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Lecturer(s)
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Zábranský Vilém, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Koumar Jiří, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Historical demography and historical statistics ? basic concepts and issues 2. Development and approaches to studying populations in the past 3. Application of historical statistics in Czech and foreign historical science 4. Development and presentation of specific research outputs in modern Czech historiography 5. Methods of work and sources of historical demography 6. Methods of using statistical work in historical research, procedure and stages of statistical investigation 7. Types of sources and possibilities for their use 8. Procedures for working with sources, possibilities for their processing 9. Electronic tools for historical statistics (spreadsheet calculators, database programs) 10. Demographic phenomena in historical perspective 11. Demographic processes, natural population change 12. Transformation of the population of the Czech state 13. Selected global population issues
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic aspects of population development against the background of historical development. Emphasis is placed not only on the typology of sources, but also on the methods of historical demography and historical statistics, including other quantitative methods in historiographical research. Attention will also be paid to the concrete change of the population of the Czech state in historical perspective. The course will also include procedures for creating an electronic database when working with bulk sources.
The graduate demonstrates knowledge of the basic milestones in the development of Czech and world historical demography. He/she can reliably inform about the most important outcomes and can also reliably characterize their significance for the overall understanding of population development and other population characteristics. It can also explain the basic concepts of historical statistics and its application within historical science. The student will acquire knowledge of the typology of basic sources used in historical-demographic research, can determine their value for solving partial problems of historical research and can choose the right approach for data processing. The course will also include procedures for creating an electronic database when working with sources of a bulk nature.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Development of a portfolio of three tasks (subtasks) related to the analysis of demographic sources.
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Recommended literature
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