Open AccessObjectives of the Early Education in Romania – A Theoretical and Practical Teleological Curricular Study
Author(s) -
Valentina Souca,
Bianca Pop-Ignat,
Mușata Bocoș
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
educaţia 21
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-8671
pISSN - 1841-0456
DOI - 10.24193/ed21.2020.18.08
Subject(s) - curriculum , romanian , legislation , political science , christian ministry , pedagogy , plan (archaeology) , public administration , comparative education , sociology , higher education , law , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history
In Romania, early education is undergoing an intense process of curricular reform which began during the school-year of 2005-2006, when the first attempts had been implemented by the Minister of Education at the time, university professor dr. Mircea Miclea (with the support from the World Bank, UNICEF, universities and NGOs), continued in the following years through the implementation of two projects (PETI and PRET, with the support of UNICEF), and culminated with the publication of The Ordinance by the Ministry of Education no. 4.694 of 2nd August 2019 regarding the approval of the curriculum for early education. It was by this ordinance that the Educational Plan as well as the Teaching Methodology and the Teaching Programme for early education were enacted. Thus, new objectives were established for the early educational system, capable of reflecting the changes in our society, the recent contributions from the learning psychology, as applicable to preschool education, and able to conform to the reform and the general principles of the Romanian educational system, to the contemporary orientations regarding the educational objectives, and, last but not least, build rapport with the specific objectives of the other levels of education, and with the international educational legislation and practices.