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High level of teacher training, as well as well-designed career development and long-life learning of teachers are considered to be very important standpoints for education from preschool to university settings. It is no doubt, that without professional competences of teachers, quality education of preschool children cannot be secured. European organizations explicitly argue for providing and securing high-quality early childhood education (e.g., European Commission, 2013; European Council, 2011). Several studies ...

The teacher has a crucial role in the process of education. Educational studies suggest that the essential qualities of good teachers include the ability to be self-aware of one's biases; to perceive, understand and accept differences in others; to analyse and diagnose student understanding and adapt as required; to negotiate and take risks in their teaching; and to have a strong conceptual understanding of their subject matter. An ideal teacher is someone who has a combination of qualities, such as being very kno...

The authors focus on the issue of pupilsВ’ preparation for school at home the first years of compulsory school attendence from the parental optics. During this period a basic sense of obligation to school duties by pupils is created. Parents acquire new social roles - the role of parents of a schoolchild. According to the Slovak School Act No. 245/2008 Coll., one of the parentsВ’ duties is to support schoolchildren to prepare for lessons at home. The aim of the study is to determine and analyze the current views o...

Cooperation between schools and parents is a broad and extremely important part of school life. It is not only the involvement of parents in school life through the School Board or the participation of parents in regular information meetings with teachers in classrooms. The effort of the school is to impress parents directly in school, to share common joys, to solve common problems in education as well as to educate their children and cooperate within the interests of children. These processes facilitate a persona...