Art education-related activities in slovenian kindergartens from the perspective of the Reggio Emilia educational approach

摘要

In the article the results of the research on the selected elements of the artudeducation-related activities in Slovenian kindergartens are presented, whichudwas conducted within the first phase of the education programme titledud“Professional training for practitioners for the purpose of implementingudelements of special pedagogical principles of the Reggio Emilia concept in theudfield of preschool education for the period 2008-2013”. The findings of theudresearch were interesting. From the responses of the preschool teachers it isudevident that they dispose of rather suitable theoretical knowledge on theudcharacteristic features of artistic expression in the preschool period, whereas onudthe basis of the educational documentation of a thematic artistic task it can beudinferred that their fundamental knowledge is rather weak in practice;udconsequently, it is partly in opposition to the needs and abilities of preschooludchildren. The authors emphasize the basic educational starting points of artudactivities for preschool children and the options provided by the Reggio EmiliaudApproach in this area, whereby they critically evaluate the mentionedudeducational approach as the one exhibiting certain conceptual disparity.