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Socialistické školství a tzv. mimoškolní výchova v Československu v 50. a 60. letech
Authors: JIŘÍ KNAPÍK
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Changes in education in Czechoslovakia after 1948 also brought about the efforts to
organize as many activities for children outside school hours. The concept of non-formal
school education began to develop, influenced by the Soviet model. Non-formal education
to attain the objectives of socialist education and included mainly organized recreational
activities of children in the hobby groups, assistance in preparation for teaching. Nonformal
school education provided, as well as social organizations and institutions, particularly
the Pioneer organization ČSM. The so-called non-class activities as part of non-formal school education has been the domain of only the school, referring to her systematic educational activity for children in schools outside their own teaching, that breaks at the time of
boarding school, during school excursions and trips. In non-class activities children were also included correspondence, collection of medicinal plants and waste materials, home reading etc. The state supported the concept of non-formal education by building a network equipment (school clubs, school with all-day care), and through it also tried to modify the educational role of parents. At the end o f the 60th years, however, began to educators and psychologists criticize efforts to organize leisure activities for children and vice versa asked to supplement the socialist c oncept o f education o f c hildren o f spontaneous activity.