Z8147 Quality of Life

Faculty of Science
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivan Andráško, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jaroslav Biolek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ivan Andráško, PhD.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Tue 14:00–14:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z8147/01: Tue 18:00–18:50 Z2,01032, J. Biolek
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Quality of life is a phenomenon with considerable variability in time and space. For this one, but also other, more specific reasons, the quality of life research should be considered as an stabile part of the geographical research. Through the course, students will get familiar with theoretical base of the quality of life research (definitions, dimensions, domains, indicators, models, approaches etc.), the methodological background (e.g. using quantitative, qualitative and mixed approaches and methods) and a wider range of advisable bases of applied research (e.g. study of quality of life in the specific territory, creation of outputs potentially usable in planning, local government, etc.).
Syllabus
  • 1. introductory lecture - the concept of quality of life and its importance, literature and electronic resources
  • 2. quality of life - the content interpretation and the definition, metaconcepts
  • 3. basic dimensions and domains of quality of life
  • 4. criteria and indicators of quality of life
  • 5. structural models and approaches to research
  • 6. development of the concept of quality of life
  • 7. multidisciplinarity of quality of life
  • 8. geography and quality of life - the role and status of geography in the quality of life research
  • 9. geography and quality of life - time and space in the research framework, outputs for praxis and application
  • 10. urban quality of life
  • 11. applications in geography and methodological background - objective dimension - socio-demographic domain, the concept of quality of living conditions
  • 12. applications in geography - subjective dimension - perception of quality of life, satisfaction research
  • 13. synthesis of knowledge, presentation, popularization and practical usability of research results
Literature
    required literature
  • ANDRÁŠKO, Ivan. The role and status of geography in the quality of life research. In GEODNY LIBEREC 2008 : sborník příspěvků. Editors Václav Poštolka, Zdeněk Lipský, Klára Popková, Jiří Šmída. Liberec: Technická univerzita, 2009, p. 210-215. ISBN 978-80-7372-443-6. info
    recommended literature
  • IRA, Vladimír and Ivan ANDRÁŠKO. Kvalita života z pohľadu humánnej geografie (Quality of life from the viewpoint of human geography). Geografický časopis. Bratislava: Geografický ústav SAV, 2007, roč. 59, č. 2, p. 159-179. ISSN 0016-7193. info
Teaching methods
lectures, individual and group projects and homeworks, presentations, class discussion, field research
Assessment methods
elaboration of homeworks/class exercises, colloquium
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, spring 2018.
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