Competences of the educators for following and valuing early learning and development of children

Abstract

In pedagogical theory and practice, there are different models of competences which educators should demonstrate for following and valuing the early learning and development of children. Competent educator knows the system for observation, assessment, documentation and valuing of the children’s learning and development and uses effective strategies in order to collect precise and useful information for every child. Valuing of the learning and development of the child is a process of collection, synthetizing and interpretation of the information for each child (individually), of the educational process, as well as of the learning and development conditions. Knowing the needs of the child, the educator will be able to help every child – the one who learns and improves harder and the one who moves fast in the learning and development process. For that aim, this paper specifically pays attention to the issue of the competences which the educator should demonstrate, related to knowing and using different approaches, procedures and instruments for following and valuing the learning and development of the child in the pre-school period.