UPPVJP001 Introduction to Study

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/13/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UPPVJP001/A: Wed 11:25–12:10 C207, V. Kocourková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
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
The course objective is to show not only the programme of Educational care for the elderly, but also to provide a general outline of university studies. Students become familiar with the Higher Education Act, the basic documents of the faculty, the essential concepts relating to their studies, etc. An important part of the course is to acquaint students with the principles of elaborating a professional text, searching relevant resources and working with them.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: Students know the principles of elaborating scientific papers and have an overview of basic literature for their studied discipline. Students know the basic documents governing the course of their study.
Professional skills: Students can search through professional resources and sources relevant to their studies. Students can use citation standards elaborating scientific papers.
General qualification: Students can find relevant expert sources and handle the elaboration of a scientific paper with respect to the work ethic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Higher education in the Czech Republic and university studies
  • 2. Basic concepts related to higher education
  • 3. Introduction to the Study programme Educational care for the elderly - discipline characteristics, graduate profile, etc.
  • 4. Basic concepts related to educational care for the elderly
  • 5. Introduction to education of the elderly.
  • 6. Basic characteristics of the target group - the elderly
  • 7. Technical text
  • 8. Academic writing - content and formal aspects, stylistics and language level of writing scientific papers at university
  • 9. Principles for academic writing - literature, citation standard - basic information, ways and methods of citation and referencing
  • 10. Principles of academic text writing - literature, citation standard - structure of bibliographical references, rules and elements of bibliographic citations
  • 11. Academic writing - literature, citation standards - examples
  • 12. Information resources - libraries, databases of expert sources, scientific journals
  • 13. Communication and presentation skills
Literature
    required literature
  • ČSN ISO 690. Informace a dokumentace – Pravidla pro bibliografické odkazy a citace informačních zdrojů. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2011.39 s. Třídící znak 01 0197.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. - SMÉKALOVÁ, L. Edukace seniorů. Geragogika a gerontagogika. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5446-8. info
  • TALLOVÁ, B.Úvod do studia [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2019. Dostupné z: https://elearning.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=451
  • Vnitřní předpisy Slezské univerzity v Opavě a Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě
    recommended literature
  • Citační norma ČSN ISO 690:2022: Bibliografické citace – podrobný návod, jak citovat literaturu a prameny, s českými příklady: https://citace.zcu.cz/
  • BENEŠ, M. Andragogika. 2. aktuální a rozšířené vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4824-5. info
  • KALNICKÝ, J. Celoživotní učení, edukace dospělých a seniorů; relační a kauzální analýza geneze. Ostrava: Repronis, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7329-403-8. info
  • PLÁŠEK, R. Odborný text. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014. 36 s. ISBN 978-80-210-7175-9.
  • PRŮCHA, J. - VETEŠKA, J. Andragogický slovník. 2., aktualizované vydání 320 s. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-802-474-748-4. info
  • Zákon č. 111/1998 Sb., o vysokých školách a o změně a doplnění dalších zákonů (zákon o vysokých školách) , ve znění účinném od 1. 4. 2021: https://www.msmt.cz/dokumenty-3/zakon-c-111-1998-sb-o-vysokych-skolach
Assessment methods
Credit full-time study: seminar test
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 also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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