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Innowacje we współczesnej edukacji wczesnoszkolnej (na podstawie analizy wybranych programów kształcenia zintegrowanego)
Innovations in contemporary early‑school education (based on the analysis of selected programmes of integrated teaching)

Author(s): Elżbieta Marek
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: early‑school education; innovations;integrated teaching programmes;
Summary/Abstract: Innovations are indispensable in the pedagogical progress. They can pertain to the schooling system, teachers’ work, various forms of pupils’ activity, purposes, teaching contents, and conditions of education. In recent years, one could witness a lot of innovative programmes of integrated teaching. Thirteen of them have been analysed, and the research results are presented in this article. The main research problem was to answer the following question: What innovative solutions are suggested by their authors? The conducted research indicates that the programmes embrace various aspects of innovations. In the area of teaching contents, there is a tendency to ascribe the dominant role to mathematical, scientific, and social education, as well as teaching foreign languages and entrepreneurship. In all of the programmes under analysis the use of new technologies is suggested, including e‑learning platforms containing a variety of didactic resources for both pupils and teachers. What is preferred in the process of education is the pupils’ research attitude through the application of heuristic methods, including project method and the use of constructivism as a dominant theory of learning. Most programmes suggest learning assessment. The innovations propagated in the programmes favour the human being’s innovative education for which the newest surrounding constitutes the set of inquiries and areas of cognitive and practical uncertainty.

  • Page Range: 38-59
  • Page Count: 22
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Language: Polish