Day-care nurses' perceptions of their educational practice in France and in the Czech Republic

Abstract

The goal of our research project is to compare the perceptions of the educational practices of Czech and French day-care nurses. Our population consisted of 59 nurses in France and 50 in the Czech Republic. The children came from homes with both parents and their average age was 25 months in France and 24 months in the Czech Republic. The questionnaire was made up of 10 scales presenting the issue of day-care nurses' perceptions of their educational practices. In view of the results we obtained, we can put forward the hypothesis that professionalisation in the Czech Republic is based on a 'knowing how to do' approach to the child, whereas in France it is based more on a 'knowing how to be' approach.