This diploma thesis deals with adult education, unequal access to adult education and its impact on the social status of the individual. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze whether and how participation in adult education affects the social status of the individual and intragenerational educational reproduction in the Czech Republic. The thesis will first deal with the benefits of adult education, which are declared in international documents UNESCO, OECD and EU and national documents, including their critical reflection. Then, attention will be focused on the link between social inequalities and inequalities in education, and with a focus on inequalities in access to adult education. The main part of the diploma thesis will deal with the current situation in the Czech Republic in terms of intragenerational educational reproduction and the impact of adult education on the social status of the individual. First, the educational level of the adult population will be analyzed using Labour Force Survey data. Then intragenerational educational reproduction will be analyzed, which means, how success in initial education correlates with participation in adult education, based on Labour Force Survey and Adult Education Survey data. Finally, the correlation of participation in adult education with...

This study examines the probabilities of attaining the highest level of education depending on parental education, and probabilities of reproducing parental education depending on parental separation. The theoretical starting point concerns social origin and social mobility. How parental separation affects educational reproduction among Swedish birth cohorts from 1905-1980 is investigated. Linear Probability Model (LPM) is used to analyze data from The Swedish Level of Living Survey (LNU). The results show that the probability of reproducing parental education is higher for those from intact families compared to those who experienced parental separation. However, the differences in probabilities between groups are small, and after controlling for a number of demographic traits, the correlation weakens. Furthermore, differences in the effect of parental separation for groups of different parental education is shown, although this is confounded by the educational expansion that took place in Sweden during the 20th century. The conclusion of this paper is that parental separation has a negative effect on the reproduction of parental education, and that the experience affects groups of different social origin differently.

Barbora Votavová ISS FSV UK Diploma thesis abstract University career without a degree - drop-out phenomenon in the context of university education massification The thesis focuses on the phenomenon of not finishing university in the context of masification of tertiary education and changign character of labour market. Unlike educational reproduction and mobility, that is often studied in Czech context, only a couple of texts focus on the phenomenon of not finishing. This text therefore tries to open this topic by analyzing experiences and narration of those who leave university before getting a degree. Based on interviews with drop-outs, it searches for the specific aspects of their educational trajectories. It attempts to reconstruct the meanings that they ascribe various parts, moments and characteristics of their own educational trajectories. The thesis searches answers to basic questions about the significance and meaning of education, trajectories and aspects influencing the specific shape of the trajectory and identify areas that are relevant for the drop-out topic. Original data are analyzed in the broader context in which the trajectories take place - the context of dynamic and changing labour market and changing character of universities, and interpreted in the context of existing drop-out...

Diploma thesis "Czech apprenticeship at a crossroads" deals with the controversial topic of apprenticeship. Thesis is based on theoretical concepts of educational reproduction, positive functions of diversified educational systems, lifelong learning and problem delimitation in public policy. It brings the international perspective viewpoint and identifies strengths and weaknesses of different systems. Author looks into causes and consequences of negative phenomena while trying to understand different positions of employers and apprentices. Key areas are based on the delimited problem. These areas are: sole system of vocational education, which favors students with higher socioeconomic background; career guidance field, whose role in the process of decision making of students entering apprenticeship is small; the area of cooperation with social partners, which is crucial in enhancing the quality of apprenticeship. Author introduces possible ways of political change in these areas. Keywords Apprenticeship, vocational programme, public policy stakeholders, problem delimitation, unemployment, labour market, educational reproduction