Proenvironmental occupational pedagogy

Abstract

The spectrum of interest of occupational pedagogy focuses on education, human and work. In this way, the determined object of the studies of that sub-discipline puts the human in the centre, who is interested in work and preparing to it, what is done by education. Human is characterized by individual features, which were properly identified by Aristotle, and work is characterized by factors. Relations between individual features and work factors are the same as the relations between human and work. They are creating different grounds for analysis; this is why occupational pedagogy is familiar with philosophical, psychological, sociological and, nowadays, also environmental trends. Although that last aspect is not a new problem, because the creator of occupational pedagogy Tadeusz W. Nowacki in his scientific discussions showed the role of technical progress and the human as the creator of it, however, the new idea of work inscribed into human creativity was more appreciated, and the context concerning environment was neglected to maximize an income. The same author, at the beginning of the new millennium in his new conception of system and description of work process elements extracted the category of managing the wastes that were the results of work. In that way, he created the foundations to The European Commission’s Strategy “Europe 2020 – strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”, which among others is promoting sustainable development. Pope Francis I has also a strong interest in this area, he not only recalls the song of Saint Francis of Assisi about Mother Earth that provides us with food and sustains the whole of life, but also refers to the previous Papal Encyclicals, shows lots of factors, also economic and not entirely overthought behaviours of human, who is desirous of fame and because of it leads to ecological disaster. The Pope’s view consists in the thoughts of the Nestor of occupational pedagogy and that proves that ecology should not be omitted in that sub-discipline, but it should consist in it and show pro-environmental character, development movement of occupational pedagogy.