PGK42B87 Foundantions of Demography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Trnková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
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 Ústavu pro informace ve vzdělávání www.uiv.cz
  • Veřejná data Českého statistického úřadu www.czso.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
Group consultation based on lecture and seminar work with demographic data. HOmework.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
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