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Kompetencje prawno-normatywne nauczycieli wczesnej edukacji
Legal and Normative Competences of Early Education Teachers

Author(s): Małgorzata Turczyk
Subject(s): School education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: law; teacher competences; early school education; children's rights; teacher;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the concept of legal and normative competences of a kindergarten teacher and early school education teacher in terms of the protection of children's rights in the educational reality. Nowadays, the role of the teacher, especially the period of the earliest education, becomes justified not only in the context of the didactic, upbringing and caring design of the education process, but also in terms of education and protection in the area of children's rights. The article includes the analysis of a specific segment of social reality, which is the normative aspect of teaching competences related to securing a child in the processes of education, upbringing and care. It presents the key components of teachers' competences related to the use of law as a tool for shaping the preschool and school environment in terms of education, promotion and protection of the rights of all subjects of educational activities. In terms of methodology, the article is a description of the results of the qualitative research of legal and pedagogical texts. The research included the analysis of the legal acts related to teaching competences connected with shaping the competences of using the law in shaping the educational reality and teaching competences in the field of protection of the rights of children. The subject of the study also included the provisions of the core curriculum for preschool and integrated education, which indicate the necessity for the occurrence of such competences if we want to achieve the goals and contents of general education in preschool and early school education.

  • Issue Year: 18/2023
  • Issue No: 1 (68)
  • Page Range: 41-52
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish