Wybrane konteksty wizerunku nauczyciela wczesnej edukacji. Na podstawie badań nauczycieli i rodziców sześciolatków w Polsce

Abstract

The article presents the empirical material proving the similarity of early education teachers’ views to the views of children’s parents on shaping the desired features of children in future. The resaerch was carried out as part of the research project „A six-year-old child on the threshold of school learning” (financed by Europejski Fundusz Społeczny i Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej – European Social Fund and Ministry of National Education Ministry). The research was conducted twice, in the year 2006, on the selected sample of six-year-olds in Poland and their parents (altogether about 70 thousand, which makes 8–10% of the population depending on the province). The samples were chosen by the author. The article showes the data concerning the cohesion in spite of differences in the education levels, views of children`s parents and their teachers in the scope of: 1. the assessment of the possibility of teaching children so called „art of life” by their parents 2. features which, nowadays, should be given to children, 3. the sources of knowledge of parents about the methods of bringing up children, 4. recognised by the subjects the environments of bringing up own children, 5. the subjects’ opinions about the sex as a factor differentiating bringing up children. In conclusion, one should pay the attention to the life context („empirical image of a teacher”) as an important factor of fulfilling „the desired image of a teacher” of early education at which numerous eductional ideas point.