UPPVJK001 Introduction to Study

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
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, Fri 13. 11. 9:45–12:10 C205, Fri 20. 11. 8:05–8:50 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
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
  • Zákon č. 111/1998 Sb., o vysokých školách a o změně a doplnění dalších zákonů
    recommended literature
  • 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
Assessment methods (in Czech)
zápočet
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Lectures, consultations - students have the possibility to consult via e-mail or upon agreement with the instructor in person. The course has an LMS Moodle course which is used for electronic communication with the instructor and among students
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2020, recent)
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