Profesijný rozvoj učiteľov materskej školy – inovačné vzdelávanie učenie o lese
Professional Development of Kindergarten Teachers – Innovative Education Learning about the Forest

Summary/Abstract: A kindergarten teacher is obliged by legislation to work on his/her professional development. To be able to plan professional development, the teacher needs to know his/her possibilities and individual preferences. In this paper, we want to concretise the professional development opportunities, which are described in the first part of the paper. We consider innovative education as an important form, which we generally analyse in terms of legislation. The specific program of innovative education, Learning about the Forest, is discussed in detail in the next part of the paper. Considering several dozens of its absolvents and our experience in preparing and implementing it, we will outline which research findings led us to develop such a program for teachers. It was based on their educational needs and especially their interest in learning from an area that was new to them before conducting the research – the field of forest pedagogy in pre-primary education. It is about education based on active collaboration with a forest educator, an expert from the field of practice. The research provides perceptions of forest pedagogy by kindergarten teachers, the findings of which led to the development of an innovative education program.

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