PřF:Z0152 Field survey, human geography - Course Information
Z0152 Field survey on human geography
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Jakub Trojan, MSc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied geography and geoinformatics (programme PřF, N-AGG)
- Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Social Geography and Regional Development (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Social geography and regional development (programme PřF, N-SGR)
- Course objectives
- The objective of field research in human geography is practical application of advanced methodical procedures in field research and demonstration of complex phenomena of human geography. Course can be linked to solution of some project and then it will be oriented at field confirmation of a hypothesis. Students will establish basic knowledge, besides other also data processing ethics.
- Learning outcomes
- Student completing the course will be able:
- to apply selected basic as well as advanced methods of field research;
- to present the research outcomes in suitable manner. - Syllabus
- Field research takes place in a particular region. Students are assigned their particular tasks and they collect primary data. Part of the field research is a presentation of a broader project objectives and discussion of its methodology.
- Literature
- KOPP, Jan. Úvod do regionálního výzkumu. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 2001, 147 s. ISBN 80-7082-762-9. info
- CLAVAL, Paul. An introduction to regional geography. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1998, xvi, 299 s. ISBN 1-55486-732-1. info
- HENDL, Jan. Kvalitativní výzkum : základní metody a aplikace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2005, 407 s. ISBN 8073670402. info
- Základy teórie a metodologie socioekonomickej geografie. Edited by Koloman Ivanička. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1987, 432 s. info
- Qualitative research methods in human geography. Edited by Iain Hay. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxxi, 432. ISBN 9780195430158. info
- Methods in human geography : a guide for students doing a research project. Edited by Robin Flowerdew - David Martin. 2nd ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2005, xxiii, 366. ISBN 0582473217. info
- Practising human geography. Edited by Paul J. Cloke. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2004, xvi, 416. ISBN 0761973001. info
- Teaching methods
- The principal method of teaching is field research, in which the students via interviews, surveys or other techniques collect information on a particular topic in a particular region. These cannot be gained from secondary data, or other existing databases.
- Assessment methods
- Students are credited for the case study, which was a product of team work. Each student will present his/her part of the case study.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5 dní.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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