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THE EVALUTION OF THE CHANGEABLE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF LATVIA RURAL SCHOOLS

Irena Katane, Inese Jurgena, Anna Laizane

Abstract


Nowadays Latvian rural schools function under the conditions of constantly changeable environment, where the process of self-development is observed. Due to the influence of economical, demographical and social crises the problem of the sustainability of a rural school as the educational environment has become urgent in Latvia. The sustainability of rural community and its cultural environment also considerably depends on the sustainability of a rural school. The educational environment of rural schools has been studied by the authors of this article for many years, providing the multi-dimensional point of view. The research results enable to draw a conclusion that very important changes have taken place in the educational environment of research base schools. In outcome rural school of general education becomes a multi-level, multi-component and multi-functional educational environment in the countryside of Latvia that strives by help of education to promote the development of the pupil as a personality as well as the development of the local rural community.

Keywords


changeable educational environment; evaluation; rural schools; sustainability.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2013vol1.533

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