Samoprocjena kompetencija odgojitelja za proučavanje i razumijevanje stručne literature i drugih izvora na engleskom jeziku

master's thesis

• Title (english): Self-Assessment of Preschool Teachers´ Competencies in Studying and Comprehension of Professional Literature and other Sources in English
• Author: Iva Klarić
• Mentor: Tea Gavrilović Smolić (mentor)
• Committee member: Silvija Hanžić Deda (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tea Gavrilović Smolić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Višnja Rajić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy

Abstract

Profesionalcima u području odgoja i obrazovanja očito je da njihovo inicijalno obrazovanje nije dovoljno kako bi tijekom cijele svoje karijere bili kompetentni za rad u profesiji koja se konstantno mijenja i razvija. Potrebno je kontinuirano pratiti stručnu i znanstvenu literaturu kako bi profesija napredovala. Kako engleski jezik postaje jezik globalne komunikacije, tako se mnogi odlučuju na učenje engleskog jezika kao jezika profesije.
Ovaj rad za temeljni cilj ima istražiti kako odgojitelji procjenjuju svoje kompetencije za proučavanje i razumijevanje stručne literature i drugih izvora stručnog usavršavanja na engleskom jeziku. S druge strane, specifični su ciljevi vezani uz stjecanje uvida u eventualne razlike između prvostupnika i magistara ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 257 ispitanika. Uzorak ispitanih odgojitelja obuhvaća različite dobi, završeni stupanj obrazovanja, radni status te godine radnog iskustva u predškolskoj ustanovi.
Većina odgojitelja smatra da je proučavanje stručne i znanstvene literature na engleskom jeziku važno radi praćenja novih, širih spoznaja iz područja odgoja i obrazovanja koje možda još nisu primijenjene u Hrvatskoj. Stoga su neočekivani rezultati koji su pokazali kako manje od 50% odgojitelja pozitivno procjenjuje svoje kompetencije za razumijevanje engleskog jezika odgojiteljske profesije.

Abstract (english)

Professionals in the field of preschool education find it obvious that their initial education is not enough to be competent throughout their whole career in a profession that is constantly changing and evolving. It is necessary to continuously study professional and scientific literature for the profession to evolve. As English becomes the language of global communication, many choose to learn it as the language of their profession.
The main aim of this paper is to investigate how preschool teachers assess their competencies in studying and comprehension of professional literature and other sources of professional development in English. Specific aims of this paper are related to insight into possible differences between self-assessment of bachelors and Masters of Early and Preschool Education. This research was conducted on a sample of 257 respondents. The sample of surveyed preschool teachers includes different ages, level of education, employment status, and years of work experience in a preschool institution.
Most preschool teachers believe that studying professional and scientific literature in English is important to keep up with new, broader knowledge in the field of preschool education that may not yet be applied in Croatia. With this in mind, our results showed that less than 50% of preschool teachers have a positive opinion of their competencies for understanding the English language of their profession.

• Keywords: odgojitelji; profesionalno usavršavanje; kompetencije; engleski jezik
• Keywords (english): preschool teachers; professional development; competencies; English language
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:633368
• Study programme: Title: Graduate University Study of Early and Preschool Education; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja (magistar/magistra ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-11 12:30:19