Extracurricular Activities Theoretical And Practical Approaches For Primary And Preschool Cycles

Abstract

The topic of education in the current society has acquired different connotations that have been generated especially by the unprecedented changes that have been taking place in all areas of social life. The emphasis has been shifting quickly from the informative to the formative. Thus, formal education overcomes the limits of national values and essentials and tends towards a universal character, towards the common patrimony of human values. A unitary curriculum, even if it is characterized by flexibility, can no longer respond on its own to the diversity and training needs of the generations that are being educated today. Schools must develop an educational offer according to the profile of the graduate and as requested by society and professional life. The fulfillment of this desideratum is also dependent on the offer of extracurricular activities that complete the range of curricular activities carried out with the students. As such, aiming to support teachers in trying to meet the expectations and needs of the main educational agents (preschoolers, pupils, parents, the school community, etc.), through this paper we put forward an analytical approach to extracurricular activities, especially those intended for groups, while simultaneously outlining some directions of action specific to non-formal education that we recommend to practitioners.