Competition as social advocacy ability József Nagy's theoretical considerations in light of empirical research

Abstract

The study discusses József Nagy’s theoretical considerations regarding social advocacy abilities and primarily competition within them. It highlights the importance of József Nagy in that he was the first even at the international level to interpret competition as a social skill that can and should be developed at school. The study describes the differences in competitive patterns and provides a detailed overview of the structural, behavioural and personality conditions on the basis of which competition can become a constructive or destructive process. In addition to the theoretical knowledge of constructive competition, it describes an empirical study of the situational characteristics of cooperative competition, and then briefly discusses the occurrence of constructive competition in school situations and teachers’ views on the extent to which competition should and can be developed in a school environment. Finally, the study covers the everyday practice of the cooperatively competitive citizen’s school education experienced as a participant observer by the author.