The 4C Skills Among Early Childhood Education Teachers
The 4C Skills Among Early Childhood Education Teachers

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this article is to present pilot research on critical thinking, cooperation, creativity, and communication skills conducted among early childhood education teachers from the Opole Province. The theoretical and cognitive objective of the study was to diagnose the level of 4C competencies among early childhood education teachers from the Opole Province. The practical and implementation objective was to develop practical recommendations related to improving teachers' competencies in this area. The research issue was related to the question: what 4C competencies do the surveyed teachers declare in their self-assessment? The study used a diagnostic survey method and a questionnaire technique. An original survey questionnaire was used for the research. The research tool consisted of four different scales, which assessed the characteristics of the phenomenon under study on a five-point ordinal scale. The first scale concerned creativity, the second - critical thinking, the third - communication, and the fourth - cooperation. The results of the research showed how the teachers assessed their own competencies. The conclusions of the research were an interpretation of the relationships between individual variables, which were calculated using the JASP statistical program. The data analysis showed how teachers from different age groups assessed their level of innovation, independence, and teaching proactivity, as well as their educational practices. In particular, statistically significant differences were noted among teachers aged 35-46 and those with the professional rank of appointed teacher. These groups rated their professional aptitudes higher than the others.

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