ERIC Number: EJ1429145
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
EISSN: EISSN-2152-4068
The Economic Knowledge of Czech High School Students: Analysis of the Economics Olympiad
Frantisek Mašek; Pavel Potužák; Renan Serenini
Journal of Economic Education, v55 n3 p205-215 2024
The authors of this article investigate the economic knowledge of Czech high school students using a database of 18,589 participants from the 2019 to 2020 Czech Economics Olympiad. Czech high school students show solid comprehension of basic economic concepts and principles of international economics but understand substantially less about microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. The authors demonstrate that some prevalent features of students' economic knowledge found in other countries are also present in the Czech Republic, including a gender gap. Their analysis confirms problematic aspects of the Czech education system identified in prior studies, including large differences in education quality across types of schools and regions.
Descriptors: Economics Education, High School Students, Competition, Gender Differences, Educational Quality, Geographic Regions, School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Course Content
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Czech Republic
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