- Author:
Mateusz Szast
- E-mail:
mateusz.szast@up.krakow.pl
- Institution:
Pedagogical University of Krakow
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5677-6471
- Year of publication:
2022
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
62-77
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/kie.2022.04.04
- PDF:
kie/138/kie13804.pdf
This article focuses the reader’s attention on understanding trust as a research category in the context of the functioning of modern families. This issue is sufficiently represented in research work, especially overall trust as the context of the functioning of modern man in the interpersonal space. However, there is no reference to family ties and their strength, which are shaped by the trust. This article is the result of part of a large research project carried out in 2020 on Polish families. The questionnaire’s questions for the analysis concerned intimate issues such as betrayal or faithfulness. The respondents were also asked about other family members having access to their personal belongings, including mutual assistance or small loans. The article draws the reader’s attention to the issues of interpersonal relations and the importance of the family in the respondents’ minds. The research contains interesting information on the preferences of the research category in shaping family relationships, the strength of family ties and the social roles performed based on these. The data show a change in the functioning of the modern family, especially in the context of its functions and family members’ roles.
- Author:
Marta Krasuska-Betiuk
- E-mail:
mbkar@aps.edu.pl
- Institution:
Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. M. Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8743-1481
- Year of publication:
2024
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
122-145
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/kie.2024.01.07
- PDF:
kie/143/kie14307.pdf
Developing a culture of trust in schools from the perspective of principals. Communication from qualitative research
This article looks at the mechanisms for building a culture of trust in the school environment, as described by the leaders of selected schools. Trust, like other phenomena of social life, is relational in nature and is a key value that determines the quality of interpersonal relationships. The school is treated as a place for the accumulation of trust resources for the multiplication of social capital. A culture of trust is a dynamic system of values, norms and behaviours that are the source of people’s sense of security and willingness to support others. The text takes the form of a research communication and aims to present ways of understanding, developing and sustaining good relationships at school based on a foundation of trust. The practices of creating a trusting environment have been reconstructed from the statements of headteachers of four schools in and around Warsaw. In this way, a kind of anatomical model (structure) of trust was obtained, consisting of the competence and professionalism of principals and teachers, teachers’ freedom and autonomy, the priority role of cooperation, and organisational transparency. The principals of the schools selected for the study are developing their own practices for building a critical culture of trust.