OPTIMIZATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SOCIAL WORK SPECIALISTS AND PEDAGOGES OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

Authors

  • Nelia Perkhailo
  • Tetiana Rozhko-Pavlyshyn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24919/2413-2039.8/40.164417

Keywords:

educator, specialist in social work, pre-school establishment, social partnership, professional communication, conditions for optimization of cooperation of specialists

Abstract

PERKHAILO Nelia – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Senior Lecture of the Social Pedagogy and Social Work Department, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University, Sukhomlynskyi Str., 30, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, 08400, Ukraine

E-mail address: ne-la@ukr.net

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-6256

ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2384-2019

ROZHKO-PAVLYSHYN Tetiana – Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Lecture of the Pedagogy and Methods of Primary and Pre-school Education, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University, Maksym Kryvonos Str., 2, Ternopil, 246027, Ukraine

E-mail address: tana.rzhk@gmail.com

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-5982

ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2370-2019

 

To cite this article: Perkhailo, N., & Rozhko-Pavlyshyn, T. (2019). Optimization of cooperation between social work specialists and pedagoges of pre-school educational establishments. Liudynoznavchi studii. Seriia «Pedahohika» – Human Studies. Series of «Pedagogy», 8/40, 131–145. doi: 10.24919/2413-2039.8/40.164417.

 

Article history

 

Received: November 10, 2018

Received in revised form: January 10, 2019

Accepted: February 18, 2019

Available online: April 22, 2019

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p-ISSN 2313-2094

e-ISSN 2413-2039

 

 

© 2019 The Authors. Human studies. Series of «Pedagogy» published by Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University & Open Journal Systems. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

Abstract. Considering the need for a substantive and technological upgrade of the social work system, which should meet the challenges of the time, to the demands of society, there is a need to find ways for its optimization, in particular, at the stage of primary socialization of the younger generation in pre-school establishments.

The proposed article elucidates the current problem of establishing a part-nership, constructive professional communication between teachers of pre-school establishments and specialists in social work in the formation of a fully-developed, socially-protected pre-school child, improving cooperation with parents, preven-ting professional burnout of workers, etc.

It presents the results of study of the existing cooperation between teachers of pre-school establishments in the process of social upbringing of children, social-pedagogical work with their parents; identifies typical drawbacks and difficulties in the activity of specialists of the mentioned sphere: lack of social pedagogues on the staff of pre-school institutions as well as resources available to them, limited nature of the stereotyped forms and methods used, weak link with social workers, etc.

The reasons and consequences of reducing the educational potential of the family, the quality of communication in it, are related to the inadequate level of so-cial experience of parents, their communicative culture; lack of readiness for a con-structive dialogue with teachers and specialists in the social sphere. The authors determined the conditions for optimizing cooperation between social work specia-lists and teachers of pre-school establishments, which requires introduction of a social teacher’s position in the pre-school establishments; formation of positive motivation for cooperation and effective professional communication in the peda-gogical and social specialists; preparation of future specialists (educators and so-cial workers) for social partnership; diversification of technologies for such coope-ration.

The logic of qualitative transformation of professional cooperation between teachers of pre-school establishments and specialists in social work involves a ho-listic rethinking of the content and methods of their work: from the motivation, the conscious need for such interaction to mastering the relevant tools, algorithm of activities and their creative use, which must be first and foremost provided in the process the professional training of future specialists; and continuous improvement through the self-development of employees.

The publication outlines the perspectives of solving the problem of improving the interaction of specialists in the direction of socialization of children of pre-school age, interaction, coordinating efforts of subjects of social influence, personal professional development. It reveals features of the most productive educational discourse that unites and strengthens the possibilities of innovative, integrated, contextual, active learning.

Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks to pedagoges of pre-school educational establishments and social work specialists in the cities of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky and Ternopil, Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky and Ternopil districts.

Funding. The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Author Biographies

Nelia Perkhailo

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Senior Lecture of the Social Pedagogy and Social Work Department, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University, Sukhomlynskyi Str., 30, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, 08400, Ukraine

Tetiana Rozhko-Pavlyshyn

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Lecture of the Pedagogy and Methods of Primary and Pre-school Education, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University, Maksym Kryvonos Str., 2, Ternopil, 246027, Ukraine

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