DGA007 Research Abroad

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, 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
This course is aimed at MU doctoral degree students who experienced internship at a foreign research (eventually educational or development) institution lasting at least one month (preferably 3 months or longer). Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to gain experience at foreign higher education institutions; to get to know educational system applied in other countries;to establish contacts for future collaboration, to deepen knowledge within students' specialization as well as their language skills. Fulfillment conditions are determined by the Doctoral Board of the respective study program.
Learning outcomes
Through completion of this course students: gain experience at foreign higher education institutions; get to know educational system applied in other countries; establish contacts for future collaboration, deepen knowledge within students' specialization as well as their language skills.
Syllabus
  • Course is registered after the return from study period abroad. It is necessary to consult learning agreement or courses taken abroad with your supervisor prior to the stay at foreign university.
Literature
  • Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: A Student Guide to Study Abroad,Institute of International Education (August 23, 2013)
  • Internationalisation of higher education and global mobility. Edited by Bernhard Streitwieser. Oxford: Symposium Books, 2014, 320 s. ISBN 9781873927427. info
  • BROOKS, Rachel and Johanna L. WATERS. Student mobilities, migration and the internationalization of higher education. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ix, 196. ISBN 9780230578449. info
  • European and national policies for academic mobility : linking rhetoric, practice and mobility trends. Edited by Irina Ferencz - Bernd Wächter. Bonn: Lemmens, 2012, 240 s. ISBN 9783868560053. info
  • Geographies of mobilities : practices, spaces, subjects. Edited by Tim Cresswell - Peter Merriman. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011, xii, 276. ISBN 9780754673163. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods depend on the type of mobility program as well as on the offer of host institution and vary from lectures to seminars, guided personal study, dissertation project work.
Assessment methods
The course is assigned upon the decision of the supervisor on the basis of submitted documents. The preliminary consultation with the supervisor prior to the departure is necessary. On a regular basis, the courses taken in foreign university are agreed in advance by signing the Learning Agreement.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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