摘要:The present study addressed the relation between the quality of preschool education and children's social competence.The main purpose of the study was to examine how professional workers (preschool teachers and preschool teachers' assistants) evaluate their work with children in the context of stimulating children's social development,and to determine the relationship between the professional workers' self-evaluations and children's social competence.Professional workers' self-evaluations were obtained with three questionnaires and rating scales for assessing the quality of preschool education.Children's social competence was assessed by preschool teachers through the questionnaire Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Preschool Edition (SCBE).We have found that higher score on children's social competence scale is accompanied with higher professional workers' self-evaluation regarding stimulation of social development in children.Children's social competence was found to be positively correlated with the course of the children's play and encouragement of the children's verbal communication.Professional workers' stimulation of child's independence and interaction with peers was positively correlated with children's social competence,but the correlation was low.The same holds true for the relationship between social behavior and team work of preschool teachers and their assistants.
其他摘要:V prispevku je predstavljena raziskava,v kateri smo preučevali povezanost med kakovostjo predšolske vzgoje v vrtcu in socialno kompetentnostjo otrok.Osnovni namen raziskave je bil preveriti,kako strokovne delavke (vzgojiteljice in pomočnice vzgojiteljic) ocenjujejo svoje delo z otroki v kontekstu spodbujanja socialnega razvoja otrok,ter kako se njihove samoocene povezujejo s socialno kompetentnostjo otrok.Strokovne delavke so se samoocenjevale s tremi vprašalniki oz.lestvicami za ocenjevanje kakovosti predšolske vzgoje v vrtcu,socialno kompetentnost otrok pa so vzgojiteljice ocenile z Vprašalnikom o socialnem vedenju otrok SV-O.Rezultati raziskave kažejo,da je višja socialna kompetentnost otrok pomembno povezana z višjo samooceno strokovnih delavk na področju podpore otrokom pri socialnem razvoju.S socialno kompetentnostjo otrok se pozitivno povezuje potek igre v oddelku ter spodbujanje otrokove komunikacije oz.govorne interakcije.Spodbujanje samostojnosti otrok ter interakcije z drugimi s strani strokovnih delavk je sicer pozitivno povezano z višjimi ravnmi otrokovega socialnega vedenja,vendar je povezanost šibka.Podobno velja tudi za rezultate,ki kažejo povezanost med otrokovim socialnim vedenjem in skupnim delom vzgojiteljice in pomočnice v oddelku.