THE HEALTH OF EDUCATORS AND THE INFLUENCE ON CHILDREN

V današnjem svetu predstavlja zdravje človeka velik zaklad. Premalokrat pa se zavedamo, da le-to ne vpliva samo na nas, ampak se odraža tudi na osebah okrog nas, posledično pa tudi pri našem delu. Diplomsko delo zajema teoretični del, ki obravnava tematiko zdravja, dejavnike, ki vplivajo na zdrav življenjski slog, ter sam vpliv vzgojiteljevega zdravja na delo z otroki. Temu sledi empirični del, v katerem so predstavljeni rezultati raziskave o skrbi za zdravje. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti, kako vzgojitelji in pomočniki v Vrtcu Leskovec pri Krškem skrbijo za svoje zdravje, v kolikšni meri že opažajo poklicno izgorelost v dosedanjih letih dela z otroki in kako to vpliva na otroke ter na kakovost dela z njimi. Uporabili smo deskriptivno metodo. Rezultati so v večji meri v skladu z vnaprej postavljenimi hipotezami in potrjujejo, da vzgojitelji skrbijo za svoje zdravje, predvsem osebe, stare nad 35 let. Potrdili smo tudi, da je poklic vzgojitelja stresen, kar se sčasoma kaže v poklicni izgorelosti. Na podlagi raziskave ugotovimo, da počutje, razpoloženje vzgojitelja vpliva na celotno klimo v skupini otrok, vendar anketirani menijo, da njihov življenjski slog načeloma otrokom ne predstavlja velikega zgleda.In today\u27s world a person\u27s health is a great treasure. But often we are not aware that it doesn’t affect only us, but is also reflects on the people around us and consequently is reflected in our work. The thesis is a study on whether educators health has an impact on children. The theoretical part covers different issues of health, factors which have an a influence on healthy lifestyle and the impact of educator’s health on the work with children. This is followed by the empirical work which has been done with the help of surveys carried out in the kindergarten Leskovec pri Krškem. We used the descriptive method. The results basically correspond with the pre-set hypothesis and confirm that educators care about their health, especially people over the age of 35. We have also confirmed that the profession of an educator is very stressful, which is eventually shown in professional burnout. Based on a survey we have also found out that educator’s mood, general state of mind has an impact on the overall atmosphere in the group, but respondents also believe that their life style doesn’t represent a role model for children