Identity as a Value of Early Childhood Education

Identitet kao vrijednost Nacionalnog kurikuluma za rani i predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje (2015) usko je povezan s ostalim vrijednostima koje ga čine, a to su znanje, humanizam i tolerancija, odgovornost, autonomija i kreativnost. Sve vrijednosti zajedno pomažu u razvoju čovjeka i njegovih kompetencije te ih kao takve treba njegovati, unaprijediti i ostvariti. Koliki utjecaj na razvoj identiteta ima prostorno, vremensko i socijalno okruženje, a koliku ulogu odgojitelji, roditelji i vršnjaci, vidljivo je iz pregleda literature. U empirijskom dijelu rada provedeno je istraživanje u kojem su sudjelovala djeca u dobi od 6 i 7 godina. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi identitete koje djeca iskazuju u predškolskoj dobi.Identity as a value of the National Curriculum for early and preschool education (2015) is closely related to the other values that the Curriculum consists of, namely knowledge, humanism and tolerance, responsibility, autonomy and creativity. All values together help in the development of man and his competences, and as such they should be nurtured, improved and realized. How much influence does the spatial, temporal and social environment have on the development of identity, and which role educators, parents and peers have, is evident from the literature review. The research was conducted in empirical part of the work, in which participated children aged 6 and 7. The aim of this research was to set the boundaries of the identities expressed by children in preschool age