| Abstract [eng] |
The development of social skills is of vital importance in our daily lives. They are being learned from the very first days and are improving for the rest of our lifetime. From the start these skills are gained in the very first and most significant institution – family, and later on being developed and acquired the new ones in the kindergarten and school, as well. The aim of this work is to provide the analysis of good practices of the work being carried out by a social pedagogue while educating students’ social skills. According to this aim there are set certain tasks: to examine the forms of social skills and educational methods through applying theoretical analysis, also, to unfold the role of a social pedagogue in educating students’ social abilities, to reveal education forms of students’ social skills based on social workers practices through applying theinterview method. Moreover, to reveal the education methods, form and structure of students social abilitiesthrough the application of the content analysis, and confirm the reliability of the identified categorieswhile applying expert evaluation method, to provide the project devoted to strengthenstudents’ social skillsaccording to the research theoretical and empiric data. The data of empirical research reveal the necessity to enroll parents into student social skills learning process as they are the ones who know their children best and are directly responsible for their education, thus are of significant help to the specialist.Furthermore, there is a strong emphasis on the advantages of social group activities as well as the need for individual consultations. There is a note on students’ lack of social skills considering culture, respect, self-awareness, evaluation, conflict solving and emotionalcontrol. The need for new social skills programs and specialists who would help to implement social skills programs is expressed, as well. |
