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Numerous Czech studies have been conducted on how the education system reproduces inequalities. While most of them have dealt with the reproduction of class inequalities, relatively few have focused on the reproduction of gender inequalities. In this article, the authors apply a conceptual understanding of the category of gender to research on education, an approach that avoids both universalising the category of woman, as well as the opposite extreme of individualisation. We claim that female students, even though they differ among themselves in various social and personal ways, are serialised as women by institutions in the education system. They are expected to perform differently, with different motivations, their performance is valued differently and they are expected to follow different professions than male students. The paper focuses in detail on the gendered nature of educational institutions, both in terms of the gender segregation of fi elds and levels of study, as well as in terms of the importance of the interaction that occurs during the processes of teaching and ascribing value and significance to the performance of male and female students. The authors argue that education, generally expected to function as a social ladder and a route to better-paid jobs in the labour market, serves men and women in segregated ways.

This article is based on a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with women and men suffering from fertility problems. It analyses the negotiations between partners confronted with the diagnosis of infertility and seeking the best solution. The analysis examined how men and women define their roles in the treatment of infertility, how they perceive their partners' coping and involvement, and confl icting and controversial topics and situations. Data suggest that the burden of infertility is unequal. While treatment involves a woman fully in the physical and the psychological sense, the involvement of the man and potential father in the treatment process is reduced to his provision of genetic material on demand. The research revealed two factors that infl uence and separate the experiences of men and women: the different time/age frame of the reproductive experience and the physical aspect of infertility and reproduction. Both factors are anchored in the praxis of assisted reproduction. The treatment process is administered in a way that, instead of reshaping or challenging traditional defi nitions of parenthood or gender roles, confi rms the status quo.

The purpose of this thesis is to develop knowledge about what responsible leadership is, as well as develop a theoretical model for responsible leadership in the perspective of caring science. The study takes as its point of departure the research tradition in caring science developed by Katie Eriksson and her colleagues at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa. The overarching methodological approach is Gadamer's (2004) hermeneutic philosophy. The scientific interest is mainly theoretical. The theory model is 'tested' in a clinical context in two hospitals. This implied that leaders were taught about the developed model. Thereafter the leaders 'translated' it into their own language and gave it meaning in their clinical context. The clinical part of the study can be regarded as a moment of application research in the sense of hermeneutic. Responsible leadership is treated in this thesis as aas a part of human existence and the model is not explicitly associated with leadership in organizations.

Obálka -- Obsah -- Úvodní slovo a poděkování -- 1. Kdo byl Josef Vavroušek -- 2. Systémový inženýr a vizionář v českém prostředí -- 3. J. Vavroušek a "rada moudrých" světa jeho doby: K. Boulding, B. Ward a Amartya Sen -- 4. Slabiny modelu všeobecné tržní rovnováhy v epoše antropocénu -- 5. Eudaimonia a štěstí. Finalita ekonomie, úděl a poslání člověka na Zemi -- 6. Cena Josefa Vavrouška očima mladých účastníků soutěže -- 6.1 Ohlas ceny mezi studenty Univerzity Karlovy -- 6.2 Příspěvky moravské environmentální a rozvojové školy -- 7. Epilog jako naděje ekologické konverze -- Přílohy (Jiří Kameníček) -- A. Faksimile "Zakládací listiny" studentské soutěže o Cenu Josefa Vavrouška -- B. Seznam přihlášených a oceněných studentských prací v letech 1996-2015 -- C. Fotografická příloha -- Literatura.