Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1710233
New challenges in education and schooling: an example of designing innovative motor learning environments
Jurka Lepičnik-Vodopivec
orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-7660
Tina Štemberger
orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-4064
Iztok Retar
Abstract
The aim of this study is to address the key topical challenges in
modern teaching from the perspective of competences. A special
focus is placed on examining innovative early childhood education,
which is defined as the basis – acquired through innovative
methods – for quality development of hereditary motor skills and
performance of body movement patterns. The study looks at
which factors the respondents consider important in terms of
innovative teaching of motor skills, which teaching practices they
apply in their work, and the correlation between the reported
importance rating of individual factors and the common practice
in this particular area. The study included 132 preschool teachers,
73 (55.3%) of whom work in Slovenian and 59 (44.7%) in Croatian
preschools, who completed an online questionnaire. The results
show that the preschool teachers believe the most important factor
in innovative teaching of motor skills is coherence of the
child’s overall development and that the child-oriented practice
has been rated as the most important self-reported innovative
teaching practice. The highest correlation (r¼0.679) was obtained
between creativity and innovativeness and implementing childoriented
practice and between practising innovative approaches
and practising professional competences (r¼0.673).
Keywords
Innovative teaching of motor skills; factors in innovative teaching; innovative teaching practices
Hrčak ID:
254445
URI
Publication date:
9.2.2021.
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