Character traits or competences and skills – a parental dilemma of the 20th century Cover Image

Cechy charakteru czy kompetencje i umiejętności – dylematy rodzica XXI wieku
Character traits or competences and skills – a parental dilemma of the 20th century

Author(s): Elżbieta Jezierska-Wiejak
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Zakład Historii Edukacji w Instytucie Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: features; competencies; developing skills; family; aid

Summary/Abstract: Who do we want to educate? Happy, kind and trustworthy people or perhaps individuals equipped with many competences and skills – this is a dilemma of contemporary parents, teachers, and educators. From the analysis of interviews with parents whose children start their first year in nursery school there emerges a disturbing vision of the characteristics of the contemporary man. Globalisation questions the process of forming such traits as kindness, authenticity, and beauty, which shape morality. Instead of this triad that determines the relations between people as well as between people and the world, some specific competences and skills are preferred in the education of children.

  • Issue Year: VI/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 85-97
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Polish