Course: Methodological Aspects of Scientific Text Creating

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Course title Methodological Aspects of Scientific Text Creating
Course code KSA/MATVD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dopita Miroslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Methodological aspects of the academic text Methodology - general concept and the sense 2. Theoretical aspects of the academic text Choosing appropriate theoretical basis for the academic text, criteria 3. Types of academic texts Article, conference paper, abstract, annotation, final work, scientific book, article in a monograph, characteristics and criteria 4. Methods of creation of the academic text Methodical aspects of creation of the academic text, methods and techniques 5. Basis for creation of the academic text Choosing appropriate theoretical and contextual basis for the academic text, operationalization, criteria 6. Processing the outcomes of the academic text Nature and character of the outcomes of the academic text, demand connected with their final character, outcomes of the academic text 7. Methods of work with the literature Quotation rules, working with quotation rules, secondary quotations, quotations from the Internet 8. Formal aspects of the academic text Extend, structure, making chapters and parts 9. Authorship and co-authorship of the academic text Advantages, disadvantages, character, and share of the outcomes 10. Quotation index Characteristics, usage 11. Databases, card files Characteristics, usage and working with them 12. On-line sources, on-line libraries Characteristics, usage and working with them

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work, Work Activities
Learning outcomes
The goal is to provide and develop skills in academic writing, in particular with the methodological area. The lecture is focused on the basic methodological and theoretical rules of academic writing.
- Student knows the general requirements of the content of an academic text. - Student knows the general requirements of the methodology of an academic text. - Student can distinguish and create general types of the academic texts. - Student can use relevant on-line sources for creation of an academic text. - Student is able to suggest appropriate methodology for an academic text. - Student is able to work with literature relevant for the chosen topic of an academic text. - Student is able to choose appropriate theoretical basis for an academic text.
Prerequisites
KSA/METSV, KSA/MEAN, KSA/SDPVD

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

To gain the credit, it is necessary to work out and present on the tutorial a proposal of the structure, goals, methodology of the master thesis.
Recommended literature
  • příslušná odborná literatura k vybranému andragogickému tématu - viz literatura u jednotlivých disciplín ve studijním plánu..
  • Studijní pomůcky: pracovní listy a powerpointové prezentace určené ke studiu dalších, doplňujících informací k tématu.
  • Kubátová, H.:. Rukověť autora diplomky. 1.vydání. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2009. 121 s. ISBN 978-80-244-2314-2..
  • Kubátová, H.; Šimek, D.:. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce. Olomouc 2007.


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