Course objectives:
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The objective of the seminar is to develop the students´ ability to conduct a specialized critical debate on selected topics dealing with archaeology, in which they defend their views while respecting the views of others.
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Requirements on student
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Elaboration and presentation of papers on the assigned topic, active participation in discussions based on the study of the assigned professional literature and elaboration of a seminar work.
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Content
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Students learn the skill of logical structuring of various types of specialized discourse and rigorous argumentation. In addition to these formal aspects, the course is aimed at enhancing the knowledge of current thematic fields of archaeology. The seminar is based on the discussions on selected specialized publications and the current issues of archaeology. The seminar also includes the presentation of research projects via invited investigators, co-investigators and members of research teams, both from our own workplace and from partner institutions. The students discuss selected issues based on the study of specialized literature, give presentations on assigned topics and participate in group discussions. The feedback obtained in the critical debate will subsequently be considered in the students´ written seminar paper, the topic of which correlates with their forming specialization.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Recommended:
AMERICAN ANTIQUITY.
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Recommended:
ANTIQUITY.
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Recommended:
ARCHAEOLOGICA HISTORICA.
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Recommended:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
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Recommended:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIALOGUES.
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Recommended:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION.
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Recommended:
ARCHEOLOGICKÉ ROZHLEDY.
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Recommended:
Další aktuální odbornou literaturu určí vyučující..
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Recommended:
ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF MATERIAL CULTURE.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
JOURNAL OF WORLD PREHISTORY.
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Recommended:
PAMÁTKY ARCHEOLOGIECKÉ.
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Recommended:
POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Recommended:
PRÄHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT.
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Recommended:
WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
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9
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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30
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Contact hours
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39
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Total
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78
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
To summarize basic principles and methods of scientific work |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
To discuss and to argument at a seminar relevantly |
To use and to understand the scientific language |
To understand and to reproduce a scientific text in Czech, English and German |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
To summarize the building scientific apparatus and ethical principles of scientific work |
To summarize the issues of institutional and information structure of Czech and partly also European archeology |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
To recognize and to create basic kinds of a scientific text |
To possess advanced skills of rhetoric and discussion |
To build their own information systems |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Seminar work |
Continuous assessment |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Seminar |
Discussion |
Task-based study method |
Self-study of literature |
Project-based instruction |
Students' portfolio |
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