Arts and cultural education in kindergarten

Namen diplomskega dela je opredeliti kulturno-umetnostno vzgojo s poudarkom na lutkovnem gledališču in raziskati, na kakšen način in v kolikšni meri je kulturno-umetnostna vzgoja prisotna v vrtcih Podravske regije. Cilji diplomskega dela so opredeliti pojme kultura, kulturno-umetnostna vzgoja, gledališče in lutkovno gledališče, ugotoviti, kakšna je vloga lutke in lutkovnega gledališča pri kulturno-umetnostni vzgoji otrok ter ugotoviti stanje kulturno-umetnostne vzgoje v vrtcih. Diplomsko delo je sestavljeno iz dveh delov: teoretičnega in empiričnega. V teoretičnem delu smo predstavili in podrobneje opisali kulturo, kulturno-umetnostno vzgojo, gledališče ter vlogo lutke in lutkovnega gledališča pri kulturno-umetnostni vzgoji otrok. Empirični del diplomskega dela zajema podatke, pridobljene na osnovi anketnega vprašalnika, ki je namenjen vzgojiteljem predšolskih otrok. Raziskava je temeljila na neslučajnostnem namenskem vzorcu, ki ga so ga predstavljali vzgojitelji in vzgojiteljice v vrtcih z različno upravo v okviru Podravske regije. Anketo je izpolnilo 78 vzgojiteljev in vzgojiteljic iz različnih vrtcev v okviru Podravske regije, iz vsakega vrtca dva vzgojitelja/vzgojiteljici, en vzgojitelj/vzgojiteljica iz prvega in en iz drugega starostnega obdobja.The purpose of the diploma work is to define cultural-artistic education with an emphasis on puppet theatre and to explore in what way and to what extent cultural-artistic education is present in kindergartens in the Podravska region. The aims of the diploma work were to define the concept of culture, cultural-artistic education, to define the concept of theatre and puppet theatre, to determine the role of a puppet and puppet theatre in cultural-artistic education of children and to determine the state of cultural-artistic education in kindergartens. The diploma thesis consists of two parts: theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part, we presented and described in more detail the culture, cultural-artistic education, theatre and the role of puppet and puppet theatre in the cultural-artistic education of children. The empirical part of the diploma thesis includes data obtained on the basis of a questionnaire intended for educators of preschool children. The research was based on a non-random purposive sample, which was represented by educators in kindergartens with different administrations within the Podravska region. The survey was completed by 78 educators from different kindergartens within the Podravska region, two educators from each kindergarten, one educator from the first and one from the second age group