IKIMOKYKLINIS UGDYMAS DĖMESIO CENTRE! NEJAUGI... [PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION! IS IT REALLY...]

Abstract

In this introductory article it is spoken about preschool education, having a discussion with the preschool education expert Ona Monkevičienė. In the conversation with the professor it is discussed: how preschool education in Lithuania differs from preschool education in other countries; what the performed research “Advanced pedagogical practice and pedagogical innovations in the kindergarten” showed; what is expected from the new project “Innovations in the kindergarten” and so on. Keywords: preschool education; pedagogue’s competence; innovations in the kindergarten.