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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Scientific writting and presentation skills - MC280P76
Title: Zpracování odborného textu a prezentační dovednosti
Czech title: Zpracování odborného textu a prezentační dovednosti
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemistry Education (31-280)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Václav Martínek, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Petr Šmejkal, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. RNDr. Václav Martínek, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Petr Šmejkal, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MC280P72
Is incompatible with: MC280P72
Annotation -
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with basic rules and procedures used during the writing of scientific text and using presentation techniques. The aim of the course is to develop students' practical skills to write a scientific text, scientific presentation and work with suitable software tools. Participants will practice the acquired knowledge when working on a PC.
The course takes place in person, in case of impossibility to attend the faculty or the impossibility of full-time teaching, the course will take place in the online environment ZOOM.
It is necessary to log in to the ZOOM platform with a faculty/university e-mail and a faculty/university login!

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic rules and procedures used in the production of professional and textual work. It also includes an introduction to the techniques of processing and presenting professional results, including the actual presentation of results and subsequent professional discussion. As part of the exercise, students will also expand their knowledge of working with relevant software tools and practice the knowledge they have acquired.
The course is held in full-time mode, in case of inability to attend the faculty or impossibility of full-time teaching, the course will be held in the online environment ZOOM.
I that case, it is necessary to log in to the ZOOM platform with a faculty/university e-mail!
Last update: Martínek Václav, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2024)
Literature -

Recommended literature are instructions for writing technical texts and manuals of individual programs and online services help. Instructions for writing final theses are available here: https://www.natur.cuni.cz/chemie/educhem/ke-stazeni (in Czech)

Last update: Šmejkal Petr, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2020)
Requirements to the exam -

The condition for obtaining the credit is at least 80% attendance and passing the practical test/presentation of selected theme.

Last update: Šmejkal Petr, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2020)
Syllabus -
  •  What does the final thesis in the didactics of chemistry look like - conception and verification of experiments, experimental work in the laboratory, questionnaire surveys, creation of didactic materials, support for teaching
  •  How to write a bachelor thesis - structure, professional style, instructions
  •  Working with literature - WoS, ERIC, full texts of articles - on-line, libraries, internet resources, citations
  •  Citation manager - Zotero, import of citations from the web and cooperation with a text editor
  •  MS Office - Word: more advanced features (field codes, styles, cross-references, automatic content, language tools, revisions, comparison ...), PDF / A export
  •  MS Office - Excel: data processing, graphs, calculations ...
  •  MS Office - PowerPoint: more advanced features, choice of suitable color scheme, font and amount of text, compatibility
  •  Alternative office software and utilisation of AI in science and education
  •  Educational and presentation technology - data projectors
Last update: Martínek Václav, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (02.10.2024)
Learning outcomes -
  •  The student searches for theses in didactics of chemistry, including print and electronic formats available in SIS.
  •  The student will learn the design and validation of experiments, experimental work in the laboratory, inquiry-based investigations, and the development of didactic materials.
  •  The student will be introduced to the process of thesis defense, including critiques and discussions, which will be practiced at the end of the class.
  •  The student learns how to write an undergraduate thesis, including structure, structure, and professional writing style.
  •  The student applies knowledge of working with the professional literature, using databases such as WoS and ERIC to search full text articles.
  •  The student is proficient with the citation manager Zotero, imports citations from the web, and works with a word processor.
  •  The student reads scholarly articles with comprehension and applies the information learned.
  •  The student uses advanced MS Office - Word features such as field codes, styles, and document revisions.
  •  The student processes data in MS Office - Excel, creates charts and performs calculations.
  •  The student creates presentations in MS Office - PowerPoint with attention to appropriate color scheme, fonts, and amount of text.
  •  The student is proficient with teaching and presentation technology and uses AI effectively while being aware of its limitations.
Last update: Martínek Václav, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (02.10.2024)
 
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