An Analysis of the Level of Parental Demand for a Preschool Facility with a Special Focus on the Inclusion of Artistically Gifted Children and the Adequacy of its Marketability

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the level of awareness and interest of parents and other relevant subjects in a new form of educational preparation for the inclusion of specially talented children, and the adequacy of its introduction to the market, through the analysis of demographic development at selected locations. The research in this area is very underdeveloped, because the focus is shifted towards the other end of the spectrum, and that is why we would like to draw attention to this problem via our article. In the introduction, the paper deals with the theoretical definition of social inclusion of gifted children and social entrepreneurship and its conditions in the Slovak Republic. In a separate chapter, the paper describes the methodology, data collection procedure, and sources and methods used, such as abstraction, comparison, and basic statistical and mathematical methods. Then exponential smoothing was used for prediction. We analysed through a survey the interest of parents and other relevant subjects, and the data collected was then synthesised. The last chapter presents the results of our work together with its limitations, and recommendations for future research. The whole idea of our preschool facility could be summarised in four words based on our results, namely, adequate, necessary, desirable and original. The paper serves to clarify and support the solution of our chosen research problem: education and the inclusion of above-average gifted children through social entrepreneurship.