PRESCHOOL TEACHER’S ATTITUDE TO ENTERPRISE IN PRESCHOOL INSTITUTION

Research on enterprise is known all over the Globe. Enterprise in education can serve as an opportunity for improving quality and effectiveness of education; it can be realized as added value. The Latvian National Development Plan shows that the education system task is to reach an educated man competitive labour market to develop people’s initiative, enterprise and creativity needed for the sustainable development of society.  In the education sector is always an issue of how and whether the existing education system prepare new generation needs for adult life, pace of work and the changing environment etc. Question is: do we have preschool teachers who think and work in enterprise manner to already develop children’s enterprise behaviour, skills and values in preschool what is important. The objective of this study is to investigate the way enterprise is understood and implemented by preschool teachers in preschool. The data concerning about enterprise in Riga preschools were identified through a survey using self-report questionnaire. This paper discusses how enterprise is carried out in preschool institutions in Riga while looking at how preschool teachers understands term “enterprise in preschool”, what they think about it, and in what activities, dimensions or issues it is reflects in preschool system. KEYWORDS: enterprise, preschool institution, preschool teachers. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/atee.v1i0.679