(CZ) Volná tribúna - forma mravnej výchovy
(EN) Open Forum - a Form of Moral Education

This article deals with the so-called Open Forum (OF), a form of education scheme taken from psychotherapeutic mass forms, which uses all the methods of moral education. On the basis of the own practice, the author gives brief information about the theoretical sources, the possibilities of using it for work with delinquent population, describes the current conception of the Open Forum at the Diagnostic Institute for the Youth, and draws attention to the educational potential which is unequivocally provided by this form of therapeutic educational work. It appraises the problem situation occuring in the Open Forum, the attitude of the educators and the inmates to the new forms of group work, and gives a few examples from practice. In conclusion, the risks and possible dangers of group influence are emphatically pointed out.