Качественият детски учител: личностен и професионален профил
Exploring the preschool pedagogue in his/her role of a key subject in the process of educational interaction, the current publication presents part of the results of a wider study researching the notion of the “good/quality kindergarten teacher” in students preparing to become preschool and primary teachers in the Faculty of Primary and Preschool Education of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Some key moments of the personal and professional profile of the quality kindergarten teacher have been marked, as seen by the 72 students who took part in the research. The main method used for research is analysis of the students’ individual written essays on the subject “My idea of a good/quality kindergarten teacher”. The collected essays were subjected to analysis aimed at distribution of the contained opinions regarding the essence of the notion of “good/quality kindergarten teacher” into 136 semantic categories, provisionally divided into two main groups: 1) general personal qualities, skills, attitudes, etc.; and 2) specialized professional qualities, skills, attitudes, etc.
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