Część monograficzna: Mały cud oświatowy – rola stowarzyszeń rozwoju wsi w przejmowaniu i prowadzeniu małych szkół (przykład województwa kujawsko-pomorskiego)
Monographic Part: Little Educational Prodigy – the Role of Associations of Rural Development in Taking Over and Running Small Schools (on the example of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)

Summary/Abstract: The shutdown of small rural schools is determined by a number of demographic and economic factors. The liquidation of an educational institution is a big loss for the village community, for its cultural and social capital. In Poland since 1999 more than 2 500 public schools have been closed down in the countryside. At the same time, there has been developing a social movement concerned with non government organisations taking over the closed down council schools. Measures implemented by the Associations of Rural Development related to the establishment and functioning of private schools in the country are indications of the activity of local communities and participatory democracy. Small schools – apart from the fact that they provide children the right to education and development in a familiar, safe environment – offer an opportunity to renew the communities, rebuild social capital, initiate change and preserve the identity with the locality.

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