REFELECTIONS ON ETHICAL DILEMMAS DURING THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY

Abstract

Etika je važan dio profesionalne djelatnosti za sve stručnjake s područja društvenih i humanističkih znanosti. Rad s ljudima je vrlo odgovoran te je stoga krucijalno slijediti one smjernice koje će osigurati dobrobit klijenata. Socijalni pedagozi su stručnjaci koji rade na svim područjima osobnog i društvenog života, te svakodnevno dolaze u doticaj s problemskim situacijama u kojima nije uvijek jasno kako postupiti. Etičke dileme se javljaju već i u vrijeme školovanja socijalnih pedagoga. Motivacija za pisanje ovog članka se javila nakon što su studenti socijalne pedagogije temeljem usvojenih etičkih načela na kolegiju Etika u prevencijskim istraživanjima uvidjeli etičku dvojbenost nekih situacija i djelovanja tijekom studiranja i prakse. Cilj ovog članka je osvješćivanje postojećih etičkih dilema kod studenata socijalne pedagogije, ali i profesora na fakultetu, mentora, rukovodnih osoba u ustanovama, ukratko svih koji su uključeni u praktičnu obuku studenata, te predlaganje nekih smjernica za poboljšanje. Ne žele se kritizirati postupci stručnjaka s kojima su studenti za vrijeme studija socijalne pedagogije imali priliku raditi, niti se želi kritizirati sustav čiji su studenti dio. Člankom se želi potaknuti na promišljanje i problematiziranje etičkih dilema, te se želi podići svijest o važnosti odgovornog postupanja prema klijentima i prema pravilima struke. Naglašene su smjernice koje mogu osigurati minimum standarda ukoliko ih stručnjaci slijede. Članak naglašava važnost etičkog kodeksa struke jednako kao i zakona, no neizostavna je i suradnja s drugim stručnjacima na tom području.Ethics is an important part of professional services for all professionals in the area of social sciences and humanities. Working with people is very responsible and is therefore crucial to follow those guidelines that will ensure the welfare of clients. Social pedagogues are specialists who work in all areas of personal and social life, daily coming into contact with problem situations in which it is not always clear how to proceed. Ethical dilemmas arise also during the education of social pedagogues. The motivation for writing this article appeared after students of social pedagogy saw some disagreement over the ethical situations and actions during the study and practice based on ethical principles adopted by the course Ethics in prevention research. The goal of this article is to become aware of current ethical dilemmas among students of social pedagogy, pointing to some ethical dilemmas that arise during the social pedagogy studies and also become aware of this dillemas among professors at the faculty, mentors, managerial persons in institutions, in short all those involved in practical training of students, and among this to propose some guidelines for improving. Actions of professionals with whom the students had a chance to work during their studies of social pedagogy do not want to be criticized and systems that students are part of do not want to be criticized. Article wants to encourage reflection and questioning of ethical dilemma, and aims to raise awareness of the importance of responsible behavior towards clients and rules of the profession. Guidelines that can ensure minimum standards if experts follow them are emphasized. The article emphasizes the importance of Code of Ethics of the profession as well as law, but cooperation with other experts in this field is also indispensabl