Education of apprentices at the vocational school OEZ Letohrad in the years 1951–1958

Abstract

The presented paper tries to closer the development of apprenticeship education in the 1950s, which was one of the possibilities of educating a young person in socialism. The structure of the text consists of 2 parts: 1) time spent in school (teaching), followed by apprenticeship examinations and 2) time spent outside school (recreation, leisure activities, sport and cultural events). All sections of the school year are approached on the example of a vocational school of a successful East Bohemian company OEZ Letohrad. The text is supplemented by photographs of teaching aids, in the creation of which the apprentices participated themselves. All types of apprenticeship exams (written, practical and oral) are characterized and described to specific examples of assignments. Mention of competitions among apprentices is not missing, too.