FSpS:np4056 Science & Sport - Course Information
np4056 Science and Sport
Faculty of Sports Studiesspring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Ing. Tomáš Vodička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Martin Zvonař, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. Mgr. Martin Zvonař, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
- 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 Kinesiology (programme FSpS, N-KTAK) (2)
- Strength and Conditioning Training (programme FSpS, N-KTAK) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the subject is to broaden the theoretical knowledge needed in the planning, preparation, realization of independent research projects with kinantropological topic.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course students will be able to:
1. orientate in sports science scientific literature;
2.describe current opportunities (grant agencies) of research activities;
3. Understand the language of the project calls;
4. characterize basic types of research in sport;
5. Assess the criteria for evaluating science;
6. Create a complete research scientific project. - Syllabus
- Lectures:
- Current grant opportunities, grant agencies in the Czech Republic and abroad
- preparation of a research project (drafting circumstances, ethics committee for research, evaluation criteria - PEDRO scale, Oxford quality scoring system, ...);
- Targeting research to adequate levels
- assessment criteria (RIV points, H-index, SJR index, WoS, citation indices, ...);
- working with WoS, Research Gate, ORCID, how to navigate and what scientific media it serves;
- types of research in sport examples of research carried out at FSPS.
- Seminars
- work with scientific texts;
- complete realization of a simple research project, its preparation, processing (team work - about 3 groups after 5), realization, analysis of results, formulation of conclusions and presentation of results in the final block of teaching.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- HENDL, Jan and Jiří REMR. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 372 stran. ISBN 9788026211921. info
- PUNCH, Keith. Základy kvantitativního šetření. Translated by Jan Hendl. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 150 stran. ISBN 9788073673819. info
- not specified
- Projektové výzvy grantových agentur v ČR
- Teaching methods
- theoretical lectures and practically based seminars
- Assessment methods
- scientific project realization
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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