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The Concept of Civic Literacy in an International Perspective. Czech Republic, Australia, England
Pilousková, Ivana ; Fapšo, Marek (advisor) ; Šíp, Radim (referee)
This diploma thesis is concerned with the concept of civic literacy. Firstly, the thesis reflects the concept of civic literacy theoretically in both the Czech educational context and the chosen anglophone ones. For these purposes, literary research is done with the support of relevant academic literature. The second part of the thesis focuses on the Czech, English and Australian educational curricula. These curricula are presented as to their general characteristics, including their frameworks of civic education, and then selected aspects of the curricula are compared by means of content analysis. An integral aim of this diploma thesis is to provide an adequate definition of crucial terms related to the topic, those being the terms citizen, citizenship or literacy and competency. The expected results of this thesis are the theoretical reflection of the concept of civic literacy in Czech as well as in chosen anglophone publications, and the comparison of civic education in chosen educational curiccula, with the focus on three selected criteria: the degree of representation of social sciences, the concept of active citizenship and the way the curiccula work with the term competency. KEYWORDS literacy; civic literacy; citizenship; citizenship education; educational curricula
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Civic participation of older people in the context of the University of the Third Age
Biláková, Kristýna ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Benyovszky, Selma (referee)
The thesis "Civic participation of older people in the context of the University of the Third Age" focuses on the role of civic participation in the lives of active older people who attend the University of the Third Age. This role is examined in the context of adult education, specifically through a leisure education program, which is dedicated to educating older people, i.e. the University of the Third Age. From a demographic perspective, the elderly population will continue to grow. This will be unavoidably reflected in the development of civil society in which older people participate. This makes it relevant to pay older people as an active group more research attention. Qualitative data were collected via in-depth interviews. Attention was paid namely to the interviewees' attitudes to and experience of civic participation they have accumulated over their life course. The analysed respondents' accounts indicate that they understand participation as activities related to politics and as politically oriented activities. They attach the greatest importance to political participation. Formal participation also occurs, but the respondents do not stress this participation as they rather take it for granted.
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