PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - ŠMELOVÁ, Eva
TI  - PRESCHOOL EDUCATION VERSUS CURRICULAR REFORM
DP  - 2013 Apr 1
TA  - Journal of Technology and Information Education
PG  - 31--34
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/jtie.2013.004
IS  - 1803537X
AB  - The curricular reform, its strategies and implementation requires a systematic and thorough reflection that should monitor the impact and effect on education at all levels. The curriculum is being reviewed in order to react to and eliminate any problems with an objective to increase the quality of Czech education.The aim of the article is to inform readers about the current issues of the ongoing curricular reform in the Czech Republic with an emphasis on preschool education in the context of a research study performed within a Czech Science Foundation scheme at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University, Olomouc focusing on children's readiness for starting compulsory school attendance. The research was carried out from 2009 to 2012 and provided data that identify problem areas in preschool education.