PREVENTIVE AND SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL WORK OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE SLOVAKIA

Abstract

The study deals with the issue of preventive and socio-educational work of social pedagogues in schools in the Slovak republic. The current situation raises the social need for increased effectiveness of prevention and its professionalization in schools. It is therefore necessary to carry out socio-educational preventive activities in contemporary schools, where the school’s social educator’s plays an important role. The aim of the study was analyses legislative possibilities and actual activities of social pedagogues in schools in Slovakia.