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The Sources of the Educational Needs of Nursery School Teachers — an Important Factor for the Direction of Their Further Education
The Sources of the Educational Needs of Nursery School Teachers — an Important Factor for the Direction of Their Further Education

Author(s): Karin FODOROVÁ
Subject(s): Preschool education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: educational needs; nursery school teacher

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the sources of the educational needs of nursery school teachers. Fulfiling theneeds is a precondition for the quality of the performance of their profession comprising highlyqualified professional activities during which the teachers are directly responsible for the courseand quality of preschool education in relation to the fulfilment of its objectives. The presentedreasons helped us identify the sources of educational needs of nursery school teachers in relationto the length of their teaching experience and to determine the possibilities of fulfiling those needs.The solution used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. We used a questionnaire survey toobtain the quantitative data and structured interviews with open questions to obtain qualitativedata.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 233-242
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English