GATS and the steering capacity of a nation state in higher education: case studies of the Czech Republic and the Netherlands

The education and development of university teachers have its justifcation and its importance is signifcant not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. This study provides an analysis of further professional education of university teachers in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. Subsequently, it presents an international project with participants from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, which, ultimately, plays a role in the improvement of the quality of higher education.

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The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

Lifelong Learning ◽

10.11118/lifele2012020256 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 56-70

Author(s):

Petr Kopečný

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Case Studies ◽

Social Services ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Speech Therapy ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Educational Support ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Subject ◽

The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

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Communication of Socially-Responsible Activities by Higher Education Institutions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13020483 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 483

Author(s):

Libena Tetrevova ◽

Jan Vavra ◽

Simona Munzarova

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Primary Data ◽

Communist Country ◽

Public Higher Education ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

The Czech Republic

Higher education institutions play a fundamental role in the scientific, economic, social, and cultural development of each and every society. In view of new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of their social responsibility and ability to effectively communicate the socially–responsible activities which are performed is growing. The aim of this article is to analyze and evaluate the scope and structure of socially-responsible activities communicated on the websites of public higher education institutions operating in a small post-communist country where education plays a traditional role—the Czech Republic, and to formulate recommendations for improvement of the level of communication of social responsibility by higher education institutions. Primary data was obtained using latent analysis of the content of the websites of all public higher education institutions operating in the Czech Republic. The CE3SPA method was applied. The survey which was performed shows that the level of communication of social responsibility by higher education institutions in the Czech Republic is low. Activities in the field of economic and social responsibility are communicated in the greatest scope. On the contrary, activities in the field of environmental responsibility are communicated the least. Public higher education institutions in the Czech Republic should therefore apply the measures proposed in the article, these also being transferrable to practice in other countries.

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From the Bronze Soldier to the “Bloody Marshal”: Monument Wars and Russia’s Aesthetic Vulnerability in Estonia and the Czech Republic

East European Politics and Societies and Cultures ◽

10.1177/08883254211043856 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088832542110438

Author(s):

Aliaksei Kazharski ◽

Andrey Makarychev

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Case Studies ◽

Historical Narratives ◽

Politics Of Memory ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Soviet Occupation ◽

Historical Monuments ◽

Historical Truth ◽

Zero Sum ◽

Inherent Ambiguity

The article analyzes historical monuments as instruments of Russia’s attempts to impose its aesthetic hegemony in the post-Communist world. Drawing on case studies from the Czech Republic and Estonia, it argues that this hegemony is precarious and vulnerable due to inability to deal with the inherent ambiguity and complexity of historical events and figures. The Russian approach regards historical truth in absolute terms and is underpinned by a zero-sum game understanding of historical narratives. It does not tolerate a multiplicity of perspectives on history and has no appreciation for postmodernist deconstruction of historical symbols. This conflicts with a more diverse, reflexive and inclusive politics of memory as an intrinsic element of cityscapes of Prague and Tallinn where some of the controversial monuments connected with the Soviet occupation have been removed. Russia’s reaction to these changes reveals an inherently vulnerable nature of its aesthetic hegemony which is deeply dependent on recognition of the absolute nature of its historical truth that the monuments are supposed to embody.

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Occupational exposure to nanoparticles originating from welding – case studies from the Czech Republic

Medycyna Pracy ◽

10.13075/mp.5893.01058 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Filip Berger ◽

Šárka Bernatíková ◽

Lucie Kocůrková ◽

Radka Přichystalová ◽

Lenka Schreiberová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Occupational Exposure ◽

Case Studies ◽

The Czech Republic

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DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS GRADUATES

Engineering Economics ◽

10.5755/j01.ee.31.2.24751 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 211-220

Author(s):

Emília Krajňáková ◽

Vaida Pilinkienė ◽

Patrik Bulko

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Economic Development ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Gross Domestic Product ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Domestic Product ◽

Experimental Development ◽

Correlation Relationship ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Impact

The scope of the data presented in this study offers a comprehensive view of the issue of the HEI graduates employability in the Czech Republic and also in the Slovak Republic – related to determinants of economic development and their impact on them. This paper examines the impact of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by only higher education sector and foreign direct investment on HEI graduates employability. The results indicate that correlation between unemployment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP, GERD and FDI values was very big. Correlation relationship of similar determinants, except determinant GERD in conditions of the Czech Republic was characterized as weak. On the other hand, significantly stronger (very big to perfect) correlation affecting employment of tertiary educated Czechs regarding to indicators of gross domestic product, gross domestic expenditure on research and experimental development by sector of higher education and foreign direct investments as well. In conditions of the Slovak Republic, correlation relationship between employment of tertiary educated Slovaks and GDP was almost perfect.

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Paradoxes of Doctoral Studies in Education Sciences in the Czech Republic

Qualitative Sociology Review ◽

10.18778/1733-8077.17.1.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 60-71

Author(s):

Miroslav Dopita ◽

Jana Poláchová Vašťatková

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Educational Policy ◽

Higher Education Policy ◽

Doctoral Degree ◽

University Education ◽

Doctoral Studies ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

University Studies ◽

Educational Sciences

Adequate staffing of university studies with qualified academics was completed thanks to the reimplementation of three-stage university education during the post-socialist restoration of higher education in the Czech Republic. Thus, the doctoral degree of education has been attained by more than four-fifths of academic staff, with over two-fifths of them being aged 50+. The current course of university studies, including doctoral study programs, is influenced by their focus on educational and research strategy. With regards to the regulations for graduating in doctoral studies, doctoral candidates act as homo oeconomicus following neo-liberal educational policy. The conditions for doctoral studies, namely, those in educational sciences, thus lead to paradoxes caused by the current higher educational policy. The objective of the paper is to analyze the neoliberal set-up of the higher education policy of the Czech Republic in the field of doctoral studies in educational sciences in particular and its possible impacts in the area of labor-market integration of graduates and university training of academics.

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