Pripremni predškolski program kao faktor povezanosti predškolskog i osnovnoškolskog vaspitanja i obrazovanja
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Veličković, Sonja I.Ментор
Stanisavljević Petrović, ZoricaЧланови комисије
Damovska, LenaMaksimović, Jelena
Метаподаци
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Scientific knowledge and practical experience confirm that Preparatory Preschool
Program is an essential issue in the preschool and early-school education system. The
execution of preschool education program contributes to the organizational and program
linking of preschool and primary school education as the means of ensuring continuity in the
upbringing and in the education of children.
The main objective of this study was to determine the contribution that the Preparatory
Preschool Program has on linking preschool and primary school education and to explore all
the factors that affect the realization of the connection between kindergartens and schools
through the implementation of the Preparatory Preschool Program, primarily the degree of
cooperation between the two institutions, the attitudes of teachers and educators regarding the
coordination of the essential terms and conditions of preparing children for school, the
contribution of professional associates in the imple...mentation of the Preparatory Preschool
Program, as well as the coordination which exists in terms of both program execution and
legislation.
The survey was conducted in six pre-schools and 12 primary schools in the following
towns: Bujanovac, Vranje, Vladicin Han, Leskovac, Nis, Aleksinac, and the sample consisted
of 173 educators, 180 teachers and 32 associates, which amounted to the total of 385
respondents.
For the purposes of collecting and processing the data in the research, the method of
theoretical analysis as well as the comparative and descriptive methods were used. The
following techniques were included in the research: the content analysis, polling and scaling.
The results of the conducted research confirmed the general hypothesis on the significance of
the Preparatory Preschool Program regarding the connection between preschool and primary
school education, which enables the compatibility of preschool and primary school education
in our educational and upbringing practice. The analysis of the curriculum for the first grade
of primary education (Ordinance on the curriculum for first and second grade of primary
education, 2011) and Preparatory Preschool Program (Ordinance on general grounds of the
preschool program, 2006), in terms of goals, tasks and content and with the aim of detecting
continuity or discontinuity between preschool and primary school education, as well as the
analysis of legal documents referring to the pre-primary and primary education, the Law on
Preschool Education ("Off. Gazette of RS", no. 18/2010); the Law on Primary Education ("Off.
Gazette of RS", no. 55/2013); the Law on the Foundations of Education System ("Off. Gazette
of RS", No.72 / 2009, 52/2011 and 55/2013) indicated that there is coordination between
preschool and primary school system of education in terms of legal and program regulations.
There are no major discrepancies in the answers (attitudes) teachers and educators gave
(expressed) regarding the coordination of preschool and primary school education, which is
accomplished through the Preparatory Preschool Program.
The analysis of the attitudes of all the respondents regarding the essential terms and
conditions of preparing children for school suggested that preschoolers will easily fit into the
school environment if there is a flexible space, time and methodic lesson organization along
with the implementation of games, and also if the teachers are good, and if there is good
cooperation with parents and professional associates. These findings suggest the need and the
possibility of introducing a more flexible model of educational work with children in the year
before and after they start school, which will enable the compatibility between the preschool
and primary school education in our educational and upbringing practice. The research results
can serve as an incentive towards taking into consideration the preparation of a joint
(integrated) curriculum intended for the educational work in the preparatory preschool groups
within kindergartens and schools.
It is expected that the research will incentivize all those involved in the upbringing and
in the education of preschool and lower primary school children to work together and act in
order to achieve a strategically important task – efficiently prepare children for school, i.e.
successfully achieve the basic and very important prerequisites for facilitating the adaptation
process of children in the school environment.