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Success of school leavers in the knowledge society
Úlovec, Martin ; Kuchař, Pavel (advisor) ; Tuček, Milan (referee)
The thesis concentrates on unintended consequences of putting emphasis on education in the current society and their impacts on labour market success of school graduates as well as on fulfilment of employers needs from the perspective of occupying job positions in accordance with the demographic aging of the population. The thesis is trying to answer the question, if education has an adequate influence on the social mobility as it was in the recent past. The author is also trying to suggest possible solutions of the situation occurred on the labour market from the viewpoint of the qualified labour shortage with lower educational level, especially in the secondary sector. Possibilities are seen in the consistent assertion of the LLL conception, increasing the relevance of the education content and adapting to the changing requirements of qualifications through of cooperation between schools and employers. Last but not least the thesis also draws attention to the need of relevant information about the labour market development and chances of graduates to find a job in the chosen field.
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Information and Communication Technologies in the Lifestyle of the Czech Population
Kolesárová, Karolína ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Havlík, Radomír (referee) ; Blinka, Lukáš (referee)
The dissertation deals with the position of information and communication technologies in the lifestyle of the Czech society and the changes occurring in relation to these technologies. First of all, the basic conceptions of information and knowledge society are described and identified. In the next part, lifestyle is defined from theoretical and methodological standpoints for the concept to be operationalized for further analysis. In the analytical part, the author uses the results of a series of representative quantitative empirical research, in which she participated, examining, through the typical indicators, the place of information and communication technologies in the entire population, the pace of implementing the technologies, and the differences in various demographic groups using the technologies. The last part of the dissertation includes an empirical construction of lifestyle based on the two factors which are considered fundamental (leisure and values), also presenting an analysis, in the framework of different lifestyles, of specific aspects in making use of the information and communication technologies.
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Legal protection of databases
Hájková, Martina ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (advisor) ; Císařová, Zuzana (referee)
The topic of this thesis is legal protection of databases. The thesis aims to introduce the concept of databases and their protection at the international, European and national level. Furthermore, European as well as American case law regarding legal protection of databases is dealt with in this thesis, since the impact of the case-law in this area including vital interpretation of some terms has been significant. The first chapter is divided into three subchapters and characterises the concepts of intellectual property, intangible assets and copyright. This chapter theoretically analyses these terms including their relationship, basic characteristics and structure. The second chapter is called the information society and databases and deals with the term database and with its significance in modern society. The third chapter focuses on legal protection of databases, particularly at the international level. In its three subchapters it introduces database protection as regulated by Bern convention, TRIPS Agreement and World Intellectual Property Organization international treaties. The fourth chapter represents the most extensive part of this thesis as it describes legal protection of databases in European Union. The Directive on the legal protection of databases which was adopted in 1996 forms the...
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Application possibilities of the concept of open education at Czech universities
Bušek, Kamil ; Eger, Ludvík (advisor) ; Kopecký, Martin (referee)
5 Abstract: In the introduction the theoretical and philosophical bases are discussed and related to specifics in education in postmodern society. The following are definitions of the historical development of distance education. The key elements of the work are characteristic of The Open University and Open Educational Resources initiative. In both cases, the use SWOT analysis in which it is included also a general appreciation of the advantages the use of e-learning. Specifically, in the case of the Open University is first summarized the historical development in the context of social change from 60th to 90th years of the 20th century. Following evaluation of the current state of the multiple viewpoints. The challenge is to become familiar with current educational offer and new trends that raises this institution. In the case of OER is first placed emphasis on the definition and delimitation of specific outputs inciativy both the institutional background and specific projects implemented non-profit and private sectors. The final part is devoted to a survey of the current state of Czech universities, namely offer distance learning, e-learning courses and degree of openness of access to educational materials. Author 's notes specific strengths and weaknesses and suggests possible improvements to the...
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The Internet and copyright-the scope of liability of individual parties involved (webhosting, connection providers...) and modes of protection against piracy (identification and punishment of a pirate...)
Kvasnička, Filip ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to analyse to what extent piracy on today's Internet is spread; who is responsible for unlawfully shared files from the legal point of view; how it is fought against copyright infringement; how it is possible to identify a person being responsible for copyright infringement and with what kind of punishment the person is to be charged. Moreover, this thesis focuses on in what way the issues mentioned above could develop and presents an outline of legislation changes which would lead to more effective copyright enforcing. The main reason why I have chosen the topic "The Internet and copyright - the scope of responsibility of particular subjects (webhosting, the Internet provider…) and means of protection against piracy (the pirate identification and their punishment…)" is that I find this law field very dynamic and likely to develop further, which makes it appropriate for my future career. What is more, I am close and interested in IT myself. I also believe that the real "boom" of lawsuits has not come to the Czech Republic yet resulting in a good opportunity. This work is divided into nine chapters, each chapter being split into several subchapters following the logical order. In the first chapter the reader is informed that piracy and fighting against it is not a...
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New media as a topic of media education
Páclová, Jana ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The thesis deals with media education with special reference to new media. Media education has been a part of Czech curicula since 2004 and schools struggle with how to cope with it. In past few years new media came out to be a significant element of media education. New media are important part of everyone's life in informational society. Therefore it is neccessary to widen media literacy to new media as well. Children are growing with new media and they take them as a natural part of their lives. On the contrary teachers very often do not need new media and use them marginally. The author of the thesis tries to map how teachers and children are facing new media not only in media education but even in their lives. The first part of the thesis describes basic elements of the issue - informational society, media literacy, media education and new media. One chapter deals with media education in the Czech Republic, its past and present. The second part of it describes the methodology of the research with its advantages and disadvantages. The main part of the thesis contains a mixed research combining two methods (questionnaries and in-depth interviews). The research was implemented in elementary schools with children as well as with teachers. Results of the research show gaps in the media education emphasizing...
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Utilization of ICT in inspection work of CSI regional inspectorates' employees
Egertová, Jana ; Svoboda, Petr (advisor) ; Lisnerová, Romana (referee)
The aim of thesis is to map information and communication technologies used in regional inspectorates of the Czech School Inspectorate and to find out, whether information and communication technologies have changed the activities of regional inspectorates staff to any extent during a certain period of time. The theoretical section summarizes theoretical findings concerning fundamental terms in the field of information and communication technologies. Other part is dedicated to the characteristics, activities and organizational structure of the Czech School Inspectorate as well as to the utilization of ICT technologies by inspectorates staff before 2006 and after this period of time. The research section presents an analysis of the research outcomes based on a questionnaire survey conducted among those inspectors and auditors who have been working for the CSI since 2006 until present. The survey is complemented by a structured interview with regional inspectorate directors. The final section summarizes the research outcomes and formulates suggestions for quality improvements in utilization of information and communication technologies in inspection work in the form of recommendations for management of the inspectorates. KEYWORDS: Czech School Inspectorate, information and communication technology,...
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Information society service in the Internet environment and copyright
Elterlein, Ondřej ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
Information society service in the Internet environment and copyright The creation and the development of the Internet is one of the milestones of the technological, social and informational development of the human mankind. The Internet has developed from a merely technological tool into the techno-social phenomenon. For many people, including me, the Internet has become ultimately prevailing means of communication. The number of users of the Internet has risen to the extent that Internet has become the most important mass medium of today's world. It is not only about communication, but rather Internet has also the informational role, it is also the centre of the entertainment, business place and place for social interaction. Nevertheless the Internet has from its beginning profoundly changed. The development is said to be the evolution from the Web 1.0 to the Web 2.0. It means that the end users of the Internet became more involved in the process of creation of the content. This evolution brings many questions, among others the liability for the content made available on the Internet. In the mass and anonymous environment of the Internet it is very difficult to track down the infringer as the most common infringement appearing on the Internet is the one of copyright. The system of copyright...
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Exploring the Social Conditionality of the Contemporary Mode of Technological Development: Beyond the Edge of the (Research on) the Digital Divide.
Lupač, Petr ; Suša, Oleg (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
In his dissertation thesis, the author elaborates on a new position from which both information society theory and digital divide research could be analyzed as active participants in a large-scale societal reconstruction. The text begins with the reconstruction of the argumentation core of information society theories, which is then utilized when choosing their latest, most respected, and most elaborated version. In the following chapter, the author presents the composition of Manuel Castells' information society theory and its tight relationship with the digital divide issue. In the final parts of this chapter, the author reveals the key position of the digital divide issue in solving the contradictions and negative aspects of informatization. The chapter is concluded by finding out the absence of the link between digital divide and information society theory in the preceding criticism of Castells' work. In the fourth part, the development, arguments, and empirical evidence of the digital divide research are presented, followed by identification of the limits of contemporary academic digital divide discourse. In the sixth chapter, the author tries to overcome these limits by proposing a new empirical evidence better fitting model of the digital divide. The thesis is concluded by thinking over the...
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