Social competence of teacher at a vocational school

The theme of this thesis is focused on research of social competences in vocational education. The aim of the theoretical part is to clarify the issue of social competences in various contexts. It deals with school as a social environment, general skills of a teacher and the specification of social skills needed to practice this profession. It will also describe the relationship between social skills and curricular documents and finally present expected requirements of a school management for the application of these skills. The aim of the empirical part is the research at a vocational school with regard to how the potential of social competencies of teachers is used in pedagogical activities in relation to the graduate profile. The research will take into account the results of three research methods - a document analysis, an observation and an interview. Partial objectives will focus on the learning environment, the content of the graduate profile, the work of the teacher and the view of school management on the application of social skills. Keywords competence, teacher, vocational school, social skills, social interactio