Pedagogika społeczna. Podstawowe pojęcia i definicje

Showing the direction, setting a certain aim and giving support to achieve it, is the essence of pedagogy. Here it is assumed that both sides of the upbringing process have accepted this aim, that is, both charge and tutor whose task is, as the upbringing process proceeds, only to “accompany” his charge in achieving aims which he accepts as his own. Running direct educational activities is not an aim of social pedagogy in practice, but solving definite problems connected with a social life, such as problems of poverty and social exclusion. That is why the special object of interest of social pedagogy is social assistance, social work and broadly comprehended social protective activities.