PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION - OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION - OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Nguyen Thi Dung dungnt.mn@vnies.edu.vn The Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences No.04 Trinh Hoai Duc, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam
Summary: 
The teachers’ professional competence determines the quality of education. Educating life skills for preschool children requires teachers to have specific professional competencies. The main components of professional competence are motivation, professional practice, personalprofessional, etc. By reviewing relevant documents, the article presents the research results on preschool teachers’ competence in life skills education and its contents of assessment, thereby orienting some issues that need attention in further studies.
Keywords: 
competence
Education
life skills
preschool teachers
research.
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