Preliminary communication
TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE IN CONDUCTING THE PEDAGOGICAL PREVENTION OF BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS
Siniša Opić
; Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (središte Petrinja)
Anka Jurčević-Lozančić
; Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (središte Petrinja)
Abstract
The need to identify potentially negative factors in the child’s
direct environment that may cause behavioural disorders is growing in importance. Children in whom behavioural and personality disorders are identified at an early age are at greater risk of developing delinquent and socio-pathological behaviour at a later age. We believe that the behaviour of extremely problematic children should become an area of interest and of study of researchers and practitioners to allow them to develop programmes to increase the social integration and social competence of children. For this purpose, it is important to consider directing and orientating educational studies towards prevention programmes. Consequently, this paper underlines the factors which, in a modern kindergarten and family environment, can have a positive and protective influence on the process of growing up into a healthy, happy and satisfied person. There is therefore a great need to train teachers to implement the pedagogic prevention of behavioural disorders through the verification of basic hypotheses, since 67% of teachers from the sample did not assess themselvesas competent to apply it. The reasons for their incompetence were specifically analysed, as were necessary preventive activities.
Keywords
behaviour disorders; primary prevention; competence of school teacher
Hrčak ID:
28684
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Publication date:
25.6.2008.
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