PT Journal AU DOSTAL, P SLOVAK, S STEPANEK, R SVRCINOVA, V TI EVALUATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SMALL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SO Journal of Technology and Information Education PY 2023 BP 20 EP 35 VL 15 IS 1 DI 10.5507/jtie.2023.001 DE evaluation; preprimary education; technical education. AB The article presents the results of the evaluation of the educational program Small Technical University (hereinafter STU). The STU educational program is primarily intended for kindergartens. Its aim is to lead children to a positive relationship with technique, to develop technical literacy and logical thinking. Since 2014, the STU program has already intervened with more than 200,000 kindergarten pupils (Mala technika, 2022). The authors of the article dealt with the question of whether it really has the benefit that is expected from it. The main used methods were a natural pedagogical experiment and a questionnaire survey. The results of the performed evaluation testify to the meaningfulness of including the STU program in preschool education. ER