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<p>The article compares the community functions of schools and the support to schools from the municipality representatives and community depending on the location of the school – in peripheral or semi-peripheral rural areas, rural small towns, outer suburbs and also in towns, i.e., at various distances from the town. It is based on controlled interviews with school headmasters and mayors of the respective municipalities and on the collection of information from annual school reports and school inspection reports. A total of 57 schools of two districts in the south-west of Czechia were evaluated. The assumption that complete rural schools in peripheries have the greatest community functions was confirmed; but complete rural schools in semi-peripheries also received similar assessment. However, a fully functioning rural "community school" was not found in the case study area. Schools in towns show weak community functions, because community functions in towns are provided by other institutions and facilities.</p>
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The article compares the community functions of schools and the support to schools from the municipality representatives and community depending on the location of the school – in peripheral or semi-peripheral rural areas, rural small towns, outer suburbs and also in towns, i.e., at various distances from the town. It is based on controlled interviews with school headmasters and mayors of the respective municipalities and on the collection of information from annual school reports and school inspection reports. A total of 57 schools of two districts in the south-west of Czechia were evaluated. The assumption that complete rural schools in peripheries have the greatest community functions was confirmed; but complete rural schools in semi-peripheries also received similar assessment. However, a fully functioning rural "community school" was not found in the case study area. Schools in towns show weak community functions, because community functions in towns are provided by other institutions and facilities.

Community Functions of Schools and Municipal Support of Schools on the Continuum of the Rural Periphery – Town

European Countryside

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The article compares the community functions of schools and the support to schools from the municipality representatives and community depending on the...

Community Functions of Schools and Municipal Support of Schools on the Continuum of the Rural Periphery – Town

Published Online: Jul 03, 2024

Page range: 269 - 285

Received: Oct 07, 2023

Accepted: Apr 02, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2024-0015

Keywords
Rural community, rural periphery, rural semi-periphery, rural school, community school, community functions

© 2024 Jan Kubeš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Community Functions of Schools and Municipal Support of Schools on the Continuum of the Rural Periphery – Town

Published Online: Jul 03, 2024

Page range: 269 - 285

Received: Oct 07, 2023

Accepted: Apr 02, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2024-0015

KeywordsRural community, rural periphery, rural semi-periphery, rural school, community school, community functions

© 2024 Jan Kubeš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Rural community, rural periphery, rural semi-periphery, rural school, community school, community functions