Publishing House Dr. Josef Raabe, s.r.o., Czech Republic

The company was founded in 1996 as a provider of various educational products with a focus on the development of teaching materials for school principals, teachers and students. The company’s team consists of experts in the fields of education and training, PR and publication development.

Publishing House Dr. Josef Raabe s.r.o. has published more than 1,300 professional publications.

It works closely with more than 1,100 leading experts – authors, editors, lecturers and reviewers; it ensures high efficiency and practically oriented materials in the field of school management. It offers educational programs for kindergarten teachers and for teachers of the first and second stages of basic education, as well as for school principals. By organizing professional conferences and workshops, it also facilitates targeted discussions between leaders in the field of education and other experts on current topics at the national and European level.

Selected innovative projects on which the publishing house worked:

• DEveloping the COgnitivE Potential of Preschoolers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (DECODE)
• Good start to school – Support of Early Childhood Care (GSS) (2015–2018). The project focused on increasing the competences of early childhood teachers to assess and adequately address the level of skills and maturity of children before entering primary school, thereby ensuring a smooth transition. The project was evaluated as an example of best practice, i.e. – 94/100 – during the final evaluation.
• The WELCOME project (from the English WE Learn and COMmunicate Ensemble – loosely translated as “we learn and communicate”) (2016 – 2019) focused on the full integration of children with diverse educational needs through an inclusive comprehensive approach, which includes addressing the needs of teachers in the area of ​​resources and competencies for the successful management of a heterogeneous class/group in regular preschool settings. The project was evaluated as an example of best practice in the final evaluation, i.e. 98/100.

Learning by Doing – development of key competences in preschool education (abbreviated ABC for kindergartens) (2020 – 2023). The aim of the project was to improve the quality of preschool education by introducing innovative approaches and procedures, ensuring the comprehensive development of the competences of a preschool child. This was achieved by supporting kindergarten teachers in gaining knowledge on how to effectively apply project-based learning and activity-based learning in preschool education.