Naslov
The Road to Quality in the Theory and Practice of Early Learning: Identity of the Preschool Teacher Profession

Autori
Jurčević Lozančić, A.

Izvornik
Croatian Journal of Education-Hrvatski (1848-5189) 17 (2015), Sp.Ed.(1); 125-135

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, prethodno priopćenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
attitudes of preschool teachers ; early childhood education ; lifelong learning ; quality of theory and practice

Sažetak
The profession of preschool teachers is extremely complex, requiring high professional awareness, continuous research of educational practice, responsibility, ethics, creativity, continuous reflective judgement, and it is almost impossible to achieve professional advancement without lifelong learning and professional development. The study, the results of which are presented in this paper, was conducted in order to determine the attitudes of preschool teachers towards the need and importance of their further professional development in relation to some socio-demographic factors (the current initial training of preschool teachers, age, years of work experience, the number and size of the preschool institutions located in a town or a village). This study included 573 preschool teachers from Zagreb, Karlovac, Međimurje, Bjelovar-Bilogora, and Virovitica-Podravina counties.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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