Course objectives:
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Field trip wants to give students a chance to prove their theoretical geographical knowledge in a practical way as well as to bestow or broaden key skills to be able to orient in the region, communicate with local stakeholders and getting to know unknown environemnt.
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Requirements on student
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Credit: Active approach and involvment in both preparation and realization of the field trip.
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Content
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3-4 days of preparation of the field trip (schedule; logistics; accomodation).
3-4 days field trip to foreign country or to a particular region in the Czech Republic
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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:
Čechurová, M., Preis, J. Zahraniční geografická exkurze: příprava, realizace, význam. Praha, 2012.
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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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16
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Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day)
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42
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Individual project (40)
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58
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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40
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Total
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156
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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 communicate in certain foreign language.
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To evaluate and distinguish based on professional literature key places, that must be inscribed into the itinerary. |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
To plan realisticaly a time schedule. |
To create a team and a plan preparations together. |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
To set up plan of the field trip based on previously provided data and information. |
To apply theroetical knowledge about visited area and explain or describe them in the field. |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
To apply principles of interpersonal communication and team work. |
To communicate and solve various situation in foreign language. |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Seminar work |
Continuous assessment |
Project |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Field trip |
Group discussion |
Discussion |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Field trip |
Collaborative instruction |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Field trip |
Textual studies |
Individual study |
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