Competencies of a Teacher Working in an After-school Club, Being a Specific Place Providing Support to a Child in Their Growth and Development Cover Image

Kompetencje wychowawcy świetlicy jako specyficznego miejsca wspomagania rozwoju dziecka
Competencies of a Teacher Working in an After-school Club, Being a Specific Place Providing Support to a Child in Their Growth and Development

Author(s): Agnieszka Kaczor
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: competences; after-school club; after-school club teacher; child’s development;professional role;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, theoretical-empirical considerations on the competences of teachers working in after-school clubs are presented. The author presents the research results being, on the one hand, the attempt to evaluate the competences of teachers working in after-school clubs as the places that are to support the child’s development, and, on the other hand, the inspiration for the discussion of after-school club teachers on the competences needed to work in such places. The research was carried out using qualitative methods (interview, focused group interview) and it made it possible for the author to present the research subject in two perspectives: diagnostic and postulative one. The list of competences of an after-school club teacher included in the article directly results from the requirements of the place and it confirms the conviction that it is necessary to educate teachers working in after-school clubs and improve their qualifications.

  • Issue Year: 14/2019
  • Issue No: 2 (52)
  • Page Range: 77-91
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Polish