ESTABLISHING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF PRESCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE CHILDREN'S WRITER AND POETESS DORA GABE

Abstract

The report presents the results of a survey conducted among preschool teachers on their level of knowledge about the life and work of the famous Bulgarian writer and poetess Dora Gabe. The following tasks were derived from the goal formulated in this way:
 Review of the specialized historical, literary and methodological information on the problem
 Discovering the genre specifics of Dora Gabe's works for children
 Revealing the attitude of children's teachers to the creative messages of the writer
The following tools were used in the research program:
Application of the biographical method in the study of the life of the writer;
Analysis of the creative reception of her works in textbooks intended for preschool age;
Preparation of a survey for teachers;
Statistical processing of the results obtained
In the processing of the results, a pre-created system of criteria and indicators was applied, and the results of the study allowed the following conclusions to be drawn:
The visual technique dominates over the verbal one in terms of literary education, with digital technologies prevailing – presentations or other information carriers at the expense of live communication and acquaintance with the work of the respective author.
Children's teachers are well aware of the works of the writer and poetess Dora Gabe, existing in different age groups, and the ratio of "lyric-prose" is balanced and skillfully used in their work with adolescents.
The majority of educators have read and know the author's works, but they lack more in-depth knowledge of her classical repertoire of works that are widely represented in preschool age.
Teachers have a much larger number of Dora Gabe's books in their personal libraries than among the reference materials in kindergartens, which reveals gaps and weaknesses in the information activities of the respective institutions.
The pedagogues have knowledge in terms of distinguishing the main literary genera – epic, lyric and drama, but regarding the works of the writer there are some omissions caused by the ignorance of her children's creativity, represented in preschool age.
The work of classics of children's and youth literature such as Dora Gabe has been known to educators since their childhood years and this explains the desire to support their perception by their students who are of the same age.