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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 ...

Our article focuses on the teacher`s individual concept aimed at the cooperation with pupil`s family. It analyses the individual concept of teachers as part of their professional competence which influences the way teachers teach and it also determines the teaching process. To a certain degree, it also has an impact on their communication and cooperation with families of their pupils. The article clarifies the understanding of the family-school relationship. It explains how to include parents into the teaching pro...

The paper deals with metacognition and metacognitive skills in university teacher students. The main goal is to identify the key didactic competences of students which lead to the development of their critical thinking. The level of pre-graduate students’ critical thinking is a determining factor for developing of this thinking in pupils at elementary and secondary schools (ISCED 2 and 3), for which teacher students are prepared. Metacognition can be defined in various ways. Almost all definitions take in consid...