PdF:CORE072 Science and Society - Course Information
CORE072 Science and Society
Faculty of EducationSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ivana Medková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jindřiška Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education - Timetable
- Thu 15:00–16:50 učebna 50
- Prerequisites
- The course is offered as a CORE subject and is designed for bachelor students with little or no prior knowledge of the subject.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 22/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100 - Course objectives
- Facilitate the understanding of the notion "science", getting to know the phases of scientific discovery in various disciplines, and showing the connections between the life of a scientist and the life of the society as a whole.
- Learning outcomes
- The students will improve their understanding in the following areas: Which problems can be resolved by a scientific approach? What does it mean to approach a problem scientifically? What is the role of a scientist in the society?
- Syllabus
- 1. Demarcation of science. 2. Scientific personalities and their communication. 3. Isaac Newton 4. Research in social sciences. 5. Asking questions in science. 6. Working with data. 7. Model, modelling, simulation. 8. What it means to think. 9. Paradoxes and science. 10. Internationalism in science. 11. The ethics of publishing. 12. Science and the arts.
- Literature
- required literature
- NOVOTNÝ, Jan and Jindřiška SVOBODOVÁ. Jak pracuje věda. 2. upravené a doplněné vy. Olomouc: Burian a Tichák, 2021, 132 stran. ISBN 9788087274552. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with discussions.
- Assessment methods
- Assessment of the course work is continual. After each lecture, the students fill in the online quiz or test for the last lecture. In order to pass the course, it is necessary to answer at least 9 out of 12 assignments. If the student cannot take part in the lecture, the teacher may send a text related to the subject matter of the lecture. In that case, the student will write a response to the text.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
- Teacher's information
- Please send questions concerning the organisation of the course to Helena Durnová 2917@muni.cz
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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