Stručni rad

Profession and professional development of ECEC teachers

Maja Fatović orcid.org/0000-0003-1052-4310 ; Dječji vrtić Budućnost, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

The professional development of teachers is a part of an institution’s early and pre-school education curriculum design and it, to a large extent, affects the entire context in which the curriculum is constructed, formed and in which it lives. This paper addresses the topical issues of development of teacher profession in the circumstances defined by constant social, political and technological changes. The first part of the paper addresses the characteristics of the occupation that wants to articulate itself as a profession and the specific features of ECEC teacher profession and professional identity. The next important topic is the competence framework of teachers, and in particular the significance of the lifelong learning as the key element of professional development. In addition to various formal and informal learning modalities, the paper highlights as especially important the forms of professional development that take place or should take place within the professional community.

Ključne riječi

competences; lifelong learning; professional development; professional identity; professionalization

Hrčak ID:

178260

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/178260

Datum izdavanja:

16.12.2016.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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