Aspects of Teaching Economics for Students of Informatics

The rapid and steady changes in a field of information and communication technologies have increased demand for high qualified specialists not only in a field of cybernetics and applied informatics, but also in related fields such as economy and management. This burning request of this specific area...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 106; pp. 495 - 502
Main Author Tokarčíková, Emese
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 10.12.2013
Subjects
education of economy
informatics
teaching methods
university education
informatics
education of economy
teaching methods
university education
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Summary:The rapid and steady changes in a field of information and communication technologies have increased demand for high qualified specialists not only in a field of cybernetics and applied informatics, but also in related fields such as economy and management. This burning request of this specific area of the labour market has increased a need for a graduate who possesses interdisciplinary knowledge. This phenomenon considers the universities, as the providers of high qualitative education, as the key factor in this relation. This paper raises the question of a role of education in this process and discusses the approaches to the methodology of teaching economics for IT students outgoing from theoretical and also practical knowledge and experience.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.055