An education for democracy: Empowering agency and community in a Czech school

CHOCHOLATÁ, Jana and Gabriela OAKLANDOVÁ. An education for democracy: Empowering agency and community in a Czech school. In Biddulph, J., Rolls, L., Flutter, J. (Eds.). Unleashing Children's Voices in New Democratic Primary Education. Oxon, Routledge: Routledge, 2023, p. 82-91. ISBN 978-1-032-01644-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003179429_6.

Basic information

• Original name: An education for democracy: Empowering agency and community in a Czech school
• Authors: CHOCHOLATÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Gabriela OAKLANDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Oxon, Routledge, Unleashing Children's Voices in New Democratic Primary Education, p. 82-91, 10 pp. 2023.
• Publisher: Routledge

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/23:00130253
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• ISBN: 978-1-032-01644-3
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003179429_6
• Keywords (in Czech): role dětí; demokratické vzdělávání; hodnoty; spolurozhodování dětí; škola jako učící se organizace
• Keywords in English: children´s voice; democratic education; values; child agency; school as a learning organization
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The chapter focuses on the way child agency is understood and promoted in the first laboratory school in the Czech Republic. Research shows that empowering children, making them part of democratic decision-making processes in a school - which is conceptualised as a learning eco-system with permeable boundaries inside the community it serves - is deeply rooted in the school's philosophy and lived as one of the school's most important democratic values.

Abstract (in Czech)

Kapitola se zaměřuje na to, jak je chápana rozhodovací role dětí (child agency) v první laboratorní škole v České republice. Výzkum ukazuje, že posílení postavení dětí, které je činí součástí demokratických rozhodovacích procesů ve škole - která je koncipována jako vzdělávací ekosystém s prostupnými hranicemi uvnitř komunity, jíž slouží - je hluboce zakořeněno ve filozofii školy a je žito jako jedna z nejdůležitějších demokratických hodnot školy.

Links

• 2019-1-DE01-KA203-005003, interní kód MU: Name: LabSchoolsEurope: Participatory Research for Democratic Education

Investor: European Union, Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth