Education in the 21st Century

Oľga Bočáková; Darina Kubíčková

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss2.322

Authors

Oľga Bočáková

The University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia
Darina Kubíčková

The University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss2.322

Abstract

This paper deals with the issues of education in Slovakia in the 21st century. The focus has been oriented on the system of higher education and on its current problems. At the present time there prevails an opinion that the quality, standard and demands of the university education is decreasing. In our paper we have carried out an empiric research mapping the opinions of employers of university lecturers and individual students of universities with regard to various aspects connected with university education. We have taken into regard the development of system of education after 1989 and the changes connected with it. The aim of the paper is to identify the current problems of higher education in Slovakia. The research question reads: What problems does the university education have at the present time? From the point of view of used methods we have selected work with literature and its analysis and also the questionnaire method. Subsequently we have analysed and evaluated the results of our survey.

Author Biographies

Oľga Bočáková, The University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia

Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Services and Counselling
Darina Kubíčková, The University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia

Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Services and Counselling

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