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Działania organizacji pozarządowych na rzecz wyrównywania szans edukacyjnych dzieci ze środowiska wiejskiego
The activities of non-governmental organizations for equal educational opportunities for children from the rural environment

Author(s): Katarzyna Palka
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Zakład Historii Edukacji w Instytucie Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: inequality of educational chances; rural environment

Summary/Abstract: We live in a world where the access to knowledge has a decisive influence on our future. A large number of children in Poland have difficulties with this access, because they are raised in impoverished, excluded, poorly educated families of low social status. This phenomenon is mainly related to rural areas. Non formal education should provide important support for formal education. Non formal education should be organized with the cooperation of schools, kindergartens, and non-governmental organizations. The educational activities proposed for children and their parents by non-governmental organizations complement formal education. These activities are of crucial importance in the equalization of educational opportunities for children from rural areas. It is essential that these activities be planned, long-term, and a part of the entire educational program.

  • Issue Year: VI/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 223-241
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English, Polish