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POOR AND VERY POOR STUDENTS (Uczniowie zli i bardzo zli)

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Zahorska M.

Rocznik Lubuski

2008

vol. 34

issue 1

91-108

The educational reform of 1999 changed the structure of the Polish educational system. A new kind of school was created - lower secondary school (gimnazjum). One of the objectives of this change was to equalize the education levels (or rather to reduce the differences) between urban and rural schools. Unfortunately, the results of external exams have shown a systematic deepening of these differences. Rural schools have increasingly poor, and urban schools - increasingly good results. On the basis of a research conducted in lower secondary schools in six selected rural communities, the authoress has attempted to show the factors which influence their poor educational results. In each rural community, many students are brought by school buses from their homes in the countryside to the school located usually in the biggest village of the community. The poorest results are attained by those travelling students, whereas local students are coping better. Only two of the examined schools have implemented a strategy of assistance for students living in the countryside, and only one has any successes in the field. The group of students brought from small villages includes a group of persons in a very disadvantageous economic situation, encountering learning difficulties due to the fact that they fall behind very strongly and they are not looked after appropriately. Many of them have very low motivation to study and they often skip classes. The creation of gimnazjum became an advantage for the inhabitants of those villages in which such schools were established. Definitely too little has been done to provide realistic opportunities for those who are brought to school from the countryside.

POSITION AND ROLE OF EDUCATION UNDER REFORM IN THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF POMERANIAN LOCAL COMMUNITIES (BASED ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH) (Polish title - below)

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Gazicki A., Socha K.

Rocznik Lubuski

2008

vol. 34

issue 1

169-183

(Title in Polish - 'Miejsce i rola reformujacej sie edukacji w procesie transformacji ustrojowej spolecznosci lokalnych Pomorza – w swietle badan empirycznych'). In the region of Western and Mid Pomerania evaluations and opinions concerning the matter of the availability of secondary schools close to where people live seem to be very similar. The arrangement of these opinions, however, is definitely different. The biggest city agglomerations are clearly privileged, which for certain reasons is understandable. This causes the strengthening of the feeling of discrimination in many aspects in small towns and rural communities, often up to the point of feeling to be the provinces of the region. Economic and developmental factors usually responsible for such situations do not seem to be very convincing. Especially the lack of extracurricular activities, not mentioning their level, has a relatively negative impact on the way adolescents perceive their chances for individual development in smaller rural communities, far from big agglomerations. It has often been manifested among the citizens of the so-called post-PGR ('Panstwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne' - state-owned farm) villages. In the region of Pomerania the preparation of young people to function in the EU is evaluated relatively highly. It is very probable that this is a form of an indirect acceptance of the education system in towns and regions. In this context, all the critical comments and willingness to move out of the place of origin should also be seen as a desire for further improvement and individual development, without regard for being used to living in one place. This, of course, does not change the fact that in the region of Western and Mid Pomerania many disproportions and uneven chances can still be noticed. The basis for such a situation is to a great extent the still noticeable lack of integration of local communities in many small towns. The research made has shown that in spite of many changes for better there is still a lot to be done.

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1 Gazicki A.

1 Socha K.

1 Zahorska M.

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POOR AND VERY POOR STUDENTS (Uczniowie zli i bardzo zli)

POSITION AND ROLE OF EDUCATION UNDER REFORM IN THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF POMERANIAN LOCAL COMMUNITIES (BASED ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH) (Polish title - below)