Milena Kmentová
Awareness of the Good Start Method and its Application in the Current Pedagogical Practice in the Czech Republic
Číslo: 3/2019
Periodikum: Gramotnost, pregramotnost a vzdělávání
Klíčová slova: Good Start Method, Czech Republic, pre-primary education
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Anotace:
This article presents the results of a contact questionnaire survey aimed at obtaining information on kindergarten teachers’ awareness of the Good Start Method (GSM) and its
application. The results of the questionnaire survey were supplemented by data obtained by
research of electronic resources.
The article briefl y characterizes GSM and describes data collection and analysis associated
with this method. The survey was conducted from 5/2018 to 6/2019 in ten regions of the Czech
Republic and brought 326 relevantly completed questionnaires. More than half of the teachers
had no knowledge of the existence of GSM, 39 % of the teachers had mediated information
and 7 % of the interviewed had personal experience with GSM. The categorization of further
responses showed that the current form of GSM serves mainly as a source of inspiration, as only
four respondents confi rmed that they use the whole GSM systematically. However, the large
number of respondents reported using parts of GSM or working on similar principles relating
to at least certain extent to original materials.
The search of electronic resources identifi ed 60 facilities (mostly kindergartens and primary
schools) offering children/pupils professional implementation of GSM. These facilities are found
across the whole Czech Republic, with the prevalence of the Moravian-Silesian Region, where
the author of the Czech version of GSM, Jana Swierkoszová, has been working.
This research is a part of wider pedagogical research aimed at boosting interest in GSM and
developing methodological material implementing GSM principles containing a new musical
component. The research results refl ect the Czech version of GSM as a living source of inspiration whose potential still remains unexploited.
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application. The results of the questionnaire survey were supplemented by data obtained by
research of electronic resources.
The article briefl y characterizes GSM and describes data collection and analysis associated
with this method. The survey was conducted from 5/2018 to 6/2019 in ten regions of the Czech
Republic and brought 326 relevantly completed questionnaires. More than half of the teachers
had no knowledge of the existence of GSM, 39 % of the teachers had mediated information
and 7 % of the interviewed had personal experience with GSM. The categorization of further
responses showed that the current form of GSM serves mainly as a source of inspiration, as only
four respondents confi rmed that they use the whole GSM systematically. However, the large
number of respondents reported using parts of GSM or working on similar principles relating
to at least certain extent to original materials.
The search of electronic resources identifi ed 60 facilities (mostly kindergartens and primary
schools) offering children/pupils professional implementation of GSM. These facilities are found
across the whole Czech Republic, with the prevalence of the Moravian-Silesian Region, where
the author of the Czech version of GSM, Jana Swierkoszová, has been working.
This research is a part of wider pedagogical research aimed at boosting interest in GSM and
developing methodological material implementing GSM principles containing a new musical
component. The research results refl ect the Czech version of GSM as a living source of inspiration whose potential still remains unexploited.