Jasminka Zloković

Children and Virtual Reality — Some dilemas of Education

Children and Virtual Reality — Some dilemas of Education Possible responses to the extremely complex and delicate question of the influence that exercises on the development of a child as a unique personality, on the childs psycho-social development and on the education of a child generally may be provided by serious research of a cohort sequential design, either in research programmes in the field of educational sciences or of other social disciplines. The present paper confronts some dilemmas of the modern world. Particularly those between the educational values, families and schools and education supplied (imposed) by virtual reality that promotes the social standardization of behaviour and the perception of values and of the world around us. The aggressiveness of the mass media in presenting as and without an often results in a virtual life for a child, with virtual friends, education and even virtual families. In the time of developing technology, an important question arises: how to deal with such a situation. Do we direct young people to carefully select from what modern virtual reality has to offer and how do we do that?

UČESTALOST I OBLICI PARTNERSTVA IZMEĐU RODITELJA I ODGOJITELJA

Na uzorku od 350 roditelja djece predskolske dobi provedeno je ispitivanje ucestalosti i oblika realizacije partnerstva između roditelja i odgojite

Early Childhood Commercialization and the Creation of Value "Mental Maps" / Komercijalizacija ranog djetinjstva i stvaranje vrijednosnih „mentalnih mapa“

A child develops in the context of family dynamics but his/her competence and the adoption of cultural and social norms depend on his/her peers, teachers, the media and other educational environments that impact behaviour and view formation. Studies reveal that the media have radically changed the way children play and behave by neglecting the importance of creative games, critical thinking and social contacts. Confrontation against the strong global marketing directed towards greater consumption by children, indiscriminate acceptance of everything offered to children and social isolation seem to be a “mission impossible.” This work presents a scientific and educational discussion of early childhood commercialization and creation of value mental ‘maps’ under the influence of media, consumption, games and toys. In order to effectively protect children from manipulation and aggressive attempts of downgrading the importance of family and educational institutions, the view of the inevitable need to strengthen partnership between parents and educators is promoted in this paper. The establishment of a partnership is an effective and fundamental assumption in encouraging the development and protection of children despite the fact that it appears to be a marginalized pedagogical issue in pedagogical practice.