PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - BEČVÁŘOVÁ, Ivana AU - HRUŠKOVÁ, Lenka AU - KRÁTKÁ, Jana TI - ICT IMPLEMENTATION IN THE KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC DP - 2017 Apr 30 TA - Journal of Technology and Information Education PG - 318--326 VI - 9 IP - 1 AID - 10.5507/jtie.2017.031 IS - 1803537X AB - The study deals with the implementation of information and communication technologies in the educational environment of kindergartens within the emerging trend of joint education. It briefly analyzes the Framework Educational Program of pre-school education and its changes in the use of digital technologies. The study aims on the kindergarten teachers' view on the drawback and the positive benefits that ICT brings with them. It maps out and compares the digital equipment of individual kindergartens in the South Bohemia, Pilsen region and Prague, the level of the digital competences of the teachers of the kindergarten, including methodical facilities and opinion prejudices and attitudes towards ICT.