First semester classes

Didactics of higher education

The course aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of doctoral students within the scope of planning the pedagogical work, the analysis and evaluation of education processes and the determination and assessment of their outcomes. Issues concerning the regularities and determinants of the teaching-learning process will be discussed.

Classes in 2024/2025

Thursday classes from 13:00 to 16:15

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Ethics

The four-hour lecture presents the main issues of academic ethics including its role in contemporary moral thinking. The core content of the lecture is an analysis of basic concepts and methods and a presentation of grand normative theories.

Specific examples of the application of ethical principles in practice are discussed in the workshop-type classes. Doctoral students choose a minimum of two two-hour workshops from the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School offer according to their own interests and needs.

Classes in 2024/2025

• Lecture – LINK
• Workshops:
  • Research Ethics: Socially Engaged Research – LINK
  • Research Ethics: Research Data Management and the Researcher’s Responsibility for the Use of Research Results – LINK
  • Research Ethics: Ethical assessment of scientific research – LINK
  • Research Ethics: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Research – LINK
  • Research ethics: Consent to Participation in Research – LINK
  • Research Ethics: Conflict of interests in research – LINK

Copyright

Providing doctoral students with basic knowledge of copyright and related rights in reference to research and teaching activities. Discussing the issue of plagiarism and presenting the principles of correct use of the work of other researchers.

Classes in 2024/2025

Class dates:

• 04.12.2024 – 9:45-11:15
• 18.12.2024 – 9:45-11:15

Lecture – LINK

Acquisition of grants

The aim of the course is to provide doctoral students with knowledge on principles for the construction of research projects financed from external sources. Doctoral students will gain the ability to effectively prepare grant proposals, which will increase the percentage of successful applications. Within the course, 4 hours are devoted to the theoretical principles of an application process and on grant clearance principles, and 8 hours of practical classes on writing grant proposals by doctoral students.

Classes in 2024/2025