(CZ) Ekonomika pedagogického procesu
(EN) The Economy of the Educational Process

In his contribution the author deals in a complex manner with the problems of the economy of the educational process and the research activities in the field of pedagogy. The first section of his contribution is devoted to the analysis of the scope of education and the required knowledge, the corresponding methods and technical means in the light of their feasibility, and the contribution of cybernetics and programmed education to the increased effectiveness of the educational process. In the second section the author points out the unsatisfactory present state in the research area especially as regards the economy of corresponding research activities. He analyses the causes and reveals some possibilities of how to solve the arising problems either by improving the overall organization of the research work or by improving the standard of its methodology.