Labour Pedagogy: Contemporary Research Areas

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of labour pedagogy as a subdiscipline of pedagogy. It has been specified that the foundations of labour pedagogy originated in the early 1970s and are connected with the prominent Polish researchers (including T. Nowacki, Z. Wiatrowski, R. Gerlach, F. Szlosek, S. Kaczor, U. Jeruszka, E. Kubiak-Szymborska, J. Wierzejska, Z. Wołk), who have produced their own implications on labour pedagogy. Based on their views, it has been specified that the progress of civilization and the accompanying changes in the content and forms of work cause the need to extend the interests of work pedagogues to new research areas and research problems. Particular attention is given to the language of concepts, statements and research methodology in the field of professional preparation and human functioning in the work environment and the conditions of professional development. Therefore, it has been substantiated the dialectical relationship of labour pedagogy, labour psychology and vocational pedagogy in globalization and integration processes. In this context, prognostic significance of research aimed at dynamic development of "human-labour" system in the information and technology community is revealed. It has been outlined that work is the highest value of a human, but only well-organized work leads to the realization of material and spiritual values necessary for the functioning an individual and society.