Professional paper
PREPARATION OF TEACHERS FOR ADMISSION AND ENTRY OF CHILDREN INTO PRIMARY SCHOOL
Maja Škrobo
; studentica, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Svijetlana Škrobo
; studentica, Filozofksi fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Tolić
; studentica,Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Abstract
Preparation of the child for departure in school is long process which includes different areas of child development. The traditional approach of preparing children and evaluating their readiness for school places emphasis on the role of adults, mostly pre-school teachers, who are only competent for this task. Except pre-school teachers and parents, an important part of preparing children for primary school has teachers. It is important to emphasize that the child's readiness for school is formed during the first months of schooling, not before school.
To be acquainted with pre-school institutions and the life of children before school, students of 5th year of Teacher’s University were in several occasions in kindergarten, during the academic year 2010. /2011. They were in the chronologically homogeneous (pre-school) and heterogeneous groups in which the chronological ages range were from 3 to 7 years. Students recorded their observation in advanced prepared forms that contained some of the certain areas. The analysis of the notes indicates to existence of problems, namely lack of understanding of the child’s life in the areas of pre-school institutions, particularly in the areas of organization and activities of the organization of interaction. This indicates the existence of discontinuity in the pedagogical practice between pre-school and primary school institutions. This paper aims to demonstrate the necessity of changing the current forms of cooperation of pre-school teachers and teachers in the direction of preparation of teachers and schools to receive a child in elementary school
Keywords
teacher preparation; departure to school; child; interaction; preschool programs
Hrčak ID:
121415
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2013.
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