REFLEXIVE COMPETENCE OF KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
[REFLEXIVNA KOMPETENCIA UCITEĽOV MATERSKYCH SKOL]
Eva Pupikova
doi: 10.18355/PG.2016.5.2.363-377
Abstract
The aim of the theoretical study is to analyze approaches to compile the professional competences of teachers of pre-primary education. Professional competences of a kindergarten teacher are partially different from other sub-categories of teachers. The author´s intention is to point out to the specifications of professional competences of a kindergarten teacher. The main focus is on reflexive competence of teachers, which is the common intersection of all the division of competences. The reflexive competence of a teacher can just be seen as the main carrier of the changes taking place in the educational process and bringing a positive qualitative changes at schools. In the final part of the article, the author focuses on the determinants which are related with a given competence and which are prerequisite to the achievement of it.
Key words
professional competences of teachers, reflexive competence, reflection, diagnosis, evaluation