THE INFLUENCE OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ON THE EDUCATION OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

The educational environment is a space in which the pupil lives permanently, and which promotes the child's educational achievements, his or her individual development. A preschool child not only gets acquainted with various things and their functions in the environment, but at the same time the child goes through various experiences, acquires new proficiencies, researches, experiments and discovers. The educational environment must be safe, quiet and cosy. The importance of developing social competence in pre-school age is unquestionable, as social competence determines the success of a child as a full-fledged and self-confident person in other areas of education and later in life. The research problem - what influence does the educational environment have on the development of children's social competence in preschool age? The object of the research is the influence of the educational environment on the development of social competence of preschool children. The aim of the research is to reveal the influence of the educational environment on the development of social competence of preschool children. Research tasks: To theoretically substantiate the influence of the educational environment on the development of social competence in preschool age; To empirically reveal the attitude of parents and teachers to the influence of the educational environment on the development of social competence of preschool children. Research results. A commissioned study conducted in pre-school education revealed that parents are satisfied with their children's educational environment in kindergarten, are interested in developing children's social competence, understand the importance of social competence in children's lives and agree that creating an educational environment is important not only in kindergarten but at home. The survey of educators revealed that educators create a child-friendly educational environment, but sometimes there are difficulties (lack of funds for measures, too many children in the group). The educational environment is the space where the student lives permanently, and which promotes the child's educational achievements and individual development. A preschool-aged child not only gets to know various objects and their functions in the environment, but at the same time the child experiences various impressions, gains new experiences, explores, experiments and discovers. The importance of developing social competence in preschool age is unquestionable, since social competence determines the success of a child as a full-fledged and self-confident personality in other areas of education and in later life. The purpose of social competence education for preschool children is to introduce pupils to various values ​​and socially acceptable behavior so that pupils can navigate the environment, behave appropriately in it, communicate and cooperate with others, control their behavior and emotions. The results of the conducted research revealed: parents are satisfied with their children's educational environment in kindergarten, are interested in the development of children's social competence, understand the importance of social competence in children's lives and agree that creating an educational environment is important not only in kindergarten, but also at home; pedagogues create a child-friendly educational environment, but sometimes difficulties arise, for example, lack of funds for tools, too many children in the group, pedagogues agree that the educational environment, its proper preparation, adaptation to specific situations and activities have a great influence on developing children's social competence.