Current Trends in the Development and Application of Natural Sciences
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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02USTA | Z | 6 | 16B | Czech |
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- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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This course is designed for teacher education students. It introduces students to the latest research directions in the natural sciences. Emphasis is placed on developing professional qualifications and interdisciplinary connections. The course is delivered through specialized seminars, which also include guest lectures from external experts, and features a field trip to a specialized research facility.
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Participation and presentation of an original contribution; alternatively: a seminar paper that could be published in one of the professional journals for teachers or high school students (e.g., Rozhledy matematicko-fyzikální, Učitel matematiky, etc.).
- Syllabus of lectures:
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Particle and nuclear physics (introduction to laboratories such as CERN, FAIR Darmstadt, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Accelerators and detectors (applications in medicine, cyclotron at ÚJF Řež)
Nuclear fission and nuclear reactors
Plasma physics and nuclear fusion (plasma physics laboratory, Golem tokamak)
Radioactivity, its applications, and protection
Modern chemistry and its applications from industry to medicine (production of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, food industry)
Quantum technologies
Contemporary trends in mathematics and their real-life applications (e.g., traffic modeling)
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The student will gain an overview of current trends, findings, and possibilities in the natural sciences, enabling them to provide motivation, higher-quality interdisciplinary teaching, and potentially advanced individual work with gifted students.
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Key literature:
Reichl J.: Aplikovaná matematika. Praha, SPŠST Panská. Dostupné online na http://www.jreichl.com/matematika/vyuka/texty/aplikovana_matematika.pdf
Matouš, B. (2010). Základy lékařské chemie a biochemie. Galén.
Recommended literature:
Odborné časopisy: Applications of Mathematics, Chemické listy
Časopisy určené učitelům (Učitel matematiky, Biologie-Chemie-Zeměpis)
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- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans: