Educational Tendencies: Private and Alternative Schools / Odgojne i obrazovne tendencije: Privatne i alternativne škole

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this paper is to highlight the concepts of private and alternative education, and their relationships and interactions. The focus is on the analysis of experiences regarding the work of private and alternative primary (compulsory) schools, with the emphasis on a wide range of practices implemented in particular central European countries in order to promote and implement the parental choice of school. The conclusion is that educational reforms in the region are conditioned by specific cultural characteristics of each country and its local communities. However, what most of them have in common is the fact that they regulated private education by law at the beginning of the transition. Also, the conclusion is that Serbia is still at the very beginning when it comes to the development of pedagogical and school pluralism observed through activities of private and alternative schools.
Key words: alternative education; educational and pedagogical pluralism; parental choice of school; private education

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Sažetak
Cilj je ovoga rada istaknuti koncepte privatnog i alternativnog odgoja i obrazovanja, te njihove međusobne odnose i interakcije. Naglasak je na analizi iskustava vezanih uz rad privatnih i
alternativnih osnovnih škola (obavezno obrazovanje) s naglaskom na širok raspon primjera u određenim zemljama srednje Europe s ciljem promicanja i primjene prakse prema kojoj roditelji imaju pravo na izbor škole. Zaključak je da su obrazovne reforme u regiji uvjetovane specifičnim kulturnim obilježjima svake zemlje i njezinih lokalnih zajednica. Međutim, većini je zemalja zajednička činjenica da su zakonom regulirale privatno školovanje na početku tranzicije. Također, zaključak je da je Srbija još uvijek na početku kada je u pitanju razvoj pedagoškog i školskog pluralizma gledano s aspekta aktivnosti privatnih i alternativnih škola.
Ključne riječi: alternativno obrazovanje,; obrazovni i pedagoški pluralizam; pravo roditelja na izbor škole; privatno obrazovanje