On the ontological and axiological structure of social pedagogy : in search of values

Abstract

The presented article takes up the subject matter of values in the relation to social pedagogy. It is the fundamental plane of the numerous explorations and considerations of this academic field. It is here that we are talking about howto educate man and, therefore, also about what values to lead him to and what values to point out to him. The world of values, however, is also a highly complex reality, not always fully succumbing to rational examination, thus being fairly elusive, as it is also a world of intuition and spiritual experiences. It is often an unidentified and mysterious way of our quest. Social pedagogy is not free from these problems, which seems to be the most difficult area of research in this discipline.