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Seminar in Methodology - KVAR007
Title: Seminář metodologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Ecclesiastical History and Literary History (26-KCD)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D.
Is co-requisite for: KSTE010
Annotation -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)
This seminar introduces the students to the aim, meaning, context, structure, and rules of the theological studies and it gives the first introduction to the general methodology, the reading and writing of an academic text and presentation, and the use of the essential research sources and tools.

International students are welcome to participate: at the beginning of the course, an individual curriculum will be prepared for each student, according to his or her language skills and other possibilities. The course will be successfully finished with a written paper on the topic selected by the teacher.
Aim of the course -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

Introduction to the study of theology and general principles of undergraduate study. Theoretical and practical introduction to the perception and production of professional texts.

Literature -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)
    • Literature for foreign students will be discussed individually and recommended by the teacher
Teaching methods -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

Lectures, discussions, exercises: practical demonstrations, excursions, text analysis.

Alternatively "flipped classroom method", students prepare for the topic of the following lesson independently according to the teacher's assignment.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

The following are required for credit:

active participation and a maximum of 2 absences;
oral presentation (10 minutes);
successful completion of a seminar paper on a topic approved by the instructor:
linguistic, formal and professional (theological) aspects are evaluated;
binding deadline for submission: to be specified
method of submission: electronic and hard copy
Essentials of the seminar paper:

7 standard pages;
use of at least five different sources, including at least one foreign language source.
Title page, introduction, "live content", essay divided into at least two levels (1.; 1.1.,; 2. 2.1. etc.), conclusion, bibliography divided into sources and secondary literature;
formal layout according to https://www.ktf.cuni.cz/KTF-963.html.

Syllabus -
Last update: ThLic. Mgr. Lenka Makovcová Demartini, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

Syllabus:

3.10. Presentation of the seminar content

10.10. Theoretical basics: method, methodology and methodology; structure of presentation

17.10. Introduction to study and basic academic skills; professional styles

24.10. Review of electronic resources

31.10. Review of other sources, analysis of topics and proposals for seminar papers

7.11. Principles of writing term papers I: how to write an annotation, abstract

14.11. Principles of writing term papers II: how to write an introduction and conclusion

21.11. Structure of a scientific text: content, introduction, structure of the essay, conclusion, literature

28.11. Principles of writing term papers II: citation standards, working with a template

5.12. Paraphrasing, how to avoid plagiarism + practical exercise

12.12. Reading a professional text I (Method in theology, J. Regner)

19.12. Reading of the professional text II (Verbum spirans amorem, Štěpán M. Filip)

9.1. JP II: Fides et ratio: discussion based on the studied text of the encyclical

 
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