The Importance of the OMEP ESD Rating Scale for Building Future Preschool Teachers' Professional Competencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Autor/inn/en	Pribišev Beleslin, Tamara; Travar, Marica
Titel	The Importance of the OMEP ESD Rating Scale for Building Future Preschool Teachers' Professional Competencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood, 54 (2022) 1, S.139-164 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7187
DOI	10.1007/s13158-022-00319-w
Schlagwörter	Rating Scales; Preschool Teachers; Citizenship Education; Early Childhood Education; Sustainable Development; Student Teacher Attitudes; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Foreign Countries; Program Implementation; Masters Programs; Teacher Education Programs; Faculty Development; Reflection; Play; Learning Activities; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rating-Skala; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Early childhood; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Ausland; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Spiel; Lernaktivität; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bosnien-Herzegowina
Abstract	Although education for sustainable development in early childhood has been a key issue globally at the preschool level for decades, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it does not receive the attention it deserves. For the future professional role of preschool teachers, it is important for them to develop the concept of sustainability as a fundamental value of their profession, which requires understanding and agency in a specific cultural environment. This paper presents student teachers' experiences, understandings and knowledge obtained from the first application of "The OMEP ESD Rating Scale Project--Early Childhood Education for Sustainability and Global Citizen Education, Second Edition," which was implemented in 2020 at two public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (University of East Sarajevo and University of Banja Luka) within the World Organization for Early Childhood Education--OMEP's World Project. The study included three phases: (1) training for the OMEP ESD Rating Scale (2019, 2 ed.) application, in which participated students while completed their master's degree; (2) self-reflection and assessment of the effectiveness of the OMEP ESD Rating Scale related to the development of different dimensions of professional competencies and (3) the development of contextual knowledge based on an qualitative analysis of project data gathered from the OMEP ESD Rating Scale, the protocol for self-reflection and written interviews. The results indicate a pronounced awareness of the environmental sustainability dimension of education for sustainable development, which is already reflected in professional competencies. The implications are that there is a need to focus on developing preschool teachers' approach to playfulness as an all-pervading professional competence that integrates sustainability as a fundamental value in early childhood education based on play activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01