Family and Educational Institutions (Kindergarten and School) as the Areas of Experiencing Values

Abstract

At the time when a child is given birth to, its process of rooting in the social world begins and through the two specific phenomena, i.e. socialisation and upbringing, such child becomes a representative of a society. However, there are two institutions inseparable from this process, i.e. kindergarten and school. Nonetheless, a family is the fist and natural upbringing environment for children, teaching them appropriate behavior, providing with code of conduct and values. Intergenerational transmission of values is the mechanisms allowing generational continuity, as it focuses on passing on values crucial for the parents, manifested through a specific contact with their children. On the other hand, kindergarten and school as institutions reflect the period when a child becomes a part of a structured social group, where all pupils are subject to the same rules, by which members of such group build up their knowledge on society and culture, constructing their individual and unique image of own self and the world around. Last but not least, it is also the time of preparing them to undertake autonomous and efficient activities. Such institutions conduct their upbringing activities in intentional and organised manner, in accordance with the curricula, taking into consideration socially established, upbringing objectives involving assistance of pedagogical staf and appropriately adjusted equipment. Therefore, cooperation and engagement of these three institutions allows to establish a coherent image of own self and own position in a society.