A New Image of Preschool Institutions in Slovenia: Conceptual, Systemic and Curricular Backgrounds

Autor/in	Umek, Ljubica Marjanovic
Titel	A New Image of Preschool Institutions in Slovenia: Conceptual, Systemic and Curricular Backgrounds
Quelle	In: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 11 (2021) 2, S.165-184 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1855-9719
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Equal Education; Comparative Education; Educational Quality; Child Development; Preschool Curriculum; Efficiency; Educational Indicators; Educational Improvement; Educational Change; Child Care Centers; Preschool Children; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Kindesentwicklung; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Slowenien
Abstract	Until their conceptual, systemic and substantive reform in the 1990s, preschool institutions in Slovenia were recognised predominantly as care institutions, on the one hand, and as "preparatory institutions" for school or pre-primary school, on the other. This paper presents an analysis of preschool education in Slovenia based on theoretical starting points, international comparative analyses of quality indicators for preschool education and curricular documents, as well as the results of Slovenian and foreign empirical research on early child development and learning. The analysis was conducted from the viewpoint of conceptual, systemic and curricular solutions. In particular, we emphasise the need to update the "Curriculum for Preschool" and resolve any professional dilemmas related to the efficiency and equity of preschool. In conclusion, we specifically highlight certain possibilities for improvements in Slovenian preschool education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva plošcad 16. Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-5892-344; e-mail: editors@cepsj.si; Web site: https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01