Research Activities With Infants and Toddlers: The Enviroment and the Role of a Preschool Teacher

U radu se polazi od predmeta istraživanja, a to je zastupljenostistraživačkih aktivnosti u jaslicama. Navodi se o kojim jeaktivnostima riječ, u kojoj se mjeri pojavljuju, kakvo je okruženje tih istraživačkih aktivnosti te koja je uloga odgajatelja u istim. Za metodu je izabrano akcijsko istraživanje s etnografskim pristupom jer se upravo takvim pristupom može pratiti tijek u kvalitativnim pomacima unošenja promjena u samu skupinu. Kvalitetno pripremljeno poticajno okruženje omogućuje djeci mnoštvo samoorganiziranih istraživačkih aktivnosti koje ih u danom trenutku zanimaju. Odgajatelj postaje promatrač i refleksivni praktičar u ovom procesu te se uključuje samo prema potrebi. Povezivanje starije djece s mlađom obogaćuje dječji istraživački potencijal te dijete time dobiva mogućnost za upuštanje u istraživačke aktivnosti u ostalim odgojnim skupinama s ostalom djecom.In this work the starting point is the subject of research which refers to exploration of presence of different research activities in nursery, which are they, how often do they appear and what is the environment and the role of educators in them. An action research was selected as a method along with ethnographic approach because it is the approach through which you can follow the flow in qualitative data of the introduction of changes into the group itself. Well prepared supportive environment enables children a lot of self organized research activities which they are interested in at a certain moment. An educator becomes an observer and reflexive practitioner in this process and he or she is involved only if necessary. Connecting older children to younger ones enriches child´s research potential and with this a child gets an opportunity to be engaged into research activities in other educational groups along with other children