„Jestli chceme obec postavit na nohy, potřebujeme školu“: iniciativy k obnově venkovských škol a založení gymnázií v postsocialistickém Česku
| Title in English | “If We Want to Get the Village Back on Its Feet, We Need a School”: Initiatives to Restore Rural Schools and Establish Grammar Schools in Postsocialist Czechia |
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Narodopisna Revue |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://revue.nulk.cz/clanky/jestli-chceme-obec-postavit-na-nohy-potrebujeme-skolu-iniciativy-k-obnove-venkovskych-skola-zalozeni-gymnazii-v-postsocialistickem-cesku/ |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.62800/NR.2025.4.04 |
| Keywords | Czech school system; postsocialist transformation; Czechoslovakia; countryside; education system; re-establishing of schools |
| Description | The postsocialist transformation period in the Czech lands is associated with not only the shift to a market economy, but also the rejection of an inefficient, overly bureaucratic public administration system. This process was reflected in the re-establishing of local municipalities and in changes in the field of the education system. Municipalities became the founders of primary schools, and educational institutions gradually gained autonomy in the form of legal entities. Schools represent an environment in which the (neoliberal) rejection of collectivism and the satisfaction of individual needs could coexist with the activation of local communities. This study illustrates this process using two examples: the restoration of rural schools and the establishment of (multi-year) grammar schools. |
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