FC5017 Financial Literacy

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Peter Marinič, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
FC5017/Kombi01: Sat 10. 10. 8:00–9:50 učebna 56, Sat 31. 10. 16:00–17:50 učebna 3, Sat 7. 11. 10:00–11:50 učebna 57, Sat 21. 11. 8:00–9:50 učebna 56, Sat 28. 11. 14:00–15:50 učebna 4, Sat 19. 12. 8:00–9:50 učebna 56, P. Marinič
FC5017/Prez01: Tue 13:00–14:50 laboratoř 80, Wed 8:00–8:50 laboratoř 80, P. Marinič
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on the orientation of students in areas related to economic and financial processes ongoing in the economic environment around them. The aim of the course is to deepen knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values of students that are necessary for the student to understand the need to financially secure yourself and family in present society and to actively perform at the market of financial products and services. The course deepens orientation in matters of money and prices, the ability to responsibly manage personal and family budget, including the management of financial assets and financial liabilities regarding changing life situations. It introduces students to the problems of financial literacy in terms of state and public institutions as well, i.e. the activity of state and public administration in the analysis of current state, support for the development and implementation of the issue in the education and training process; even in comparison with other countries.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to define personal and family finances at the end of the course, focus on basic concepts of investing, risk management, credit, savings. He will know the tax aspects of personal and family finances, including financial planning and its stage. Students will be able to compare different types of housing and clarify the issue of decision making.
Syllabus
  • 1) Economic and financial processes in the economic environment.
  • 2) Review of financial literacy.
  • 3) Financial literacy, price literacy.
  • 4) Budget literacy and asset management.
  • 5) Numerical literacy and its application on examples.
  • 6) Legal and information literacy.
  • 7) The current state of financial literacy in the Czech Republic.
  • 8) Preparation of financial literacy survey.
  • 9) Solving life situations.
  • 10) Personal experience in financial literacy.
  • 11) Financial literacy and education.
  • 12) Evaluation of financial literacy survey.
Literature
    required literature
  • NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Petra, Michal JIŘÍČEK and Jaroslav ZLÁMAL. Finanční gramotnost : učebnice učitele. Aktualizované 2. vydání. Kralice na Hané: Computer Media, 2013, 184 stran. ISBN 9788074021510. info
  • NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Petra and Michal JIŘÍČEK. Finanční gramotnost : učebnice žáka. Edited by Jaroslav Zlámal. Vyd. 2. Kralice na Hané: Computer Media, 2013, 88 s. ISBN 9788074021503. info
    recommended literature
  • CALLAGHAN, G.; FRIBBANCE, I.; HIGGINSON, M. Personal Finance. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 472 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-470-02855-1.
  • SYROVÝ, Petr. Financování vlastního bydlení. 5. zcela přeprac. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 143 s. ISBN 9788024723884. URL info
  • KOHOUT, Pavel. Investiční strategie pro třetí tisíciletí. 5. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 287 s. ISBN 9788024725598. info
  • FILIP, Miloš. Osobní a rodinné bohatství : jak se dobře zajistit. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2006, xi, 273. ISBN 807179466X. info
Teaching methods
The subject consists of lectures, discussions, solving of thematic examples, processing questionnaire survey.
Assessment methods
The course ends by oral exam on the chosen topic and processed questionnaire survey with emphasis on the student's ability to understand a given topic and argue in context.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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