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Education Development in Dol on the Island Of Hvar - From the First Steps Up to the Present
Ivica Moškatelo
Abstract
This paper is written thanks to an unexpected finding of a school archive, found in an abandoned building in the school vicinity. The archive is not sorted out but contains large material for studying the history of education up to the Second World War. The archive is now placed in the Dol church archive on the island of Hvar.
In the present times of ever growing depopulation in rural areas, it is of great importance to take notice of small village schools, in order to slow down that trend. The School, along with the Church, is of great importance, and often the only element of giving a settlement its identity. In our small settlements schools are not only temples of knowledge, but also of progress in rural places and also preservers of cultural heritage and tradition. The relationship between the Primary school and the village of Dol is an excellent example what importance a teacher has for the village society. Education proved to be the link to development in every place, area and state, realizing its full society nucleus meaning. Each important event is connected with school, or school-children and their teacher who take part in them. In the contemporary times the number of pupils in rural area schools diminishes, and more and more often the idea of closing smaller schools is proposed, claiming it being done for savings and rationalizations reasons, cutting down the expense bills. This paper is meant to support the importance of preserving schools as institutions in small communities, testifying that the link between schools and villages is important, and that in the case of school closing down the village would start losing its identity.
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Publication date:
5.6.2017.
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