Primena holističkog pristupa u praksi iz perspektive vaspitača

Abstract

In the paper we present the results of a research on applying a holistic approach in practice from the perspective of preschool teachers. The research was conducted during the school year 2021/2022, on a sample of 229 in-service preschool teachers from Vojvodina. The subject of the research is the preschool teachers' self-evaluation of their own knowledge, skills, valye system, and motivation regarding the application of the holistic approach in teaching preschool children. The aim is to determine the current situation relative to using this approach, as well as individual actions (supporting, expanding, modeling, encouraging children's initiatives, consulting) incorporated in the new Foundations of the Preschool Education Program - Years of Ascent (Osnove programa predškolskog vaspitanja i obrazovanja - "Godine uzleta"), for early development and learning from the point of view of the preschool teachers. The obtained results indicate that preschool teachers generally agree that using the holistic approach during an early development of children contributes to children's welfare. When it comes to individual actions, the results show that preschool teachers use supporting the most and modeling the least in their everyday work. In addition, teachers evaluate modeling and expanding as the most significant, and consulting and encouraging the least significant actions based on the holistic approach in their work with children.