PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY IN ADDRESSING ADAPTATION DIFFICULTIES OF PUPILS STARTING PRIMARY EDUCATION

This study is focused on analysing selected theoretical approaches and research findings of our and foreign provenance, focused on the issues of raising the participation rate of parents in eliminating the problems children experience during the school adaptation period. The pupils' adaptation difficulties requires the teacher's attention as also the quality of education conditions in the family determines the way the child adapts to school as well as the academic success. The aim of the research part was to find out the opinions and attitudes of primary education teachers with various lengths of teaching experience on the possible of solving adaptation difficulties of beginning pupils. The results of research confirmed that the length of teaching experience influences the opinions and attitudes of teachers to the possibilities of solving the adaptation difficulties of beginning pupils.