Polish pre-school education in the 21st century. Research exploration and implications for practice

The general aim of review is to research areas and directions of development of Polish pre-school pedagogy in XXI century. Literature review of last twenty years of early education field allowed to distinct three areas of scientific research around which theoretical and practical discussion is concentrated: professional - teacher, competent child and status of childhood and new perspectives and fields of research. Apart from theoretical and empirical studies the most important achievements of intercollegiate scientific teams of pre-school pedagogy were presented.