PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS TYPOLOGY IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: PECULIARITIES OF PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Abstract

The article is devoted t the analysis of the professional standards typology, the author analyses the specify of their formation. The general criteria which formed professional standards in Western Europe is distin- guished. The peculiarities of formation of standards and requirements for training preschool teachers in West- ern Europe. Differences in approaches to the formation of professional standards and the role of the European qualification framework in the context of developing national curriculum standards and teacher education are pointed out in the issue.