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Course: Interpretative Seminar

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Course title Interpretative Seminar
Course code KSKA/MINSE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Retka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
How to read an academic text. How to write an academic text and how to process gained data. Abstract and resumé. Quotation rules. Review. Comparison. Compilation. The original academic text.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 30 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the characteristics of an academic text and to the possibilities of work with social data gained during their own field research.
Students will be familiar with relevant methodological concepts of academic writing and they will be able to submit theoretical basis for their bachelor thesis proposals.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Creative work analysis

Recommended literature
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Voznice: Leda, 1999.
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci, 1. české vydání, 271 s.. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997.
  • ECO, U. Meze interpretace. Praha: Karolinum, 2005.
  • Filka Jaroslav. Metodika tvorby diplomové práce. Brno: Knihař, 2002. 223 s..
  • Nosková, J., M. Pavlásek. Když výzkum, tak kvalitativní. Serpentinami bádání v terénu. Brno. 2013.
  • Novotná, H., O. Špaček, M. Šťovíčková Jantulová. Metody výzkumu ve společenských vědách. Praha. 2020.
  • Olivier de Sardan, J-P. Epistemology, Fieldwork and Anthropology. New York. 2015.
  • PAUKERTOVÁ, D. Zpracování a obhajoba projektu. Praha: VŠE, 1998.
  • SEDLÁK, J. Úvod do práce s informacemi. Brno: Masarykova universita, 1966.
  • Stöckelová T., a Ghosh, Y.. Etnografie: Improvizace v teorii a terénní praxi. Praha. 2013.
  • SYNEK, M., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, H., SVOBODOVÁ, I. Diplomová práce a státní zkoušky na VŠE v Praze : metodický návod , jak psát seminární, diplomové, doktorské a jiné písemné práce. Praha: VŠE, 1996.
  • Šanderová, J. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách.. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách., 2005.


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