BIp027 Anthropology for Teachers

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Wed 18:00–18:50 učebna 2
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BIp027/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 laboratoř 82, M. Jančová
BIp027/02: Wed 12:00–13:50 laboratoř 82, M. Jančová
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
By completing this course the student will: - understand and be able to explain the phylogeny of man; - describe the reconstruction of the human body from the common ancestors of apes and man - explain the specifics of the human organism not only biological but also mental, cultural and social - understand the human organism as a holistic system - can clearly explain the course of individual stages of human ontogenesis; - understand and be able to approach the laws of human development and growth in the discussion; - will be familiar with the basics of anthropometric measurements and explain their importance for the health of human society; -understand the laterality of the human body and the specific needs of left-handed students; - will be able to use in pedagogical practice knowledge from the field of neurophysiological basis of memory and learning.
Learning outcomes
Student: - uses correct professional anthropological terminology and is able to choose concepts, phylogenetic and ontogenetic processes corresponding to the level of elementary school students; - demonstrate anthropometric measurements of the development and evolution of the living human body; - can use the permanent exhibition of the Anthropos pavilion to teach human phylogeny; - defines the laterality of the human body and demonstrates simple examinations of the dominance of the locomotor and sensory organs, identifies the specific needs of left-handed and pupils with crossed laterality; - can use in pedagogical work knowledge of the neurophysiological basis of memory and learning.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • • 1. Integration of anatomically modern man into the taxonomic system - problems, pitfalls. Origin of primates and their characteristics. Common ancestors of man and apes 2. The first representatives of the developmental line leading to the genus Homo (Sahelantrop, Ororin, Ardipiték, Australopithecus).
  • 3. The final period of Australopithecus occurrence and the origin of the genus Homo, changing hypotheses about the direct ancestor of the genus Homo.
  • 4. The first representatives of the genus Homo, characteristics, way of life. Homo ergaster / erectus. Homo heidelbergensis.
  • 5. Archaic forms of the genus Homo. Neanderthals. Homo denisoviensis.
  • 6. Anatomically modern man - characteristics, way of life, development of material culture, social organization, ideas of spiritual and artistic life.
  • 7. Prenatal period (gametogenesis, blastogenesis, organogenesis, fertilization, preembryo, embryo). Embryopathy. Mutagens, teratogens, carcinogens.
  • 8. Prenatal period (fetus, fetopathy).
  • 9. Perinatal period. Birth. Specifics of human childbirth.
  • 10. Newborn - characteristics n. mature, immature, full-term, premature. Infant period.
  • 11. Toddler. Younger school age.
  • 12. Older school age. Puberty. Adolescence.
  • 13. Adulthood and old age.
  • Practical exercises:
  • • 1. Hominization process, its phases and stages, the emergence of habitual bipedalism, assumptions about the origin of human walking.
  • 2. Reconstruction of the human body during phylogeny: lower limb, pelvis. Examination of the arch of the foot using a plantogram and its significance. Verification of the correctness of the conclusions drawn using a professional podogram.
  • 3. Reconstruction of the human body during phylogeny: upper limb, trunk, spine.
  • 4. Specifics of the human spine and examination of its structure and flexibility - using standardized tests of flexibility, scoliometer, cirtometer and goniometer - evaluation of healthy or pathological formation of the spine.
  • 5. Correct and defective posture - measurement with a plumb line, cirtometer, goniometer. Reconstruction of the human body during phylogeny: The skull of apes and anatomically modern humans, the causes of changes in shape and size. Alignment of the developmental line of skulls of human ancestors 6. Methods of evaluation of human growth and development. Introduction to anthropometric instruments and principles of their proper use (cephalometer, tape measures, goniometer). Self-measurement on a person's head 7.Somatometry - use with emphasis on determining the content of fat component in the body in connection with a significant effect on the health of students and adults. Own measurements on the body - anthropometer, pelvimeter, calipometer, tape measures, orchidometer, tonometr, bioimpedance - Tanita and BodyStat.
  • 8. Laterality, the needs of a left-handed child. Practical examination of laterality of limbs and sensory organs.
  • 9 + 10. Neurophysiological basis of memory and learning 11. Learning task and its demonstration in the Anthropos pavilion.
Literature
    required literature
  • Elektronické studijní materiály k předmětu Individuální vývoj člověka: http://www.sci.muni.cz/anthrop/individualni-vyvoj-cloveka/
  • VANČATA, Václav and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 13: Paleoantropologie - přehled fylogeneze člověka a jeho předků. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2003, 212 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-3049-6. info
    recommended literature
  • Human evolution : processes and adaptations. Edited by Steven J. C. Gaulin. Revised second edition. San Diego, CA: Cognella, 2014, 491 stran. ISBN 9781626613676. info
  • SVOBODA, Jiří. Předkové. Evoluce člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2014, 480 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-2324-7. info
  • Evoluce : příběh člověka. Edited by Alice M. Roberts. Vyd. 1. Praha: Knižní klub, 2012, 256 s. ISBN 9788024235974. info
  • ŠKODA, JIŘÍ - DOULÍK, PAVEL. Psychodidaktika. První. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3341-8. info
  • LANGMEIER, Miloš. Základy lékařské fyziologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 320 s. ISBN 9788024725260. info
  • KITTNAR, Otomar. Fyziologické regulace ve schématech. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2000, 228 s. ISBN 8071697826. info
Teaching methods
The cycle of theoretical lectures. The lectures are supplemented by selected examples of professional video programs. Practical exercises, laboratory protocols, teaching assignments in   pavilion Anthropos
Assessment methods
Evaluation of completion of laboratory protocols within the deadlines set in the Home Vault in the IS during the semester, demonstration of the teaching role in Anthropos, oral exam - 1 winning question.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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