Course: Financial Education

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Course title Financial Education
Course code KMT/FV
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bílková Linda, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Dirga Martin, Ing. DiS.
Course content
1 .Financial literacy, its components and integration into primary and secondary school curricula; the financial literacy standard. 2. Money, its functions and development; the banking system and the role of the Czech National Bank. 3. Household income, expenditure, assets and liabilities; budgeting, financial reserves and financial planning. 4. Percentages, simple and compound interest, the time value of money, inflation and real returns. 5. Current accounts, payment transactions and digital banking; payment security and personal data protection. 6. Saving and investing; the relationship between return, risk, liquidity and investment horizon; diversification. 7. Loans, the annual percentage rate of charge (APR) and repayment; responsible borrowing, the risks of over-indebtedness, debt enforcement and insolvency. 8. Insurance, social security and the pension system; management of personal and property risks. 9. Wages, basic tax and social security contribution considerations, and their impact on the household budget. 10. Consumer rights, contracts and complaints; unfair practices, financial fraud and disinformation. 11. Working with calculators, data and reliable sources; critical comparison of financial products. 12. Didactics of financial education: model situations, problem-solving tasks, differentiation, assessment and reflection. 13. Design, implementation and reflection on a short financial education activity for primary or secondary school students.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Seminar
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
For this course is a prerequisite for secondary education.
Skills
use the skills acquired in the secondary school curriculum
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
get information on the history of financial mathematics and finance
controls on the basis of new knowledge of the pros and cons of each type of principal interest
can opt for the right type of savings available funds
means the income category, can select a suitable alternative pension guaranteed by the State and individual retirement
knows the different types of loans among citizens and among others subjekty
knows how to buy stocks, monitor their development rate and revenue per share
is familiar with the concept obligace, can decide on their purchase and sale
knows how to buy bonds and are able to calculate their income objective
knows how to secure stable revenues and expenditures
Skills
recognizes freely tradable shares
determines the yield of individual financial products
can calculate different types of loans to repay loans
can use different types of interest in everyday situations
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Seminar classes
Skills
Seminar classes
Seminar
Competences
Seminar
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • aktualne.centrum.cz/finance/.
  • student.finance.cz/.
  • www.finance.cz/.
  • www.financninoviny.cz/os-finance/.
  • www.mfcr.cz/.
  • www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/redakce.nsf/i/finance.
  • Bohdanesová, E. Finanční matematika I.
  • Cipra, T. Finanční a pojistné vzorce.
  • Macháček, Otakar. Finanční a pojistná matematika : úrok a úročení, modely opakovaných plateb, burzovní operace při složeném úročení, pojistné operace. Praha: Prospektrum, 2007. ISBN 80-7175-143-X.
  • Prouza, L. Finanční a pojistná matematika.
  • Radová, Jarmila; Dvořák, Petr,; Málek, Jiří. Finanční matematika pro každého. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2233-7.
  • Tepper, Tomáš. Peníze a vy. Praha: Prospektrum, 1994. ISBN 80-85431-96-3.


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