Preschool Teachers’ Involvement in Informal Learning as an Important Factor of Their Professional Development
Every preschool teacher’s activity results in changes in the preschool teacher as well as in the practice. In situations where we have a limited number and form of professional training offered to preschool teachers, whose attendance is not always subject to the personal plan of preschool teachers’...
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2020-10-01
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| author | Danijela Blanuša Trošelj Karla Franković Milena Valenčič Zuljan |
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Every preschool teacher’s activity results in changes in the preschool teacher as well as in the practice. In situations where we have a limited number and form of professional training offered to preschool teachers, whose attendance is not always subject to the personal plan of preschool teachers’ professional development, informal learning adds great value to teacher development. This paper aims to examine the involvement of preschool teachers in certain forms of informal learning and their reflection on the impact these forms have on their professional development. The empirical part of the paper presents the results of a survey conducted among preschool teachers. 110 preschool teachers from the Republic of Croatia responded to the questionnaire and we got answers to two research questions. The results show that preschool teachers are most often involved in a form of informal learning which includes agreeing on how to work with a colleague from the group and documenting the children’s activities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c6d67c3e1d9430c8d161a3368191a532023-01-18T08:34:09ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)AS: Andragoška Spoznanja1318-51602350-41882020-10-0126310.4312/as.26.3.69-85Preschool Teachers’ Involvement in Informal Learning as an Important Factor of Their Professional DevelopmentDanijela Blanuša Trošelj0Karla Franković1Milena Valenčič Zuljan2University of Rijeka, Faculty of Teacher Education, CroatiaKindergarten Snježna pahulja, Fužine, CroatiaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia Every preschool teacher’s activity results in changes in the preschool teacher as well as in the practice. In situations where we have a limited number and form of professional training offered to preschool teachers, whose attendance is not always subject to the personal plan of preschool teachers’ professional development, informal learning adds great value to teacher development. This paper aims to examine the involvement of preschool teachers in certain forms of informal learning and their reflection on the impact these forms have on their professional development. The empirical part of the paper presents the results of a survey conducted among preschool teachers. 110 preschool teachers from the Republic of Croatia responded to the questionnaire and we got answers to two research questions. The results show that preschool teachers are most often involved in a form of informal learning which includes agreeing on how to work with a colleague from the group and documenting the children’s activities. https://journals.uni-lj.si/AndragoskaSpoznanja/article/view/9440informal learningpreschool teachersprofessional development |
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| title | Preschool Teachers’ Involvement in Informal Learning as an Important Factor of Their Professional Development |
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| title_short | Preschool Teachers’ Involvement in Informal Learning as an Important Factor of Their Professional Development |
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