The Role of Extracurricular Activities within Children's Palaces and Clubs for the Development Of Key Competences
The Role of Extracurricular Activities within Children's Palaces and Clubs for the Development Of Key Competences

Summary/Abstract: The extracurricular educational activities within the Children’s Palaces and Clubs are carried out on the basis of goalsthat are implemented through a student-centred educational strategy. The content, methods and tools used are studentcentred, differentiated according to the abilities and interests of the children. The activities are flexible, optional, andcomplementary to formal education and help to develop personality, creativity and competencies.The extracurricular activities are student-centred and focus on the formative side of learning by identifying effective waysof organizing and guiding student activity. The teacher must become a facilitator, a mentor – through his activities studentswill acquire knowledge, develop competencies and skills, aptitudes, attitudes through which the theoretical knowledgecan be transposed into practical knowledge and helps in the integration into contemporary society.This questionnaire investigates the role, importance and complementarity of extracurricular activities. It studies thefactors that influence the participation of the students in the extra-curricular activities offered by the Children’s Palacesand Clubs. The study was conducted on a national level among children, an online questionnaire with 19 questions wasapplied (N = 3945).The results show us the important role of non-formal activities, activities that together with formal education help toimprove results and are complementary in the development of competencies. The study helps to analyze the strengths andweaknesses of extracurricular education, the results shed light on the children’s needs children, and to what extent theuse of the student-centred educational strategy will help to achieve better results in education, and probably to reduceschool dropout

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