OVc012 Globalization and Global Problems of Civilization

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: create the complex characteristics of the basic elements creating relationships of the mans and the life on the Earts; eplain the main global problems as the integral component of the global education; set up the realistic relation as individual and society with respect to socially and natural environment.
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
    recommended literature
  • LOMBORG, Bjørn. How much have global problems cost the world? : a scorecard from 1900 to 2050. First published. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xvii, 384. ISBN 9781107027336. info
  • Waterglobal common and global problems. Edited by Velma I. Grover. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers, 2006, xiv, 533 p. ISBN 1578084091. 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
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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