Analýza dopytu po predškolskom zariadení so špeciálnym zameraním na umelecky nadané deti

This paper is concerned with analysing the level of parental awareness and demand for a pre-school with a special focus on artistically gifted children and the adequacy of its placing on the market, which is its main objective. In the introduction, the paper deals with the theoretical definition of social entrepreneurship, its conditions in the Slovak Republic, characteristics of educational work in kindergartens and the perception of gifted children and work with them in the international context. In a separate chapter, the paper describes the methodology, the data collection procedure, sources and methods used. In the last chapter, it presents and describes the results of the analysis of the level of parental awareness and demand for a preschool with a special focus on artistically gifted children, the appropriateness of its introduction to the market, and indicates the limits. The paper serves to clarify and support the solution of the problem of education and training of above-average gifted children, which is not given enough attention in our country, through social entrepreneurship, where social work and its individual components are almost indispensable.