Strategy of development - contemporary thoughts on secondary school residence halls

Abstract

Residential halls came into existence and developed complementarily with schools as institutions of education. Throughout history, alongside their educational role they also had a social function. Their basic purpose was to participate in the upbringing of both the individual and his society. This testifies that they came into existence as a response to both individual and social needs. The author taxonomically explicates this basic purpose by tackling the following issues: residential halls as functioning within the democratization of the pedagogical-educational system; the role of residential halls in realizing the aims of secondary education and making its organization more efficient; the place of residential halls in the development of youth tourism. There is a special needs for residential halls during and after times of revolutionary changes and war. This has been the case in the Republic of Croatia during the present war and is to be expected in the near future. Certain undertakings by society at large ought to be aimed in the direction, of constructing a network of residential halls and giving them a proper educational function.