Key Factors Influencing Compulsory Preschool Education Based on Approaches and Views of Interviewed Teachers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to showcase first of the results from the ongoing qualitative research, which focuses on the course of compulsory pre-school education in Czech Republic. This case study describes approaches to compulsory preschool education and tries to contribute to the creation of typology of those approaches. In this article are presented results from interviews with 11 teachers from 3 different types of kindergartens and from 2 preparatory classes at primary schools. Two research questions are answered: how education takes place in the last year of pre-school education according to the teachers. And what are the important factors that relate to compulsory preschool education. The approaches that emerged are whole day school preparation, afternoon school preparation, British approach and morning school preparation. The important factors related to preschool according to teachers are: areas of development, problematic areas, children, needed improvement, parents, assistant teacher, education and planning.