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Edukacja rodzicielska oparta na programach śniadaniowych
Parenting Education Based on Breakfast Television Programs

Author(s): Edyta Zawadzka
Subject(s): Media studies, Family and social welfare, Pedagogy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: parenting education; parents pedagogization; breakfast television programs; parenthood-related messages discussed in the breakfast programs; breakfast television;

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper is to analyze idea and content of parenthoodrelated massages present in the breakfast programs in terms of their usability as a source of parenting education THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem is expressed in the question concerning the specificity and quality of the education based on breakfast programs. The presented considerations are based mainly on the results of the author’s own research, which utilized the method of instrumental study of individual cases and the content analysis technique. The literature was used to outline the context of the analysed issues and to confirm the formulated conclusions. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The characterization of parenting education was developed by addressing the following issues: the rationale for participation in the educational process, the persons acting as experts in that process and the types knowledge they promote, the circumstances of the teaching and learning process, as well as the issues that are addressed in it. RESEARCH RESULTS: Despite the holistic nature of parenthood-related issues discussed in the breakfast programs, their educational quality and usability are heterogeneous in character and must be considered individually for each of them, mainly due to the different types of knowledge (scientific, specialist, popular) which they reflect. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Parenting education based on breakfast programs is limited in scope and requires supplementation, the essential objective of which is to include, in addition to the measures aimed strictly at pedagogization, also those aimed at preparing parents for functioning in the learning society.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 79-88
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish