PGK22A34 Minor Dissertation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jarmila Bradová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Prerequisites
PGK11A11 Intro. to the hist. of educ. && PGK11A12 Gen. Educ. Science && PGK12A20 History of Education && PGK12A23 Educational Theories
Students may enroll in the course after they pass the Comprehensive Exam. Students submit the thesis in their third semester of studies.
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The yearly thesis should have features of a scholarly journal article. As such, it is a specific type of scientific writing bringing new (newly interpreted) findings aimed at research workers of a given field of study. Students choose and formulate a partial, focused, topic within the frame of a broad assigned topic. It is compulsory to submit a yearly thesis in the Bachelor’s study cycle.
The aim of the course is to present academic project writing skills to students, such as work with sources and literature, outline creation, quality evaluation, review writing, complex scientific text production on a given topic, and presentation of results (defense of the thesis).
Syllabus
  • In order to start working on the thesis, students must enroll in the course in the IS. Each student chooses his/her supervisor in September. Students agree on a specific topic with their supervisors. If a student fails to do so in the given period of time, a supervisor will be assigned. A cycle of lectures begins in October, which will present to students the progress of work and possible difficulties. Text creation progress will be supervised – it is desirable that the students follow instructions from their supervisors. The first assignment is to create a topic, a list of sources, annotated basic bibliography, an outline, and, in the end, the thesis as such. There are two submission dates: the first one is recommended and students who submit their theses on this date will get feedback prior to the final deadline. The second submission date is the final deadline for completed final-drafts. Theses will be defeated within the supervisor’s group. Each student writes a review of a thesis by a colleague and prepares his/her reaction to a review written by a colleague. The supervisor decides the result.
  • Course outline
  • September: course registration and enrolment in the IS
  • Choice of a supervisor and agreement on a topic
  • Lecture: What is scientific text?
  • Lecture: How to create a text outline?
  • Lecture: How to work with information and literature?
  • Lecture: How to defend a thesis?
  • First-draft submission.
  • Final-draft submission.
Literature
  • Pedagogická encyklopedie. Edited by Tomáš Janík - Milada Rabušicová - Jan Průcha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2009, 935 s. ISBN 9788073675462. info
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
Assessment methods
Course evaluation: credit
Assessment:
1. Presence at lectures
2. Participation at discussion sessions with the thesis supervisor
3. Thesis submission
4. Writing a review of another thesis
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Note related to how often the course is taught: individuální konzultace s vyučujícími ÚPV.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: individuální konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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