A Critical Perspective Regarding Pre-service Teacher Training and Competences Needed of Kindergarten Teachers from Romanian Education System

The research is focused on a critical perspective regarding the relationship between pre-service teacher training and competences needed of kindergarten teachers from Romanian education system.Through a qualitative content analysis of syllabus of the major Pedagogy of Kindergarten and Primary School Education, there were followed two majors objectives: 1) reporting the new curriculum designed for kindergarten teachers to five characteristics (organizational, epistemological, didactical, pedagogical, and praxiological), and 2) the effects of Bologna system changes on their professional development as future kindergarten teachers in relation with six professional competences and three transversal competences. The results reveals the necessity of changing the actual curriculum by implementing some innovative directions for pre-service kindergarten teachers training.