PřF:Bi8691 Human Ontogenesis - Course Information
Bi8691 Human Individual Development
Faculty of Sciencespring 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Čuta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Daňko (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Miroslav Králík, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 14:00–15:50 Bp1,01007
- 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
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-AN)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Course objectives
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical approaches and study, empirical research and modelling possibilities of individual development and life cycle/history of Man and, also, to introduce the in detail to the specifics of individual developmental phases from conception to death.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course the students should be able to: explain the biological background of classification of the human individual development phases; understand growth and development mechanisms in particular phases; identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors of growth and development; know the main "tasks" and "pitfalls" of each stage of development; apply the standard methods of growth and development assessment; explain human ontogenesis from the viewpoint of the Theory of life history; interpret specifics of human life history in the context of primates.
- Syllabus
- Block I - Theoretical approach to individual development
- Introduction
- Life-history
- Interconnection of developmental stages
- Growth and development
- Block II - Biological-psycho-social development of man from conception till death
- Human prenatal development
- Delivery and newborn
- Childhood
- Prepuberty, puberty, adolescence
- Adolescent and young adult
- Development of man in adulthood
- Aging and dying
- Phenomena along the course of life
- Course summary, students' presentations, discussion, consults
- Literature
- Langdon, J.H. (2005): The Human Strategy: An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Anatomy. Oxford University Press, NY (kapitola: 21. Life History).
- Flegr J. (2005): Evoluční biologie. Academia, Praha. (kapitola 12. Evoluce ontogeneze a životního cyklu).
- Bjorklund D.F., Pellegrini, A.D. (2002): The Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
- Burgess R., MacDonald K. (Eds.) (2004): Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development, 2nd edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Eveleth, P. B., Tanner, J. M. (1999): Worldwide Variation in Human Growth. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA.
- Šmahel, Z. (2001): Principy, teorie a metody auxologie. Karolinum, Praha.
- Malina, R. M., Bouchard, C., Bar-Or, O. (2004): Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity. Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, USA.
- LeVine, R. A., New, R. S. (2008): Anthropology and Child Development: A Cross-Cultural Reader. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, USA.
- Vágnerová, M. (2007): Vývojová psychologie II. Dospelost a stáří. Karolinum, Praha.
- Teaching methods
- The tuition in the course is in form of lectures and individual work based on scientific papers published on various topics; the outcome of individual work will be in presentation in which each student presents to colleagues results of his/her work.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded with an oral exam on condition that the student presented his/her short paper (presentation) on an agreed topic. To pass the exam successfully the student must prove good knowledge of the issues discussed during lectures and in the required reading.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2018, recent)
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