Developing Parent Educator Skills At Students Studying Preschool And Primary Education

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According to draft legislation in force, the interest for developing parent educator skills for students, who study Preschool and Primary education, represents a focus on the formation of positive parenting behaviors and attitudes. The practitioner in parenting is called, in international language, a parent educator. This is a professional with initial training in social or medical sciences (educator, teacher, doctor, nurse, social worker, psychologist), who obtained a certificate for a training program in the field of parental education. Parental activity (parenting) has become a topic currently discussed, but we can say that this activity has begun to exist with the appearance of parents. Each parent performs parenting activities personally, but parenting becomes a challenge when the solutions sought and adopted do not lead to the expected results. Taking into consideration the types and quality of parenting as optimal indicators, as well as the understanding the main factors that determine a good practice can become benchmarks for the development of the parent role. This study is the result of an empirical research focusing on the promotion of formal parental education programs for students who study at the specialization Preschool and Primary Education. The Educational Sciences Department of Babes-Bolyai University appreciated the importance of such a program in the current context and included it in the curriculum for this specialization as an optional subject. Within our study we present the results obtained from the participation of students at the course of parental education.