Ikimokyklinių ugdymo įstaigų pedagogų kompetencijų tobulinimo poreikis bei galimybės dalyvaujant profesinėje veikloje ; The demand and possibilities of improving competencies of pedagogues of pre-school education institutions, participating in professional activities

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Abstract

Politicians of education of Lithuania emphasise the necessity to raise the prestige of the pedagogue's work; therefore, pedagogues' competence and qualification become particularly significant. This requires constant improvement and renewal; thus, learning of specialists of pre-school education becomes an integral part of their professional activity. Pedagogues' learning combines three ways: formal, non-formal and informal learning. Having carried out the analysis of scientific, methodical literature, it was noticed that currently pre-school education specialists are improving their professional competence combining all three ways of learning but there is no official or legitimated national or institutional model acknowledging knowledge acquired in the informal way. This creates a possibility for designing a new model for improving competencies of pre-school education pedagogues.