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  • Quality should not be equated with effectiveness - global recommendations and their implementation in the concepts of preschool quality assessment and assurance in Slovenia [Elektronski vir]
    Kovač Šebart, Mojca, pedagoginja, 1961- ; Hočevar, Andreja, 1962-
    The global recommendations and measures on assuring preschool education quality published by international institutions (UNESCO, IMF, World Bank, OECD and European Commission) foreground the ... profitability of preschool investment with regard to human capital. Preschool education quality assurance is predominantly related to the society's economic development, and its added value is primarily measured with children's (pre) school achievements, learning outcomes and successes in adulthood. There is no consideration of the fact that formative processes and effects differ when the central goal of education is the child's holistic development and a subject who is capable of critical judgement and action. Knowledge should be understood as a value in itself, without a directly applicable value, but as a precondition for individuals' understanding of the world, their freedom and autonomy. This seems to be the reason why the recommendations pay little attention to developing the quality of the educational process for its own sake and for the sake of the life quality of the children who attend preschool education programmes. Implementing the measures involves a risk of scholarizing preschool programmes, making their prime goal preparing children for school and equipping them with the knowledge and skills they will need in the labour market. These issues are reflected in the emerging model of assessing and assuring preschool quality in Slovenia, too.
    Type of material - e-article
    Publish date - 2019
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 70170210