Remote Education through the Eyes of Two Generations of Early Childhood Education Teachers

The aim of the article is to examine the views of early childhood education teachers about the realities of widely understood remote education. Due to the times of the pandemic, the research sample and the research itself is just a conversation with two teachers of early childhood education, taking into account the same research problems. The authors wanted them to be people who teach at the same level of education, with different professional experience and a diverse range of experiences. Both teachers were positive about the conversations. They were guided by the willingness to help and the curiosity of the research results.

Building Interpersonal Relationships in Grades 1–3 in Distance Learning Conditions

Interpersonal relations are an integral part of living in society. Interpersonal competences combine activities related to communication, making new friends, solving problems or cooperating with others. Therefore, they are extremely important at every educational stage. However, building proper relations among education participants becomes more difficult when schools around the world switch to distance learning due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Relations between teachers and students, as well as among classmates, often undergoes various modifications, frequently deteriorating the quality of mutual contact. Distance education has also changed the role of pupils’ parents. The new situation often required from them to adapt to their child’s schedule in order to support them and help them in learning. This particularly applies to the families with younger children. In order to explain these issues, this article will present the results of research conducted among teachers and parents of pupils from grades 1–3 on the relationship at a pupil–pupil and a student–teacher level. The didactic and educational activities of teachers that are undertaken by them in order to improve contact on both these levels in the face of the new reality will also be discussed. The article will also address the topic of transformations of the abovementioned relations, which took place during and after the transition to compulsory distance learning.

How to Motivate a Parent to Work with a Child?

Each specialist (child therapist) in his professional work has certainly encountered a lack of motivation to work on the part of the parent. The caregiver’s lack of motivation and willingness to work particularly bothers a speech therapist at work. How can the therapy be supported based on cooperation with the parent?
In this article, I will try to suggest what can contribute to better parental motivation, and thus more effective speech therapy work. In the text, I present research on the self-evaluation of parents in working with children. The publication also includes proprietary motivational tables, which may provide additional support in the work of a parent with a child and communication between the speech therapist and the child.

Early School Education in Stationary and Remote Modes and the Student’s Motivation from the Parent’s Perspective Over the past few months, due to the pandemic situation, students, parents, and teachers have faced the challenge of having to take classes remotely. The unstable reality has caused early childhood education to alternate between on-site and remote modes. This paper addresses the issue of motivation among early elementary school children in the era of pandemic and remote education. The paper includes characteristics of the early childhood period, education at this developmental stage, remote education, and an introduction to the topic of motivation. An inclusive survey of 50 parents was conducted to find out their opinions on motivation in relation to learning and other activities of their children who are in the younger school age. The results are included in the paper.

Remote Education in the Foreign Language Preschool Education — Practical Approach

Even though the children’ motivation to learn and cooperate with others is undeniably high, this tendency can still be disturbed by numerous aspects depended on the teacher, such as the classroom management, the selection of teaching aids or methods. This task become even more demanding with the necessity of remote education of preschool children. The aim of this article is to present the practical approach of the remote education in the foreign language preschool teaching process. First, the role of language teaching among the preschool children will be described. The aspects such as special needs and abilities will be emphasized. Secondly, the methods and difficulties of remote language teaching in kindergarten will be presented. Finally, the description of the practical approach will be divided into synchronous and asynchronous solutions, containing some examples of exercises.

Electronic Media and Children’s Leisure Time in the Perception of the Parents

Nowadays, more and more children own electronic devices and spend a significant amount of their free time using them during the day. Currently, the Internet offers great opportunities for children — it can be both a source of entertainment and information. Unfortunately, more and more often it can be noticed that children rarely go out to the yard or playground and spend most of their free time in front of a computer or TV screen instead. The scale of this phenomenon is increasing every year as electronic devices have become an integral part of everyone’s life, including children.
The conducted research showed that parents spend an average of 2.5 hours a day with their children, during which they most often go for walks, play sports or play board games. It has also been shown that the vast majority of 2nd grade primary school students have their own electronic devices, most often a telephone. According to the research, children’s use of phone is unlimited by their parents, can take place at any time of the day, and it is mainly used for entertainment purposes.

A Child is an Internet’s Consumer

We live in very strange times. Dynamic changes are taking place in front of our eyes. Every day, new, innovative devices, programs and software are created. The world has sped up and people have to adapt to it in the best way possible. Being able to filter so much information is not easy for adults, and even harder for children that are just learning everything. Therefore, it is worth asking yourself whether everything that the world gives us is good, and if not, can we see it? If so, can we protect children from the negative effects of new media and modern technology and teach them to use wisely the benefits of today?
The article describes the media, their importance in the modern world and their split. Social media, which are currently considered one of the greatest achievements of mankind, as well as the Internet, where its functions, advantages, but also the dangers it brings are presented in more detailed way. Television, which plays an important role in family life, is also described in this work. The next chapter presents the results of the own research. During the interviews, the students answered questions about what electronic devices they use most often, what websites they use most often, what time they spend in front of the screen/on the Internet and if they know the dangers of using the Internet. In addition, during the study, students’ knowledge of the advantages of using the Internet was tested, why they use internet and how people using internet are controlled.
The conclusions of this study are varied.
What is the most importantly, we still don’t know exactly how to keep children protected from modern media. Among parents and teachers there is a lot of missing knowledge. It is important to educate teachers, parents but as well children about that. All this can help us to ensure that young people, as well as adults, will only the benefits from what the modern world offer them.

A Pandemic View of the World of a Child Lost in Television Reality

The following article is aimed to increase reader knowledge about the most popular cartoons among children at the age of 5–9 and the values that occur in them. It describes how the pandemic affected on children real time which they were spending in front of the television. The first part of the article is a description of value and cartoon terms. The next section is a summary of research conducted with children in the form of an interview relating to the cartoons. Follow-up of the paper contains information about time spending in front of the television among children before and during the pandemic. In the further part, titles of the most popular cartoons  among children was presented. Successive part showed analysis of the several fairy tales in terms of their plot and worth appeared in them. The last part of the article contains conclusions of the paper.

Closed Groups in the Social Network — an Inspiration for Teachers in Art Education: The world of visual arts in virtual reality

The article is a report on research that was carried out on closed groups on a social media with art education. It shows the exact structure of the group. It paints a picture of the netiquette that reigns in closed communities. It determines the area and creates a list of places where you can receive specific tips on teaching tools and materials as well as lesson plans in art education, along with the effects of creative and artistic activities. Groups that inspire creative activities with children in the school space are described. The presented areas create an ideal and safe place to exchange experiences for teachers dealing with art education from the first stage of education. Virtual space inspire and bring practical knowledge about the principles of designing didactic tasks and the language of art at the elementary level.

“I have grown a little over this year, but...” — self-esteem of six-year-old children during the pandemic

Everyone generates countless judgments about themselves. These judgments may take a descriptive or evaluative form, they may refer to the present, but also the future. Self-description and self-esteem change many times over the lifetime. People formulate different judgments at different stages of their lives, they pay attention to different aspects of themselves and while making selfdescription, they are guided by different impacts. Many factors influence the way these judgments are made. It depends both on the psychological development of the individual and the stage of development of self-knowledge at which they are. The article will present  research on the selfimage of six-year-old children during the pandemic.