| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance of the subject. Preschool education educators need to get acquainted with documents regulating Children’s Rights so that they would be capable of teaching them preschool age children subject to experience peculiarities typical to children. Convention of the Rights of the Child denotes that a newborn already is an individual who needs to be ensured with rights to a safe social, cultural development. When a child starts familiarizing with the surrounding environment, rules, then appears the possibility for training of Child’s Rights as they include certain regulations for behaviour with children. Upon prevalence of a child-oriented education system, when the child and not the educator becomes the subject planning the process of education, the conception of the meaning of the right has become especially important for children. However, the opinion that training of Child’s Rights at the preschool age is too early still exists even in educational society. Obeying to obligations is the most important. But the right and obligation are closely interrelated as knowing does not entitle forgetting obligations. Therefore, it is very important for educators to have enough competences for introducing children to their rights and forming the primary basis for further training of these rights at an elder age. Research subject – expression of competences of preschool education educators in Children’s Rights training. Research aim – to study expression of competences of preschool education educators in Children’s Rights training through application of a child-oriented education system. Research methods: empirical (analysis of scientific readings, analysis of education documents, survey using mixed type non-standard questionnaires with open-close-type questions) and statistical (statistical qualitative and quantitative analysis of research data). Research methodology: the Paper is based on statements of philosophy of pragmatism, constructionism as well as humanistic education and psychology. Research scope: 181 preschool education educators from preschool education institutions located in Šiauliai city and Mažeikiai town have participated in the questionnaire survey of quantitative research. The empirical research has been carried out through application of an authorized program of R. Bulotas “My Rights: Unfabled Fairy-Tales for Children” (2003) at a preschool group of a preschool institution of Mažeikiai town. The conception of competence, the essence of teaching (learning) competence, legal basis of protection of Child’s Rights and display thereof within a child-oriented education system have been analysed in Section One with reference to scientific readings. Methodology used in the research, organization and methods as well as characteristics of the surveyed are introduced in Section Two of the Final Paper. Expression of competences of preschool education educators in Children’s Rights training through application of a child-oriented education system has been analysed in Section Three on the basis of data obtained form the research carried out. Subject to the obtained research results we may claim that preschool education educators have enough competences required for training of Child’s Rights, but they lack seminars on the above subject. |
