Selected results of the analysis of educational needs in the target professional group

Abstract

The paper focuses on the issue of adult continuing professional development and the management of educational institutions. The objective of the paper is to present the selected results of the survey, which aimed at identifying and analyzing the educational needs of the target group for which a particular educational institution has been providing long-term educational activities. The survey was conducted at the end of 2019 through a questionnaire. 158 respondents from the application sphere related to the professional profile of a public university in the Czech Republic took part in it. The results provided practical suggestions for the organization and implementation of lifelong learning programs at the university. The results presented in this paper focus mainly on the preferences of respondents from the target group in the field of continuing professional development and also their general attitudes to the profession.