This article deals with the education of older adults in communities with different levels of wellbeing. We are interested in whether the educational offerings for older adults depend on the well-being of the local community. We also examine how the educational offerings differ depending on whether the community is primarily rural or urban. In the research, the case study design was used. Municipalities were selected with respect to their level of well-being and compared regarding the educational offering for older adults. The analysis of the selected municipalities shows that the offering of educational opportunities for the older adults is more connected to the degree of urban and/or the rural character of the local community than to the well-being of the local community. One of the main obstacles for access to education of older adults appears to be geographical distance. In this research, we establish that the providers of education for older adults and the community’s organizational cohesiveness in Slovenia do not cooperate with each other as a rule. There is also no in-depth consideration by education organizers for how to attract the older adults who don’t take part in educational activities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 53572450
The aim of this article is to show the effects of Austrian secondary school legislation on efforts to promote the use of Slovene in grammar schools (gimnazije) during the period between 1848 and 1914. Developments in Austrian politics, the economic sphere and culture were reflected in the development of education, particularly with regard to the establishment of Slovene, especially in grammar schools. At that time, grammar schools were the most elite secondary schools, preparing students for university. This article is thus a historical analysis of the conditions relating to language teaching in grammar schools as stipulated by the Austrian secondary school legislation. It places a special emphasis on the status of Slovene as both a subject and a language of instruction in the teaching practices at grammar schools in Trieste/Triest/Trst, Gorizia/Görz/Gorica and Koper/Capo d'Istria which came under the Austrian education system. The patriotic efforts at the time to establish Slovene and the struggle for Slovene in the Gorizia grammar school was discussed, as well as the circumstances of how this school became the first state grammar school to use Slovene as a language of instruction.
COBISS.SI-ID: 55983458
Modern concept of lifelong learning has two components, namely increasing of employability, which means professional development and active citizenship. The problem is lack of development of personality. Both functions of modern theory of lifelong learning were already known in the history and therefore the concept in the broadest sense is not the idea of contemporaneity. Already in the ancient Greece and Rome, the meaning of education and learning after concluded course of formal schooling was emphasized. Even in the Middle Ages both primary components of lifelong learning were frequently mentioned and demanded. J. A. Comenius was the first one, who directly founded the need for learning during entire life and who also made a kind of concept of such education or learning.
COBISS.SI-ID: 55211362
The aim of our paper is to investigate what the differences between rural and urban municipalities are with regards to the educational opportunities for older people. With the method of multiple case studies, we have determined that in selected municipalities there are significant differences in educational possibilities for older adults in rural and urban local municipalities. The readiness of older adults to enrol in education not only depends on the extent of educational opportunities in a municipality, but also on the various measures for encouraging the participation of older people in education. On the basis of our findings, we suggest the following further steps to improve the educational opportunities for older people in both rural and urban municipalities: educational programs are free of charge and accessible; they have responsive content and organisation of education, based on older adults’ needs; that there is cooperation and networking of different providers of educational and spare-time activities for older people in the community etc.
COBISS.SI-ID: 54675042
The results of the research study carried out on a representative sample of students, parents, teachers and head teachers in Slovenian primary schools show alarming data that legal and illegal drugs were easily available in Slovenian primary schools and in vicinities of the schools. Research findings draw attention to the need for teachers and head teachers to pay special attention to drug use in schools and in school vicinities, although they may not initially see it as a problem. Namely, the comparison of data shows that the shares of students who had already seen the students of their schools use drugs in school and in vicinities of the school was bigger than the shares of teachers and head teachers who had seen such practices. On the other hand the responses indicate a non negligible share of students and parents who perceived drugs in school as a problem but this does not mean that schools themselves arise it. What should therefore schools do? In consideration of the problem of drug use in schools and the vicinities of schools, schools should rely on the data presented in this research study which should encourage them to the cooperation with the local community to increase the quality and effectiveness of prevention activities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 55014754