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Przedsiębiorczy nauczyciel wczesnej edukacji – raport z badań
Enterprising Early Childhood Education Teacher – Research Report

Author(s): Anna Szkolak-Stępień
Subject(s): School education, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: creativity; early childhood education teacher; entrepreneurial competences; enterpreneurship; innovation;

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, during social changes which demand flexibility to accommodate to new conditions, entrepreneurship plays an important role. This ability is seen as one of the most important goals in modern education, including early childhood education. Considering dynamic and very often unpredictable work as an early childhood education teacher, entrepreneurship, mainly in the field of creativity and innovations in this job is necessary. It simplifies solving many educational problems, which frequently demand ability to deal with various situations and create new ventures. Teacher’s entrepreneurial attitude is also important for child’s development of entrepreneurship, which helps pupils to face changes in environment and to adapt to developing reality. Communication abilities, necessary to develop creativity, are discussed in the article. The aim of the article is a literature study in the field of educational entrepreneurship in relation to an early childhood education teacher and his competence in this area, as well as to determine the level of entrepreneurial competence of early childhood education teachers in the field of creativity and innovation and to diagnose them according to seniority based on own research.

  • Issue Year: 16/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 38-47
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish