Students’ Perspective on the Individual Abilities of Children and Their Appreciation of the Educational Process

• Authors: Jurka Lepičnik Vodopivec , Sandra Kadum , Aleksandra Šindić

Abstracts

EN

In an empirical quantitative study, the aim of which was to examine more thoroughly the representation of recognition and appreciation of the individual abilities of children in preschool education from the point of view of students, 321 respondents participated – students of the first and second cycles of preschool education programmes of faculties from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. The main findings of the study indicate that although students highly value the recognition and appreciation of individual abilities in working with children, the degree of recognition of children’s abilities is higher in relation to their appreciation in practice, as well as a more optimal appreciation of the individual abilities of children without than with developmental difficulties.

Keywords

EN

children of preschool age; students of preschool education; individualisation; inclusion

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 75
• Pages: 113-124

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Jurka Lepičnik Vodopivec

• The University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia

• https://orcid.org/0000000332387660

author

Sandra Kadum

• University Juraj Dobrila of Pula, Croatia

• https://orcid.org/0000000284410896

author

Aleksandra Šindić

• University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• https://orcid.org/0000000185650464

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2024.75.1.09

Biblioteka Nauki

29520517