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12 Out-of-school-hours Education
Objectives
After studying this chapter:
You will explain the concept of out-of-school-hours education and leisure
time. You will justify their importance, functions and educative potential
and specifics.
You will characterise differences of out-of-school-hours
education from
formal education and specific means of education.
You will name institutions committed to out-of-school-hours education.
You will explain why attention should be paid
to the effects the media
have on children and young people.
Terms to Remember (Key Words)
out-of-school-hours
education
leisure time
leisure-time
pedagogy
media
media
education
extracurricular
education
formal, non-
formal and
informal
education
edutainment
Introductory Questions and Assignments
1. How did you spend your leisure time in your childhood and how did you
experience it? How do you spend your leisure time now? What does it
give to you?
12.1 Characteristics of Out-of-school-hours Education
The
concept of out-of-school-hours education or
extracurricular
education means education outside the effects of formal school education (i.e.
out of school).
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According
to the authors of
Pedagogický slovník [Dictionary of Education],
activities out of school hours include activities organised by school beyond
the framework of school instruction and during leisure time (Průcha, Mareš,
Walterová, 2003).
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