SOCIAL COMPETENCE OF THE ATTENDANTS OF THE PEDAGOGICALLY – PSYCHOLOGICAL AND DIDACTICALLY – METHODICAL EDUCATION

Socijalne su kompetencije budućih nastavnika jedne od najznačajnijih kompetencija za uspješan rad u odgojnim i obrazovnim ustanovama. Socijalne kompetencije nastavnika podrazumijevaju empatiju, komunikacijske vještine, toleranciju, kooperativnost i uzajamnu pomoć, odgovornost prema sebi i drugima, ustrajnost u obavljanju zadataka, odgodu zadovoljstva, kontroliranje nasilnih ponašanja, iskazivanje osjećaja vrijednosti, jedinstvenost i pozitivnu sliku o sebi. Komunikacijske vještine, kao najvažniju sastavnicu socijalne komunikacije, neophodno je poticati i u polaznika pedagoško-psihološke i didaktičko-metodičke izobrazbe jer će jedino socijalno kompetentni stručnjaci različitog profila tijekom rada u odgojno-obrazovnim ustanovama moći vladati sustavima upravljanja učenja i znanja te poticati socijalnu kompetenciju učenika. Rezultati kvantitativnog istraživanja provedenog među 179 polaznika pedagoško-psihološke i didaktičko-metodičko izobrazbe u Slavonskom Brodu, Koprivnici i Zaboku pokazuju da se polaznici samoprocjenjuju socijalno kompetentnima s razvijenim komunikacijskim vještinama. Analizom varijance i Post Hoc testom utvrđeno je nepostojanje statistički značajne razlika u procjenjivanju socijalne kompetencije polaznika u odnosu na spol, broj godina radnoga staža i viša znanstvena zvanja, dok postoji statistički značajna djelomična razlika u procjenjivanju socijalne kompetencije polaznika s obzirom na dob.Social competences of the future teachers are one of the most important competencies for successfully working in educational institutions. A teacher’s social competences imply empathy, communication skills, tolerance, cooperation and mutual assistance, responsibility to oneself and others, perseverance in carrying out tasks, postponing any satisfactions, controlling violent behaviour, showing a sense of value, uniqueness and a positive self-image. It is essential to encourage communication skills, as the most important element of social communication, with the attendants of the pedagogically – psychological and didactically – methodical education because only the socially competent experts from various fields will be able to master the management of learning and knowledge, and encourage the social competence of students, while working in the educational institutions. The results of the of quantitative research conducted among 179 participants of the pedagogically – psychological and didactically – methodical education in Slavonski Brod, Koprivnica and Zabok show that the attendants have self-evaluated themselves as socially competent with developed communication skills. Analysis of variance and the Post Hoc test have proven that there is no statistically important difference in the assessment of social competence of the participants, regarding sex, number of years of working experience and senior scientific positions, while there is a statistically important partial difference in the assessment of social competence of the participants, regarding the age