Tarptautinių projektų vykdymas ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigose: pedagogų patirties analizė ; Realization of international projects in pre-school education institutions: analysis of teachers' experience
Pre-school and pre-primary education is provided in the pre-school education institution. Lithuania complies with the essential principles of quality pre-school education provided by the European Union, as well as the general principles of pre-school education and the principles of the educational process. Children attending pre-school education institutions are also assigned to the "Alfa" generation of children who want answers to their questions immediately, who value relationships with peers, and this is successfully developed carrying out the projects. Projects are planned and organized activities of the teaching / learning process, during which children acquire knowledge closely related to real life practice, there are developed all competencies. Particularly important are international projects which develop children's skills, global communication and cooperation as well as the sharing of experiential activities with other project participants. The most common platforms via which there are carried out international projects in pre-school institutions are eTwinning and Nordplus. The role of the teacher in project activities is not only to encourage and motivate students for proactive activities, but also to perform it, giving students the opportunity to choose activities according to their abilities, hobbies and competencies. 2. Summarizing the results of the research of interviews with teachers, it can be concluded that during the development of projects, there is consulted and cooperated with children in order to improve the missing and deepen existing abilities and competencies, therefore the goals and objectives of international projects are formulated based on these criteria. It should be noted that in the being developed international projects a lot of attention is paid not only to the development of all five, but also to the development of intercultural competence. Especially there is emphasized the importance of the use of ICT for both the teacher and the children. The interviewed teachers emphasize the importance of publicizing / disseminating the results of international projects. The teachers share good practices in various seminars, trainings, and science fairs either.