Abstract
In the study, we present the basic goals, content, strategies and organisational forms of education of the Elementary Art School of Folk Dance and Music in Ružomberok. The basic information about the school is supplemented with the ideas of its founder and the school principal, as well as the photo documentation of this school environment. We analyse this school model in the broader context of elementary regional culture-oriented schools, which began to develop in Slovakia after 1989. In connection with the school reform in 2008, the educational content of such schools was transformed and defined in the State Education Programme in the subject of Regional Education and cross-cutting topic Regional Education and Folk Culture. In addition to other alternative and innovative educational programmes in Slovakia, the regional culture-oriented school represents a domestic model of education, which is based on the historical and cultural peculiarities of individual regions of Slovakia. Despite the uniform name, each school with this orientation can have a unique character expressed in its school curriculum.
Highlights
After 1989, in Slovakia the diversification of education began
Research Design and Methods In our research, we focus on the innovation of music education in elementary schools in Slovakia after 1989
In 2005, we conducted research focused on the innovation of music education in elementary schools in Slovakia in 2000 – 2005 (Krušinská, 2009)
Summary
After 1989, in Slovakia the diversification of education began. The original concept of a unified school has been weakened by the penetration of alternative or innovative educational programmes into Slovak schools. The regional cultureoriented school is one of the innovative models of schools, which is fundamentally based on the specific culture of a respective region. Terminological excursion The term regional culture-oriented school (Cabanová, 2005) defines schools with the school educational programme developing the genius loci of the nearest environment (region, subregion, locality) and are specific and unique in their content of education compared to other schools in Slovakia. The main goal of regional culture-oriented schools is the fundamental development of the following topic areas in the content of education (Cabanová, 2005; Krušinská, 2016): Supporting the specifics of individual regions by maintaining traditions, deepening students' interest in regional history
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