RETHINKING SOCIAL EDUCATION FROM THE GLOBALIZED, DIGITALIZED SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE
RETHINKING SOCIAL EDUCATION FROM THE GLOBALIZED, DIGITALIZED SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL EDUCATION IN ROMANIAN CURRICULUM

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of social education, redesigned from three perspectives. From a social perspective, social education is an answer to current and urgent problems of the globalized society (problems of migration, discrimination, human diversity, etc.). The second perspective is an individual one: a response to the training needs of the "Z" generation – the generation of digital natives, with a different psychological profile, much different from the previous generation, the generation that develops the concept of digital citizenship, with well-defined values. The third perspective is a didactic perspective: how can the intercultural/ social competences be achieved in school? What kind of strategies, methods, teacher-student relationships can be used to develop a responsible digital citizenship? A possible answer is an interactive approach centred on transformative learning based on authentic experiences. This research highlights the practical application of the curricular reform, which imposed major changes in the design and implementation of Social Education in Romania. As a continuation of Personal Development at the primary school level, at the second level, Social Education includes Critical Thinking and Children's Rights, Intercultural Education, Education for Democratic Citizenship, Economical and Financial Education. These changes confirm the idea that rethinking social education from three perspectives is a solution for training people for a better world.

• Details
• Contents