FF:ISKB60 Prolegomena to Studies - Course Information

ISKB60 Prolegomena to Information Studies

Extent and Intensity

0/30/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Martin Krčál, DiS., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Radek Dobrovolný (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Magdaléna Bohuslavová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alice Lukavská (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( ISKB03 Information Services and Retrieval )&&SOUHLAS

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 45/50, only registered: 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course consists of a three-day adaptation and motivation stay intended for incoming students at Department of Library and Information studies. The aim of the course is to help students in their adaptation to university and faculty environment. Thanks to various activities and through pedagogy of experience forms, they have an opportunity to gain basic information on academic life, its demands, possibilities etc. The main aims of the motivation part of the course is then to provide information on the study subject, to enable mutual sharing of expectations among students and teachers, to support a positive social climate at the department and to provide a reflection of students individual study motivations and their grounding in context of actual practical situation. On the first day of the course, students will be offered techniques focused on mutual introducing, icebreakers, warm ups, dynamics, techniques strengthening group cohesion and techniques using drama artefiletics, a methodological reflection of the gained experience and information will be enhanced. The second day will be devoted to discussion activities with a methodological feedback, to techniques of active imagination and to techniques aimed at reflecting students own value systems in relation to study needs. After completing the course, students will be familiar with university and faculty conditions and will be able to reflect their expectations for future studies of their subjects.

Syllabus

• Information Meeting
• Social Adaptation Part
• Motivation-Subject Part
• Course Conclusion and Evaluation

Literature

required literature
• BAWDEN, David and Lyn ROBINSON. Úvod do informační vědy. Translated by Michal Lorenz - Karel Mikulášek - Dana Vévodová. 1. vydání. Doubravník: Flow, 2017, 451 stran. ISBN 9788088123101. info

Teaching methods

Interactive block teaching outside of Brno

Assessment methods

Active participation

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Kurz proběhne formou blokového výjezdního semináře do Křižanova.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: interaktivní bloková výuka.

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