MKV_EKVZ Economics of Education

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Zuzana Špačková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Markéta Páleníková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! KVEKSK Economy of Education System
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives include the following skills:
- enhancing the knowledge of economy of education,
- learning human capital theory and understanding the education and labour relation,
- understanding the goals, strategy management and financing of the Czech educational system,
- familiarizing with the current situation and educational policy trends in the Czech and European educational systems,
- clarifying the long life learning concept,
- learning quality in education and evaluating the quality of educational institutions,
Syllabus
  • The content of this course is divided into four basic parts. Students are familiarized with the following:
  • - the importance of education, economic extent of education; Human capital theory, labour and education relation;
  • - Czech educational system (primary, secondary and tertiary education);
  • - management system, financing regional and tertiary education, life long learning;
  • - Czech and European educational policy;
  • - principles and trends of foreign educational systems;
  • - quality and effectiveness of the educational process.
Literature
    required literature
  • REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav, Vladimír HYÁNEK, Ivan MALÝ and Jan ŠELEŠOVSKÝ. Ekonomika a řízení odvětví veřejného sektoru (The Economy and the Administration in a Public Sector). druhé aktualizované. Praha: Ekopress, s.r.o., 2007, 309 pp. Ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-86929-29-3. info
  • FILIPOVÁ, Lenka. Lidský kapitál a jeho efektivní využití jako zdroj ekonomického růstu v České republice. Praha: Národohospodářský ústav Josefa Hlávky, 2008, 95 s. ISBN 8086729389. info
  • MATĚJŮ, Petr and N. A. BARR. České vysoké školství na křižovatce : investiční přístup k financování studia na vysoké škole v sociologické reflexi. Edited by Natalie Simonová. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd ČR, 2005, 263 s. ISBN 8073300729. info
  • BENČO, J. Ekonómia vzdelávania. Bratislava: IRIS,
    recommended literature
  • BASL, Josef. (Ne)rovné šance na vzdělání : vzdělanostní nerovnosti v České republice. Edited by Petr Matějů - Jana Straková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2006, 411 s. ISBN 8020014004. info
  • Lidský kapitál a investice do vzdělání : sborník z 8. ročníku mezinárodní vědecké konference 20.-21.září 2005. 1. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2005, 184 s. ISBN 8086754502. info
  • Vzdělání a trh : sborník textů. Edited by Tereza Urbanová. Praha: Liberální institut, 2003, 39 s. ISBN 8086389316. info
  • LIESSMANN, Konrad Paul. Teorie nevzdělanosti : omyly společnosti vědění. Translated by Jana Zoubková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 125 s. ISBN 9788020016775. info
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to take the oral exam provided that they fulfill given conditions:
1. they pass the final online test successfully (a test is regarded as successful if at least 60% of answers are correct);
2. they write up seminar paper in a given extent and structure within the obligatory date.
If students do not pass the final test, they will have another option to pass the final test.
Important information! If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 12 hodin.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KVEKSK.
Credit evaluation note: k =1.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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