Magistra Iadertina, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2010.
Pregledni rad
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS – FACTOR FOR DEVELOPING CHILDREN'S SOCIAL COMPETENCES
Vesnica Mlinarević
; Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku
Sanja Tomas
Sažetak
Early childhood is a period when children need help in developing social competences in interpersonal relations in kindergarten, because the foundations for creating effective functioning in social context are laid in the first five or six years of one's life. Cooperation between preschool teachers and parents can help children create everyday situations for establishing social relations and overcome problems related to socialization. The main hypothesis is that in social context of kindergarten we can improve encouragement, realization and development of social competences of a child as integral part of preschool curriculum. Therefore, this paper is aimed at investigating the understanding and attitudes of parents toward social competence, assessment of repeated behaviors of their own children, and which professionals can help their children overcome the problems related to socialization.
Results of qualitative analysis show that the cooperation between teachers and parents exist, but there are also possibilities for further improvement through different forms, projects and research. Parents, who have a great role in developing and improving social competences of their children, indicated in their responses that they are aware of the importance of socialization and they understand it, but they are also aware of the fact that there are problems related to socialization. Another important fact is that the parents are ready to accept the help and support from teachers and professional associates in socializing their children in order to help children strengthen and encourage social competences. Therefore, there is a need for open and straightforward communication between parents and professional staff, for partnership marked by understanding, trust and acceptance in order for parents to realize that they can ask for help whenever they encounter a problem.
Ključne riječi
social competence; child; parents; preschool teachers; partnership; communication
Hrčak ID:
68324
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.12.2010.
Posjeta: 5.072 *