Preschool Education and Kindergarten Teacher Training in Bulgaria and Slovakia
Abstract
While reviewing the modern theoretical framework of Bulgarianpreschool education and some significant reforms in preschool education in
Slovakia, the current paper presents the contemporary situation of
preschool education in Bulgaria and Slovakia and considers some converging
points between them, but some differences as well. Since having a
university education for future kindergarten teachers is influencing their
future pedagogical interaction with children, the university level
preparation of future kindergarten teachers is also detailed.
Keywords: preschool education; modern theoretical framework of Bulgarian
preschool education; significant reforms in Slovakia; Bulgarian State
educational requirements; Bulgarian educational preschool program systems;
Slovak State educational program (ISCED 0); kindergarten teachers’ training
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