectures. To complete this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a written test (theoretical and practical parts) – calculations, graphs, maps etc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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