Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Context of Preschool Education in a Postmodern Perspective -- 1.1 Excursion into the History of Preschool Education -- 1.2 Context of Preschool Education in the Postmodern Situation -- 1.3 Curriculum of Czech Preschool Education -- 1.4 International View on the Quality of Preschool Education -- 2 Preschool Teacher: State of the Art -- 2.1 Who is the Teacher: Defining the Term -- 2.1.1 Preschool Teacher Qualification Requirements -- 2.1.2 Some Specificities of Preschool Children as the Starting Point for the Approaches of Preschool Teachers -- 2.1.3 Interaction between Preschool Teachers and Children -- 2.1.4 Preschool Teachers' Role in Contemporary Education -- 2.1.5 Preschool Teachers' Professionalism -- 2.2 Quality in the Work of a Preschool Teacher -- 2.2.1 Research on Preschool teachers -- 2.2.2 Model of Quality Preschool Teachers -- 2.3 Model of the Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner -- 2.3.1 Reflection in Contemporary Pedagogical Discourse -- 2.3.2 The Role of Reflection in Professional Development and Learning -- 2.4 Prototype View of a Preschool Teacher -- 3 The Relation between Reflection and the Quality of a Preschool Teacher's Performance -- 3.1 Methods of Research -- 3.1.1 Research Sample -- 3.1.2 Research Objectives -- 3.1.3 Data collection and data analysis -- 3.2 Results of the Investigation Focused on the Quality of Education in Selected Aspects -- 3.2.1 Overview of Selected Aspects of a Teaching Performance -- 3.2.2 The View upon the Teaching Performance of the Selected Teachers -- 3.3 Results of the Research Aimed at Finding out the Level of Reflective Skills -- 3.4 Comparing Both Phases of the Research -- 3.4.1 The Relationship between the Quality of Selected Aspects of Teacher Performance and the Level of Reflective Skills.

3.4.2 Differences in the Teaching Performance and the Level of Reflection between the Teachers who had Completed Only Secondary Education and the University Graduates -- 3.5 Summary and Discussion -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SUMMARY -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- FACTUAL REGISTER.

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