Scientific Bulletin of Chełm – Section of Pedagogy

9-27

Authors: ANDRZEJ STĘPNIK, PIOTR MAZUR

Reading, which is the practice of transferring knowledge through printed word, has never been very popular in Poland. At the root of this situation there laid state as well as peasant and proletarian character of the basic social classes in the past. Further retreat from the books was caused by the development of new media an consumption. Regardless of this, literature had developed the basic canons of values that for centuries have been and still are the basic of general education and culture. The book remains the primary medium of dealing with the past in historical education. The main motives for reading are: scientific (cognitive) and utilitarian (practical) reasons. The first of these relate to the world of scholars, the second shall be extended to all social circles. These include educational, technological, political, cultural, compensational, personal, artistic, ludic and many other motives. A large part of the modern readers use new carriers of the culture of language. They use the digital record. This helps to extend the reach of content and ideas created on the basis of literature. This causes that the alarming diagnosis and visions of readership should be judged with greater serenity and distance.

41-58

Authors: MAŁGORZATA ŁOBACZ

The family is the first and basic educational environment, there the basic standards and moral principles are passed, and also defined attitudes and habits to people and things are shaped, finally, here is the beginning of human interests. Family environment also plays an important role in shaping the relationship of a young man to a book.This article presents the value of a family in the development and strengthening of reading activity of children and the youth. Family plays here an important role, since from the earliest years of a child's life, it has a chance to create positive experiences resulting from a contact with the book. Such situations can arise in a family in which parents find reading enjoyable and pass it on spontaneously to their children.

75-96

Authors: HALINA BEJGER

Article consideresissues takes the issues of orphans, whose structure in recent years is clearly changing. Decreasing number of natural orphans, and the increasing number of social orphans. The same phenomenon reflects negatively on the course of development of the child's personality. In addition, orphaned children are often stigmatized in the immediate environment which may resultin social exclusion. Some form of public education in this field carries children's literature, which brings problems of children orphaned, as well as forms of institutional aid and family. Literature for children and young people brings closer to young readers the world of feelings and needs of their orphaned peers and let them better understand the full value as a person deserving, as well as others, the interest, concern and love.

113-118

Authors: KAROLINA NAFALSKA

In the present day it is a must to know at least one foreign language. Most people choose English since it has become a global language and is present in almost every field of life. Researchers say that the best moment to start is in the childhood, yet they emphasize the fact that teaching very young children is challenging and needs to be planned with attention. This text aims to describe the specificity of teaching English to young learners and discusses some basic aspects of conducting child-friendly lessons together with some benefits of this approach.

133-142

Authors: OŁENA BUDNYK

The article deals with the essence and functions of sociocultural education as the mean of purposeful management of pupils’ socialization. The content of the notions “public education” and “social education” are grounded. The rules of sociocultural education in the context of pedagogical activity of primary school teacher: dependence of the aim, content, methods, facilities and forms of pedagogical activity on teaching and educational situations and the conditions of its performance; humanistic and cultural direction of social and pedagogical process in microenvironment of school; integrity and system approach of social and educational influences of a teacher in the aspect of prevention of negative pupils’ actions, provision of optimal management of educational process for achieving results, maximum possible in such conditions; conditionality of educational success by level of professional teacher’s mastering; necessity of coordination of social and educational influences of school, family and society.

157-172

Authors: DALIA MARTISAUSKIENE, KĘSTUTIS TRAKSELYS

In democratic society implementing the equality of possibilities allows to elaborate “people’s responsibilities and capacities” necessary for the realization of individuals’ personal functions in society. Thus a big attention is paid to school education as well. In the age of education a child’s socialization is taking place, that is conveyed by social maturity and the quality of maturity processes. Nevertheless, the education is significant not only for children and their successful socialization, but also for parents as when a child starts to attend school institution, his/her life has new purpose. A child, who attends institution of school education, has to adapt to this situation and to strive that it would become space of socio-cultural life. So in the article the authors discuss the quality of education (Lithuanian case). Based on the analysis of scientific literature and research.