Survey "Demand of Further Education at Katzelsdorf"

109 of about 1100 households of Katzelsdorf filled in the questionnaire and returned it.
About 46 per cent of the households found that the present supply of courses was sufficient, approximately 50 per cent said that it was not enough. 4 per cent did not answer the question.
88 per cent of the households spoke out on an additional supply, 6 per cent declared against it and 6 per cent had no opinion.

The inhabitants of Katzelsdorf demanded courses about regional culture (regional history, regional customs), house-building and style of living, health (healthy food, ecological horticulture), computer courses (especially about internet), foreign languages like English and Italian, conflict management as well as photography/video.
The members of the households were less or not interested in themes about club activities, economy and occupation or personality education.

Following themes for courses were suggested and desired:

• health themes: homoepathy, health provision, first aid, herbal medicine, Kneipp cure
• social themes: addiction and addiction prevention, conflict management in the family
• introductory computer courses (especially for elderly people)
• languages: English, Italian
• creative courses: creative writing, circle of readers, pottery, drum, vocal education and singing, sculpture
• natural sciences: astronomy, meteorology
• holiday courses for children and young persons: sporting activities, excursions, ...

Some suggestions for improvements in supply and organization of courses were submitted:

• Informations about courses should be given in time and regularly, not only at the municipal office and on posters, but also by leaflets to each household.
• A minimization of course costs should be aimed at by sponsoring, by graduation according to the number of participants and by close co-operation with other educational institutions.

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