CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Authors

  • Jakub Husák Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Humanities, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6
  • Helena Hudečková Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Humanities, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2017.100301

Keywords:

community education, learning society, local development, objective conditions, Rural Community School, subjective conditions

Abstract

The paper is based on the concepts of the learning society and community-led local development, specifically focused on community education in rural areas of the Czech Republic. The research questions are connected with the identification of objective and subjective conditions for the development of community education and with the development of activities of Rural Community Schools, both from the supply and demand perspectives. The aim is fulfilled through a secondary analysis of Rural Community Schools’ websites and mainly through primary research carried out by interviewing techniques with a high level of standardisation, conducted with the main actors (Community Coordinators) of Rural Community Schools. The results of the study show the higher importance of subjective conditions for the successful development of community education in the Czech Republic. The paper also identifies the demand for educational activities provided by Rural Community Schools as a positive factor in their development. On the other hand, weaknesses could mainly be seen in cooperation with local partners. This is also the main possibility or necessity for their successful future development.

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    Husák, J. and Hudečková, H. (2017) ’CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC’, Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 64–70. https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2017.100301

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