Review article

The review of theories about social competency

Anka Jurčević-Lozančić ; Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

The child is a creative and interactive being who actively participates in his/her education and socialization. The child’s active nature can be recognized in his/her play, spontaneous learning, exploration, curiosity, fantasy and imagination. The knowledge that children, as well as adults, seek the answers to the questions which will enable them to achieve a better understanding of themselves, has prompted many authors to explore personal and social competencies because, as it is known, early childhood sets the fi rst frames of development of self-awareness, which will contain positive and negative elements, both sides of a personality. A lot of contemporary research shows that there is an intensive correlation between the development of the child’s accomplishments and the environment that supports the child’s learning. Supporting positive social interactions, and especially including the child in joint activities that improve and advance his/her psycho-physical health and his/her constructive contribution towards the self and others, is considered as desirable and socially acceptable, or socially competent, behaviour. Socially competent children are those children who possess socially appropriate, desirable behaviours and social-cognitive abilities which enable them to apply various behaviours in a sensible way, according to the needs of the society and culture. In this paper we shall elaborate the importance of encouraging social competence in early education and give a brief review of the analysis of the phenomenon as explained in scientifi c literature by contemporary authors.

Keywords

family; early education; child’s learning; preschool institution; social competencies

Hrčak ID:

116661

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/116661

Publication date:

23.11.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian german

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