The Issue of the Development of Scientific Literacy in the Field of Pre-school and Elementary School Pedagogy

The main topic of this paper is the issue of the development of scientivc literacy of students in the veld of pre-school and elementary school pedagogy. The theoretical part is dedicated to outlining basic terms, such as scientivc literacy, education in natural sciences, the veld of study of pre-school and elementary school pedagogy. It presents the outcomes of research in scientivc literacy of students of the veld of pre-school and elementary school pedagogy in Slovakia. It analyses the concept of natural sciences education, designs a development programme of natural sciences education in the given study veld. At the empirical level, it presents the results of experimental verivcation of the designed concepts of education and on the basis of research results, it presents recommendations for the educational reality.