Responsibility for young souls is one of the most serious in a person's life. What should be the pedagogical credo of the educator so that he can be trusted by a developing personality? Rights of the child - instead of the school Formalism and iron discipline - began to be taken into account already at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. It was then that priority was given to comprehensive development and creative individuality.
Human values
The pedagogical credo of the educator is formed not only from his personal convictions and qualities of character. Of course, it is based on universal values: love, support, mutual respect, purity of the soul. K.D. Ushinsky argued that it is much more difficult to educate than to transfer knowledge, to teach. After all, it is a moral right to influence the soul, convictions, and the conscience of the other - the young man - and only one who constantly works on himself is distinguished by a high level of reflection, who is pure in heart. The customs and traditions, the political situation and the economic system can change. Nevertheless, the basis on which the educator's pedagogical credo is formed is timeless human values. Including, for a long time the well-known law of dialogue: concern to another - to the child - how you would like, that acted with you.
Different schools and concepts
Scientists-psychologists And the teachers put in the first place in their methods and approaches those principles that were closest to them. Nowadays , the educator can choose from a rich philosophical and theoretical heritage. Preferences, of course, will be due to his worldview, the warehouse of his personality. The teacher's teaching credo in the Montessori school, for example, is based on the following postulates: taking into account the developing characteristics of the child, his abilities, needs and hobbies in the learning process. It is necessary to support the development of the baby, and not the formation of it in its own image. Other important principles are the individualization of learning; Respect for a small person; Reliance on the activity of the pupil himself. The pedagogical credo of the tutor, according to the methods of Janusz Korczak, has similar promises. His concept is based on the idea of a children's society, which is organized and managed by the children themselves. An analogous method of education was offered by Anton Makarenko. This preference and the formation of individuality is not spontaneous, but organized, aimed at the common good. At the same time, the concepts of these teachers have common ground: respect for the pupils, mutual trust between the pupil and the teacher. Love for children must be conscious and not so demanding as reasonable. The main thing is dialogue, communication between the educator and the ward. The ability to hear and listen is not given to everyone.
Selecting the style of communication
From the theoretical point of view, the pedagogical creed of a kindergarten teacher, for example, can be based on any concept. Montessori, Walldorf system, Ushinsky or Korczak ... But in practice it is realized not in postulates, not in slogans and mottos hung on the wall, but in communicating with a specific child and his parents. The pedagogical credo of the preceptor of the DOW should guide not only the methodological skills, but also the behavior of the mentor. Choosing a mentoring style of communication, he can not achieve trust. The authoritarian approach will suppress the individuality of the baby. But the partnership style, based on the principle of "mutual learning", will help to realize pedagogical goals much more effectively.