Course: Social Geography for Education

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Course title Social Geography for Education
Course code KGG/SGV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stražovec Adam, Mgr.
  • Kovařík Filip, Mgr.
  • Halás Marián, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The introductory part on the study of human geography is followed by disquisition of the population geography and the geography of settlement. Attention is paid to development and spatial differentiation of populations and settlement systems, natural change and migration of populations, structure of populations, typology, regionalisation and inner structure of both urban and rural settlements, as well as to urbanisation and suburbanisation processes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course introduces human geography and specifies its position in the system of scientific disciplines and predominantely deals with the topics of population geography and the geography of settlement.
Recall basic terms and concepts used in human geography, namely in population geography and settlement geography.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

Credit requirements: elaboration of individual tasks. Exam requirements: knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
Recommended literature
  • Bašovský, O., Mládek, J. (1985). Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel. Bratislava: UK.
  • Carter, H. (1995). The study of urban geography. Hodder Arnold.
  • Ježek, J. (2001). Vybrané kapitoly z geografického výzkumu měst. Plzeň: ZČU.
  • Knox, P., Pinch, S. (2000). Urban social geography: an introduction. Prentice Hall.
  • Koschin, F. (2005). Demografie poprvé. Praha: VŠE.
  • Mládek, J. (1992). Základy geografie obyvateľstva. Bratislava: SPN.
  • Pavlík, Z., Kučera, M. (eds.). (2002). Populační vývoj České republiky 1990-2002. Praha: DemoArt.
  • Short, J. R. (ed.). (1994). Lidská sídla. 1. díl Velké geografické encyklopedie. Praha: Nakladatelský dům OP.
  • Toušek, V., Kunc, J., Vystoupil, J. (eds.). (2008). Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Geography for Education (2019) Category: Geography courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer