1. - Latvijas Universitāte

D. Medne. Pedagoģisko vērtību interpretācija žurnālā Mans Mazais 185
values. Second, theory is often disconnected from practice, which is possible since
journalists tend to interpret and put emphases on educational issues according to
their understanding, which is not always scientifically-based. Third, education experts
interviewed in the media might not always meet the qualifications their expert status
requires. This results in, firstly, the risk of pedagogical infantilism in families; secondly,
the phenomenon of the formation of an information gap. The information gap here
stands for the negative impact of one-sided information on parental pedagogical values
and their implementation in the process of education.
Therefore, the present situation increases the risk to develop a pedagogical trap
because of the impact of the media on the knowledge, understanding, and attitudes
of the members of society. First, mythism becomes more apparent as myths are the
consequence of the lack of knowledge and understanding; today they also legally
decrease parents’ responsibility for the upbringing of their children. The research
indicates that the articles in “Mans Mazais” put little emphasis on pedagogical values
in education and give a free ride to popular artificially formed pseudo-pedagogical
phenomena instead of new knowledge.
In conclusion, the only magazine in the Latvian language targeted at parents
facilitates the development of one-sided (stereotypical) attitudes towards education,
largely by identifying it with a social phenomenon that happens by itself. The author
proves that upbringing and the parents’ understanding of it largely correspond to how
it is interpreted in the media.
Keywords: parental upbringing competence, pedagogical values, pedagogical
infantilism, imitation of pedagogical activity.