Experiental learning as a practice and theory in adult education in the Trnovo kindergarten

Abstract

How does a preschool child learn? What knowledge should he gain? What type of fundamental knowledge does he need? How can professional workers in the kindergarten help children acquire the knowledge they need to start learning? Searching for answers to these and similar questions is a lifelong task, involving our daily pedagogical thinking and creating. According to Bečaj (2006), education is always future oriented, that is why it is very important to prepare young generations for a world which is presently only taking shape and can not be predicted. In the increasingly complex and unpredictable situations the modern kindergarten needs a pedagogue who helps children to acquire the essential knowledge and skills they will need in the future. They need a professionally qualified and considerate pedagogue; one who is conscious of the fact that today's knowledge will be obsolete tomorrow. Empirical learning and education play a very important role in this process, as learning is today understood as interpretation of the experience, the experience being the essence of learning.