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explained due to the particularly low salary in education and the lost of interest aboutthe teaching profession as main reasons. Many teacher training graduates discoverthe difficulty of the profession after their first teaching experience in the seventhterm when they are facing “real” life problems.Table 3. Evaluation of preparedness for workThere isno job ineducationBadlypaid job ineducationJob outof placeof lifeI lostinterestOtherreasonNotstatedTotalShare(%)6,7 20,0 0,0 20,0 13,3 40,0 100,0Source: Řezníčková et. al. (2005)Note: 100% = 30 respondentsThe questionnaire Table 3. Evaluation of preparedness for workalso asked for the qualityGraduates GraduatesSkillsof education that was1998–2001 2002–2004Differencereceived at the faculty, Theoretical and methodologicalpreparationfrom the necessary skills1,79 1,78 0,01point of view. Comparing Special knowledge ofthe evaluation of earlier the subject1,88 1,85 0,03and later graduates we Practical skills 2,72 2,51 0,21find no significant differences(Table 3). HoweverLanguage skills 3,39 3,29 0,10Communicative skills 2,78 2,56 0,22it is true that for professionalneeds the opinionsOrganizational skills 2,84 2,49 0,35of both types of graduatesComputer literacy 2,44 2,59 -0,15changes over time. Source: Řezníčková et. al. (2005)Some important conclusionsNotes: 1 = very good, 2 = good, 3 = bad, 4 = very badcan be made fromthe answers of graduates Table 4. Positive evaluation of preparedness by graduates working in studiedworking in field they field (%)were trained for (Table 4).Skills Very good GoodThese respondents especiallystressed the good28,6 56,0Theoretical and methodological preparationquality of theoretical andSpecial knowledge of the subject 29,7 49,5methodological preparationand the learningPractical skills 4,4 31,9of geographical factsLanguage skills 12,1 35,2and knowledge, which Communicative skills 4,4 29,7traditionally formed the Organizational skills 1,1 27,5main content of tertiary Computer literacy 11,0 36,3education. On the other Source: Řezníčková et. al. (2005) Note: 100% = 91 respondentshand, general skills suchas computer literacy, communicative skills or learning foreign languages had lower159