| Abstract [eng] |
Following the provisions with regard to the modification of the Law on Education of the Republic of Lithuania (2005) and experience of other countries, every preschool educational institution is entitled to prepare its own programme, taking into consideration pedagogic requirements, singularities of children’s age phases, educational needs and parents’ requests. Object of the research. Organisation of preparation of preschool educational programmes. Aim of the research. To analyse and to theoretically justify the importance of modelling and preparation of preschool educational programmes, to analyse the organisation, conditions and possibilities for the preparation of programmes. Moreover, it is striven to perform the analysis of pedagogues’ competence with regard to the preparation of a preschool programme, to reveal pedagogues’ and parents’ attitude towards the preparation of preschool educational programmes, to ascertain children’s expectations for the situation of a programme preparation as well as to establish, how the preparation of educational programmes affects quality and improvement of the educational process. Methodology. The poll with the help of questionnaires was carried out in March – February of 2009 in kindergartens of Šiauliai and Radviliškis. Pedagogues of preschool education N = 150 and children‘s parents N = 150 were questioned. A talk–interview was carried out with pedagogues of preschool education – members of the programme preparation team N = 10 and children N = 10 who, according to the pedagogues, provide a great number of ideas on children’s behaviour referring to their knowledge and experience. It was striven to ascertain, how pedagogues perceive the process of preparation and improvement of educational programmes, how and by which methods they influence the latter. Children expressed their opinion on their self-feeling in the institution, environmental impact and expectations within the process of preparation of preschool programmes. Results. Preparation of the educational programme in a preschool institution is estimated as an important tool ensuring a better continuance and in order to avoid the situation when good projects are discontinued. Peculiarity of the programmes prepared by institutions is determined by the integration of well-known programmes and projects into the educational activity. Improvement of programmes is foreseen in the work process, when feedback information is obtained along with scientists’ assistance. Organisation of preparation of educational programmes encourages the growth of pedagogues’ competence, self-education and improvement. Conclusions. The research with which the components related to the organisation of preparation of preschool educational programmes were revealed, justified the hypothesis that the organisation of preschool educational programmes stipulates the qualitative education of a child when modelling and adapting the programme to the specific needs of children and parents as well as taking into consideration the specifics of a preschool institution. |
