PB32JB55 Foundations of Demography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Trnková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 14:10–15:45 L11
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course demography introduce students to fundamental characterization of populations and with processes, that affect their growth or decline. A part of course wil be overview on development world's population, about specifiecs particular areas and connecions, that along demographic phenomena bring into the social areas. Consideration will be dedicated to development of population in Czech republic. Especially consideration will be appropriate to consequence and connection demographic processes in educational policy and existence of schools. Basic aim of the course is to get competence use public electronic sources of statistic and demographic data and their processing.
Syllabus
  • 1. Demografphy, demographic proceses and phenomenon; public demographic data and their structure
  • 2. Czech population and its spatial distribution, settlements.
  • 3. Structure of czech population: age, gender, education, families, social structure, economic activity
  • 4. Structure of czech population: religion, etnic structure, healt conditions, households
  • 5. Mortality - situation, causes, self-destructiveness; Natality - situation, fertility, abortions, bilance of populations
  • 6. Marriage and divorces; projections of population
  • 7. Demographic trends in worls population.
Literature
    required literature
  • Veřejná data Českého statistického úřadu www.czso.cz
  • Veřejná data Ústavu pro informace ve vzdělávání www.uiv.cz
  • ROUBÍČEK, Vladimír. Úvod do demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: CODEX Bohemia, 1997, 348 s. ISBN 80-85963-43-4. info
  • Demografie (nejen) pro demografy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1993, 125 s. ISBN 80-801424-2-7. info
    recommended literature
  • VYSTOUPIL, Jiří and Zdeňka TARABOVÁ. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 150 s. ISBN 8021036176. info
    not specified
  • Statistical yearbook of the Czech republic 1996 (Souběž.) : Statistická ročenka České republiky 1996. info
  • Statistical yearbook of the Czech republic `99 (Souběž.) : Statistická ročenka České republiky `99. info
  • zdroje z portálu Demografie www.demografie.info
  • Federální statistický úřad (Praha). Historická statistická ročenka ČSSR. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 910 s. info
Teaching methods
group projects, presentations, homework, seminars, lectures
Assessment methods
5 individual and group home project with presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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