Ze2RC_AAK5 Regional Geography of Asia and Africa

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Ze2RC_AAK5/01: Fri 30. 9. 9:20–12:50 učebna 5a, Fri 9. 12. 9:20–12:50 učebna 5a, L. Lněnička
Prerequisites
Basic experience in the analytical geosciences related to physical, economic and human geography. Basic language skills - especially in English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the tuition is to give the imagination of the Asie or Africa as the functional units of various dimensions and hierarchical formatting on the base of natural and corresponding economical and social parameters. Students have to display the ability of composing partial component pieces of information and subsumtioning lokalizated peaces of information into their context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Regional geography approaches of world´s macroregion identification
  • 2. Geographical aspects of macroregions development
  • 3. Regional aspects of East Asia
  • 4. Regional aspects of Southeast Asia
  • 5. Regional aspects of South Asia
  • 6. Regional aspects of Islamic world
  • 7. Regional aspects of Subsaharian Africa
Literature
    required literature
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan and Peter O. MULLER. The world today : concepts and regions in geography. Edited by Eugene Joseph Palka. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2007, xxvii, 391. ISBN 9780470046814. info
  • ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 309 s. info
    recommended literature
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Afrika : sociogeografický přehled. Vyd. 1. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2007, 122 s. ISBN 9788070448380. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Asie : sociogeografický přehled. Vyd. 1. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2006, 151 s. ISBN 8070447397. info
  • ANDĚL, Jiří, Ivan BIČÍK and Tomáš HAVLÍČEK. Makroregiony světa : regionální geografie pro gymnázia. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 2010, 148 s. ISBN 9788086034782. info
Teaching methods
Discussion Cooperative forms education Particular presentation Theoretic and practical preparing for education on primary school
Assessment methods
The course is realized by the form of lectures, seminar discussion groups and self-study of compulsory literature. The course is completed by the oral exam where student proves the ability to assemble the partial component information and factual located information and put them into context.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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