Original scientific paper

Building quality in kindergarten practice

Dragana Pavlović Breneselović orcid.org/0000-0002-2133-3467 ; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
Živka Krnjaja ; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy

Abstract

We have based the developing of our strategies for building quality in kindergarten practice on perceiving quality as a dynamic, socially and culturally conditioned, contextualized, and multidimensional, with multiple perspectives and a value-shaped concept. This work starts off with analyzing two approaches to practice - evidence based practice and reflective practice and we’ve elaborated on three characteristics of reflexive practice: building shared knowledge and values, collaboration and shared leadership and practitioner research. Through reflexive practice, kindergarten culture is transformed in key dimensions of practice context: the organizational structure; space; peer community; the relationship with families and the local community and joint participation. The strategy from transforming kindergarten culture is concretized through guidelines for transforming each of the above-mentioned dimensions.

Keywords

early childhood education, guidelines; quality discourse; reflective practice; transformation of kindergarten culture

Hrčak ID:

211041

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/211041

Publication date:

23.10.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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