MODELS OF EARLY SOCIAL EDUCATION – RECONSTRUCTIONS OF AIMS AND ASSUMPTIONS

The starting point of the article is a description of the extremely low status of early social education and the knowledge planned for children in this area based on the Polish core curriculum. Then, four models of early social education, that can be identified in the world, were reconstructed. At the same time, the inevitable limitations of the proposed classification were pointed out. The following models were described: Model of Social and Disciplining Education, Model of Socio-Moral Education, Model of Socio-Personal Education and Social Studies Model. For each of them there are reconstructed psychological theories that are the source of teaching and can support teachers in their practice.