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Reform of tertiary education and the question of diversification of tertiary education
Kašpárková, Barbora ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Bekisheva, Irina (referee)
The thesis should prove the necessity of this reform and at the same time to support the opinion of MŠMT which indicates the clear target why even be interested in the reform. The content of the thesis is also the focus on the necessity of study diversification which should be one of the main pillars of the future reform. I try to explain the diversification from the point of view of its meaning and need for the whole reform and its contribution for the tertiary education including the analysis of the attitudes of the universities. The aim of the thesis is to give the integrate view on the reform of tertiary education, to evaluate the meaning and usefulness of reform, to answer the questions, if these essential changes leaf to improving the quality and competitiveness of Czech universities and students. In the frame of objective evaluation I will reveal the possible lacks and risks coming from the implementation of reform steps.
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Analysis of Quality of 'Teaching of the Tertiary Professional School and Raising its Level with Emphasis on Competence for Employment and Entrepreneurial Activities and Thinking in the Environment of the Tertiary Business Entrepreneutial School
Bejdáková, Blanka ; Asztalos, Ondřej (advisor) ; Krpálek, Pavel (referee) ; Šlosár, Rudolf (referee)
It has been the primary objective of this doctoral thesis to determine the level of the quality of teaching at a particular tertiary professional school and suggest avenues leading to potential further improvement of the quality of the teaching. Quality of teaching is a relatively broad term; therefore, the thesis places emphasis primarily on the level of the students' key competences, primarily the competence for employment and entrepreneurial activities. In order to fulfil this objective we need to define the quality standards of the teaching at tertiary professional schools, obtain relevant information about contents and structure of curricula, teaching methods and forms deployed at the school and also information about the students' level of knowledge and skills. Last but not least, students and their future employers should express their opinion of the quality of teaching. Scientific benefit of this thesis is the creation of my own model of quality evaluation of the teaching at tertiary technical schools, which in the future, after further verification in practice, could become a basis for elaboration of a uniform methodology for quality evaluation of the teaching at tertiary professional schools, particularly those with economic specialisation. The secondary scientific benefit of the thesis can be found in obtaining the information about contents and methods of education used at a particular economic tertiary professional school and utilisation of such information for development of key competences, with emphasis on the competence for employment and entrepreneurial activities. Results of the research may also serve as a basis for creation of the teaching and learning document for similar branches and also as a basis for decision-making as to whether and in which form should the integrating subject be included into the teaching. The objective of the thesis has been achieved by means of the research made at the Tertiary Business Entrepreneurial School (Vyšší obchodní podnikatelská škola), Masná 13, Prague 1. The research consists in analysis of the contents, method and forms of education at this school, and also in the experiment when an integrating subject is included into the teaching in the third grade. The final output is the recommendations and generalisations applying to tertiary professional schools in general, particularly to tertiary professional schools with economic specialisation. The thesis deals with the issue from two points of view, advancing from the general to the specific so that generally valid recommendations can be pronounced in the conclusion again. The first part of the thesis introduces general startpoints for the ensuing research task. It is subdivided into five chapters. The first chapter describes the subject and methodology of the research. The second chapter defines the significance of human capital for competitiveness of the Czech Republic. The third chapter summarizes the startpoints and tools of the school reform with emphasis on educational objectives in the area of students' key competences. The fourth chapter deals with the substance and tools of entrepreneurial education and thinking. The fifth chapter describes the history and the present of tertiary professional school education, suggesting its potential development in the future. The subsequent part containing the research itself is subdivided into three chapters. The sixth chapter characterises the Tertiary Business Entrepreneurial School, analysing its conditions for educating students, monitoring its competitors and defining its strong and weak points, its opportunities and threats. The seventh chapter contains the substance of the research task itself. The eighth chapter subsequently evaluates the results of the research, verifies the hypotheses and formulates recommendations applicable to tertiary professional schools in general.
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Analysis of higher education in the Czech Republic
Všetečková, Jana ; Poláková, Olga (advisor) ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (referee)
Abstract The Czech Republic needs a comprehensive plan to reform its high schools. The ambition of the Czech higher education is to belong in the top European and worldwide education systems in order to be competitive. The thesis analyzes the development of higher education in the Czech Republic since 1918 to present day, it also describes the development that is affected by European integration. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the status of Czech higher education system and the forthcoming reforms. The analysis is focused on the number of students at each university levels, subjects and ultimately analyses the expenditure on tertiary education in the Czech Republic. These values will be compared with the selected OECD countries. In conclusion of the thesis is the SWOT analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Czech System of higher education, as well as the principle of the law university. The current legislation of 1998 does not reflect the current status and the problems that the Czech higher education is faced with. This prevents the large growth of college students, the reduction in quality, as well as the negative financiation of the entire higher education system.
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Prospects for funding tertiary education in the Czech Republic
Pálešová, Linda ; Urbánek, Václav (advisor) ; Kubík, Rudolf (referee)
This thesis discusses the possibilities of funding terciary education in the Czech Republic. The first section deals with funding of an existing educational system and its shortcomings. They result in the necessity of higher education reform, which can not be implemented without additional funds provided by the student participation in the form of tuition fees. The issue of tuition fees, its forms and arguments for and against are therefore described in the next section of this paper. Relatively large part is further given to the financial support from the state government, which is inevitable in case of introducing tuition fees. At first I resume current direct and indirect financial support and highlight its inefficiency. Subsequently, I describe and analyze three specific financial models of student loan funding base, which I compare and evaluate. In conclusion I recommend the most efficient model.
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The Comparison of the education systems in England and in the Czech Republic
Uhlířová, Klára ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (referee)
The goal of my bachelor thesis is the Comparison of the education systems in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, particularly England, and in the Czech Republic focusing on the tertiary education. I have chosen this topic because of the constantly discussed Czech government's intention to introduce tuition at Czech public universities. In England, the system of tuitions at universities has been practised for many years. The thesis analyses only public universities, private universities are not mentioned. Also, the thesis analyses the structure of the tertiary systems in England and in the Czech Republic. The thesis describes current funding for the British and Czech education. The thesis shows the amount of financial resources from the state budget of the Czech Republic required to finance one university student. I try to clarify why the reform in the Czech Republic is needed. The thesis shows the latest tuition policy proposal of the Czech government. The thesis compares Czech and British tertiary systems on the basic of the SWOT analysis. It also deals with the assertion tertiary education graduates on the labour markets of both countries. The end of the thesis formulates the recommendation, which can serve as a basic for tuition policy in the Czech Republic.
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A Type of a Completed Higher School as a Competitive Advantage on Labour Market
Šustková, Eva ; Kaczor, Pavel (advisor) ; Pucandlová, Miroslava (referee)
The thesis is focused on analysis of the current status of the Czech tertiary education in connection with meeting the requirements of the labour market. It deals mainly with economically oriented institutions and their evaluation. The evaluations are stated on the bases of statistical data and also on the bases of subjective evaluation of the graduates. The core point of the thesis is a questionnaire research focused on discovering of employer's experience with graduates of specific schools.
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Návrh bankovního produktu zaměřeného na financování univerzitního vzdělání v České republice
Růžičková, Lucie ; Hnilica, Jiří (advisor) ; Dvořák, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the situation in financing of tertiary education from both governmental and student perspective. Its objective is to find an efficient system of student support with focus on student loans that would be applicable in the Czech Republic, would promote an equal access to higher education also to students from lower socio-economic classes and at the same time would enable to increase cost-sharing in Czech tertiary education. The designed concept of student loans is based on best practices from selected European countries (Netherlands, United Kingdom and Hungary) in the background of proposed reform of Czech tertiary education. Finally, the concept is validated in a case study dealing with financing of the International Management master's programme at the University of Economics, Prague.
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Spanish for business at Czech Universities from 1989
CÍFKOVÁ, Zuzana
This thesis describes development and current state of Czech tertiary education since 1989, development of the number of college students and college graduates. It is also comparing Czech education in the international context. The main categories compared are the percentage of college graduates in the population, financial costs per a student, and percentage of the education cost in GDP. The main part of the thesis is a complete listing of bachelor and master programs relative to the studies of professional Spanish language. As a part of the thesis, completely original comparison of these programs, created on the basis of comparing program characterization, abolvents profiles and study plans. The goal of this comparison was to research the level of professional Spanish language education on Czech colleges.
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