Htqe.2025.21

https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025.21 | 305-317 | PDF

Cooperation of Social Pedagogue with Parents in the Socialization Process of Children in a Preschool Educational Institution

Kristīne Reitere¹
¹Riga Technical University, Liepaja Academy, Educational Sciences, Latvia

Abstract
This publication highlights the necessity and relevance of collaboration between social educators, preschool teachers, and parents in ensuring a successful child upbringing and socialization process. The article is relevant due to the need for a specialist support team member a social pedagogue already in preschool institutions, as the number of children facing socialization difficulties, behavioral problems, and the need for professional support in acquiring positive behavioral habits, as well as in the learning process, has increased in pedagogical reality. In the context of the pedagogical issues to be addressed, conscious and purposeful collaboration is essential, as it ensures the formation of positive educational relationships between children, parents, and teachers, which is a significant prerequisite for children’s positive development and successful socialization. The aim of the article is to determine the professional opportunities and competence of the social pedagogue in providing pedagogical support, promoting parental awareness and understanding of the impact of the social environment and the organization of the pedagogical process in child upbringing in preschool education. Based on the analysis of parents’ survey data, the level of parental awareness regarding their children’s socio-emotional development and the formation of individual social experiences has been identified. The survey data confirms that the enhancement of parents’ pedagogical competence is significantly influenced by their individual interest, motivation for collaboration with educational professionals, and their ability to reflect on the developmental possibilities in the context of the child’s socialization, not only within the purposefully organized educational environment with the support of the pedagogue and teachers’ professional expertise but also within the family’s educational relationships.

Keywords: child, cooperation, education, socialization, social pedagogue, support, parents, preschool

In: Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2025. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Cilvēks, tehnoloģijas un izglītības kvalitāte, 2025. Rakstu krājums.  Ed. L. Daniela. Riga: University of Latvia, 2025. 698 p.
ISBN 978-9934-36-461-7 
https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2025