Dobry człowiek w opiniach dzieci w wieku przedszkolnym
A good human being, according to preschool children

Summary/Abstract: This is an analysis of preschool children’s opinions on a good and bad human being. The research has been conducted with use of a diagnostic survey. The main research method was the interview with children. Documents analysis, which included description and assessment of children’s drawings presenting good human beings, was a supplementing method. The research allowed determining that children very often identify the good and bad with individuals from their closest vicinity, and positive characters from fairy tales or children’s films. According to the respondents, a good human being is, most of all, caring, helpful, hard-working, religious, and devoting a lot of time and attention to children. Apparently, human being appearance has significant influence on how children perceive them. According to children a good person smiles a lot, wears colourful, clean clothes and nice haircut. These results appear to be important, especially from the point of view of ethical education of preschool children, as well as for making them sensitive to the fact that smile or nice outfit does not always reflect the fact that someone is honest and moral. This will allow protecting children against abuse and harm from seemingly good human beings.

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