Authority in upbringing and resocialization process in future pedagogues’ reflection

Abstract

The concept of authority is especially important in contemporary multicultural world, because of crisis of values and authorities, and also emotional emptiness and confusion felt by young people. “Global teenagers” need strong authorities who can give them sense of safety and belonging, and also can teach them to make choices and bear responsibility for them. The authorities are especially needed in upbringing and resocialization, because the effectiveness of these processes depends on educators’ authority. According to this, in presented in this article research, the author has tried to identify and analyse in context of education, future pedagogues’ reflections about the authority. The analysis of tested students’ answers has revealed how they understand a sense and role of the authority in upbringing and resocialization process and how they perceive conditions of authority’s building and fall.