Selected aspects of early childhood education and primary education in the Slovak Republic during the period of transformation of the Slovak education system

• Iveta Kovalčíková ^[1] ; Juraj Kresila ^[1] ; Monika Miňová ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Prešov

     University of Prešov

     Eslovaquia

     
• Localización: Multidisciplinary journal of school education, ISSN-e 2543-8409, ISSN 2543-7585, Vol. 1, Nº. 1, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Contemporary tendencies in preschool and elementary school education), págs. 81-104
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The aim of this contribution is to assess selected aspects of the develop-ment of early childhood education and primary education in the Slovak Republic (SR) during the last twenty years in the context of the process of the transformation of the Slovak education system. Our aim is to emphasise: 1. the formation of a legislative framework for education reforms in SR; and 2. the development of a curriculum for early childhood and primary education. The contribution outlines various mechanisms for curricular transformation which are dependent on mutual configurations and the characteristic components of this difficult process. In the contribution we name the basic factors determining the conditions for the preparation, the implementation process and the assessment of results of education reform in early childhood and primary education. At the end of the article we offer suggestions which we feel could lead to the successful modification or further implementation of education reform in the Slovak Republic.