UPPVFK001 Introduction to the Field of Study

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 2. 10. 8:05–11:20 C312, Fri 30. 10. 9:45–11:20 C205
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
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
Course objectives
Students are introduced to the study not only the field itself, but also generally to university. They will get acquainted with the basic documents of the faculty, the Higher Education Act, etc. Significant time is devoted to the processing of professional work during the study, searching for relevant resources and working with them. So is the ethics of work.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of educational care for seniors - system of study, basic literature, profile of graduate, characteristics of university studies in the Czech Republic. 2. Ethical aspects in educational activities with seniors. 3. Ethics of professional work - work with literature, citation standards, direct quotations, paraphrases, ways of referencing in professional work. 4. Bibliographic citations of documents according to ČSN ISO 690 and ČSN ISO 690-2 - methodology and general rules. 5. Bibliographic citations of documents according to ČSN ISO 690 and ČSN ISO 690-2 - models and examples of individual types of documents. 6. Specifics of working with electronic resources - the Internet. 7. Stylistics and language level of writing academic papers at university. 8. Information sources - libraries, pedagogical libraries, magazines. 9. Principles for processing PowerPoint presentation and principles for presentation. 10. Principles for processing documents in Word - advanced document settings.
Literature
    required literature
  • Studijní, disciplinární a zkušební řád FVP SU Opava. info
  • Zákon č. 111/1998 Sb. O vysokých školách a o změně a doplnění dalších zákonů. info
  • JANIŠ, K. Úvod do studia oboru. Elektronická studijní opora. Opava, 2015. info
  • ČÍŽKOVÁ, Š., JANIŠ, K. stručný průvodce studiem na vysoké škole. 45 s. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7248-569-7. info
  • ÚZ: Školství. Ostrava-Hrabůvka: Sagit, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7208-698-6. info
  • POKORNÝ, J. Úspěšnost zaručena: Jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Brno: AKADEMICKÉ NAKLADATELSTVÍ CERM, 2004. ISBN 80-7204-348-X. info
  • KHAN, N. B. Jak efektivně studovat a pracovat s informacemi. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-443-5. info
  • HOLOUŠOVÁ, D. Jak psát diplomové a závěrečné práce. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, Pedagogická fakul, 2000. ISBN 80-7067-841-0. info
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
presentation
Assessment methods
test (practical)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2020, recent)
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