PAN123 Development cooperation and development education

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Krylová (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 VP
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the field of international development. At the end of the course students should be able to understand and discuss main issues concerning international development such as state of poverty in various parts of the world, causes and effects of globalization, implementation of development assistance etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. What do we mean by development and how can we measure it? What does it mean to be poor in Africa and the Czech Republic? What are the main challenges the developing countries are facing nowadays? How does it all affect us? The first lecture will attempt to provide answers to these and many other questions related to the field of international development. 2. Development asssistance will be the core theme of the second lecture. Students will learn about major bilateral and multilateral donors, different tools of development assistance, the history and current debates as well as about the development assistance of the Czech Republic. 3. Development education – how can we teach about international development in an interesting and attractive way? What methods can we use? What are main international initiatives in development education? How do we do development education in the Czech Republic? 4. Globalization – how do we understand it? Is there only one globalization? What are the pros and cons? How do we all experience globalization in our daily lives? Is globalization different in other parts of the world? 5. Students‘ final project
Teaching methods
lectures, group projects, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
final group project
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je vyučován i v anglickém jazyce. Výuka probíhá v učebně ACOR.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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