Abstract
The aim of the paper is to inform about the research among graduates of the MA programme Teaching at primary school at the Faculty of Education, Charles University. The aim of the questionnaire investigation was to map the perception of the early years in teacher practice.
We wondered how the beginning teachers rated the profession after they went into practice, what problems they encountered, how they assessed school support, and what their needs were. Our respondents feel an overload of teaching and administrative duties.
They mention not always enough interest from school management in the quality of their teaching, lack critical feedback. They mention negative experiences with parents of their pupils and disapproval of the excessive openness of schools to parents.
They report experiencing relatively frequent stress. They characterise their profession most often with words of responsibility, joy and creativity.