Education in Developing Countries through the Eyes of Volunteers Participating in the Foreign Educational Internships
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The theme of this paper is education in developing countries in terms of volunteers participating in foreign educational interships. Education has become, during the second half of the 20th century, an important tool for socio-economic development and modernization process in developing countries. Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948 already states the right to free education for all, as one of the fundamental human rights and freedoms. These aspects support the emergence of a concept of education for sustainable development, which was intended to procure sufficient resources to enable healthy and productive, safe righteous life for all. In 1990, therefore, the Universal Declaration of Education for Always adopted.These efforts were followed by a UN Summit, held in 2000. The summit was concluded by an adoption of a comprehensive concept, which should contribute to the ongoing development at the global, regional, and state level. As a means of support, contributing to the full fillment of the concept of education for sustainable development, take place even different educational activities, interships and educational projects, organized under the auspices of international organizations (People in Need, UN), the implementation of which primarily involved volunteers from different countries, the Czech Republic being no exception. However, the actual progress of this educational placement is not yet fully mapped; the definition is problematic in case of guaranteeing the quality of education provided by the volunteers, as well as their perception of the situation. |
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