| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance of the research: Recently, development of social skills takes an important place in preparation of pedagogues, because today's situation poses new requirements for future teachers. The direction of education is oriented not towards an educator, but towards a learner. In addition, the educational work is being reorganized orienting towards humanistic psychology as the one of the most suitable to the needs of the times. One of the prospective teacher's conduct efficiency criteria is social skills. In educational reality, one often faces with too low communicational culture and conflicts. The educator needs greater social competence, responsibility not only for knowledge of a learner, but also for his/her maturity. The ability of the sports teacher to work professionally, communicate and collaborate depend on his/her fundamental and situational social skills and his/her readiness to perform social roles. The subject of the research: Change of situational, fundamental social skills and readiness to perform social roles of the physical culture speciality students. The aim of the research: To ascertain the change of situational, fundamental social skills and readiness to perform social roles of the physical culture speciality students. Methodology of the research: The research was done on the grounds of the following theories: social learning theory and provisions of humanistic education. Methods of the research: Theoretical analysis and generalization, questionnaire survey, statistical analysis of the data. Scope and organization of the research: The research was conducted in Šiauliai University in 2011. 142 full-time students of the Physical Culture speciality participated in it. Structure of the paper: abstract, introduction, 3 chapters, discussion, conclusions, recommendations, list references, 4 appendixes. The paper contains 63 tables, 61 figures. Conclusions: 1. The students of the first course are able to define the social skills best of all and the students of the third course - worst. 2. The situational and fundamental social skills of the students under research have been assessed as good. The situational and fundamental social skills of the students under research do not change during the studies. 3. The level of social roles' performance of the respondents changes depending on which course they are studying in. |
