Labor Market and Adult Education

Pre-requisites: No special conditions

Course objectives: The goal of the subject is acquisition of knowledge related to the concept and types of unemployment, its causes and effects, as well as the basic characteristics of unemployment in Serbia, with a special emphasis on the role of adult education in prevention and overcoming the unemployment problem.

Course description: The notion of unemployment; Types of unemployment; Causes and effects of unemployment; Characteristics of unemployment in Serbia; Active labor market measures; Education as part of active labor market measures. Different types of educational programs for the unemployed - demonstration and creation of individual segments

Learning Outcomes: After the completion of the course students will: know the content of the concept of unemployment, its types, causes and effects; have the basic characteristics of unemployment in Serbia; know measures of an educational character for the unemployed; be able to implement some segments of education programs for the unemployed.

Literature/Reading:

• Zubović, J, (ur),(2011), Aktivne mere na tržištu rada i pitanja zaposlenosti, Beograd: Institut ekonomskih nauka
• Majstorović, N, (2011), Efekti nezaposlenosti i faktori akativizma u ponovnom zapošljavanju, Primenjena psihologija, br. 3, str. 205-227
• Izvješće o siromaštvu, nezaposlenosti i socijalnoj isključenosti, (2006), Zagreb: Program Ujedinjenih naroda za razvoj (UNDP) u Hrvatskoj
• Despotović, M. (1990), Obrazovanje odraslih i dugoročna nezposlenost, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Titograd, br. 4, str. 3-16
• Dimov, J, Šećibović, R. (1998), Školovanjem do posla, Beograd: Obrazovni informator, Ekonomski institut, prvo poglavlje
• Pejatovic, A. (2001),Continuing Training in the Life Crisis Situation, in: "Continuing Training Today...", International Seminar, Sofia: NIE, Centre for VET and Career Guidance, p. 59-63