Teaching social sciences in ECELicardo, Marta (Avtor) social sciencesearly childhood educationalgorithmic thinkingteamworkcreativityTeaching social sciences in early childhood education context is demanding and little research has been done related to competences that support the high-quality teaching in social studies. The purpose of this study is to examine specific concepts to better understand possible implications of these concepts in teaching social sciences in early childhood education. Future teachers, students of preschool education (N=31), reported the highest mean values for teamwork, following social sciences teaching skills, creative self-assessment, and algorithmic thinking teaching skills. Students feel most competent in teaching life skills and slightly less competent in teaching social studies, presumably of its complexity. The analysis of correlations between all four concepts revealed that students who report higher creativity, report higher teamwork skills and higher algorithmic thinking teaching skills. The results are important for supporting the students in creativity during their undergraduate study and in learning how to teach social sciences in early childhood education.University of Maribor, University Press20232024-04-13 04:08:37Članek v reviji88294UDK: 378:[373.2:5]OceCobissID: 144749571COBISS_ID: 167729155DOI: 10.18690/um.pef.2.2023.4sl