Valentyna Tkachenko
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-9935
Nataliia Tytarenko
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5837-393X
UKRAINIAN AND EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE ON ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
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Abstract. This article examines examples of alternative approaches to preschool education in Ukraine and in selected countries of the European Union. As part of its European integration efforts, Ukraine is actively implementing accessible early childhood development models that can meet the needs of different population groups. These models include family-based education, distance learning, child development centres and others. Ensuring the participation of as many preschool children as possible in organised education and upbringing remains a priority for the educational community, both in Ukraine and abroad. Alternative forms of preschool education serve as one of the key solutions to this issue. One of the strategic objectives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the post-war period is to expand alternative forms of preschool education, such as kindergartens on wheels, online kindergartens, counselling centres, etc. EU countries also use various alternative models of pre-school education. In Italy, for example, preschool childcare services for employees at enterprises are becoming more widespread. Malta’s national standards for preschool education encourage the establishment of workplace childcare centres. In the Czech Republic, forest kindergartens are particularly popular and are organised in the Association of Forest Kindergartens (Asociace lesních MŠ). A similar example can be found in Ukraine, but in the form of walking groups rather than kindergartens, aimed at fostering the integration of family and community-based preschool education. Thus, Ukraine is creating opportunities to extend the coverage of preschool education as widely as possible and has developed certain alternative models of preschool education similar to those in EU countries. At the same time, other countries offer alternative approaches that Ukraine can adopt to improve the quality of its preschool education system.
Keywords: preschool education institution, alternative education, European Education Area, early childhood development, obtaining preschool education.
https://doi.org/10.32987/2617-8532-2024-6-114-125
Keywords: preschool education institution, alternative education, European Education Area, early childhood development, obtaining preschool education.
https://doi.org/10.32987/2617-8532-2024-6-114-125
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