Published: 2025-06-30

Contemporary Conditions of Regional Education of Children and Youth in Poland: a Sociological Perspective

Magdalena Markocka
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1860

Abstract

The inspiration for this study comes from a long-standing discussion among teachers, educators, cultural workers and regionalists about the presence of regional issues in the education system, as well as its goals and functions in the context of educating and raising children and youth. The aim of the study was to show the most important areas of contemporary conditions of regional education, and thus its role in the education of children and youth. A desk research analysis was conducted, covering the most important sources from academic literature as well as existing data. The basic assumptions of regional education were presented, as well as its importance for the individual and the local community in the context of shaping knowledge about the region and the sense of belonging to a “small homeland” among children and young people. The rest of the text attempts to characterize three key areas covering the determinants of contemporary regional education: 1) globalization processes and their role in shaping identity; 2) legal regulations and the role of the teacher in providing children and young people with knowledge about the region, and 3) available opportunities to implement regional content in primary schools.

Keywords:

regional education, children and youth, regionalism, small homeland, local community, sociology of education, sociology of culture

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Markocka, M. (2025). Contemporary Conditions of Regional Education of Children and Youth in Poland: a Sociological Perspective. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 46(1), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1860

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