The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020:Where is the information society?

• Thesis title in English: The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020:Where is the information society?
• Key words: počítačová gramotnost, Česká republika, Lisabonské strategie, statistický přehled, digitální domorodec, Generace Z
• English key words: computer literacy, Czech Republic, Lisbon Strategy, statistical review, digital native, Generation Z
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2010/2011
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Ing. Petr Soukup, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 21.05.2012
• Date of assignment: 21.05.2012
• Date and time of defence: 25.06.2012 00:00
• Venue of defence: Jinonice
• Date of electronic submission: 21.05.2012
• Date of proceeded defence: 25.06.2012
• Opponents: PhDr. Mgr. Petr Lupač, Ph.D.

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Preliminary scope of work

Mezi lety 2005-2010 lze napříč společností v České republice zaznamenat nárůst v používání počítačů a internetu. V souladu s tím, co předpokládala literatura, mladší generace - zvláště tak zvaná Generace Z, prokazovaly výrazně vyšší úroveň počítačové gramotnosti oproti starším generacím. Míra počítačové gramotnosti je nejvyšší u lidí s nejvyšším vzděláním a u domácností s dětmi. Vládní politiky na podporu počítačové gramotnosti měly pozitivní účinky, přesto však pouze částečný úspěch. Všichni školáci mají přístup k počítačům a internetu, nicméně žádná z těchto politik nevedla k účinnému zvýšení počítačové gramotnosti mezi dospělou populací. Česká republika zaostává za průměrem EU 15 i EU 27 v počítačové gramotnosti ve všech věkových skupinách. Výsledkem této neuspokojivé politiky je, že Česká republika, obdobně jako řada ostatních evropských statů, nedostála výzvám Lisabonské strategie a pravděpodobně neuspěje ani v naplnění cílů strategie Evropa 2020.

Preliminary scope of work in English

In the period 2005-2010 the Czech Republic has exhibited a growth in computer and Internet usage across society. As is to be expect from the literature, younger generations, especially what has been termed Generation Z, show significantly higher levels of computer literacy than older generations. Computer literacy is also at the highest level among the most highly educated and amount households with children. Government policies to increase computer literacy have had positive effects, however there have been no effective policies for increasing computer literacy among the adult population, meaning that the Czech Republic falls behind the averages for both the EU15 and EU27 in computer literacy in all age groups. The result of this lack of policy is that the Czech Republic, in a position common to much of Europe, failed to meet the challenges of the Lisbon Strategy and will likely fail to meet the targets of Europe 2020.