Course: Global Environmental Challenges and Security

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Course title Global Environmental Challenges and Security
Course code LUEB/L5OGE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pitrová Kateřina, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D., Ed.D., MBA
Course content
Preserving Rainforests, Deforestation versus Reforestation. Animal Protection against Poaching, Fighting the Animal Trade. Biodiversity. Sustainable Development. Soil Erosion, Biodynamic Farming. Renewable Energy. Global Warming. Natural and Cultural Heritage. Impact of Tourism. Pollution, Waste Management. Problem Security Issues. Global Problems. Food Security. Global Peace Index, Human Development Index, Food Security Index.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Teamwork
  • Participation in classes - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Without preconditions.
Without preconditions.
learning outcomes
Knowledge that will anable students to explain and clarity the issue of environmental security.
Knowledge that will anable students to explain and clarity the issue of environmental security.
Draw general conlusions on the issue of environmental situation.
Draw general conlusions on the issue of environmental situation.
Argue and defent their views on th issue of global problems.
Argue and defent their views on th issue of global problems.
Skills
Determine the severity of individual global problems.
Determine the severity of individual global problems.
Improve your approach to food waste.
Improve your approach to food waste.
Collaborate on the development of a group project within the subject.
Collaborate on the development of a group project within the subject.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Teamwork
Teamwork
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Skills
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Students working in pairs
Students working in pairs
assessment methods
Knowledge
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Preparation of a presentation
Preparation of a presentation
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • EVANS, V., DOOLEY, J., BLUM, E. Logistics. Newbury: Express Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78098-669-2.
  • HARDING, K., LANE, A. International Express Intermediate. Student's Book Pack. Third Edition. Oxford: OUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-459786-9.


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