Evelopment of Key Competences of Pupils in the Subject of Technology, Technical education

The contribution is focused on key competences and on the de-velopment of key competences of primary school pupils in the subject of Tech-nology (work-based teaching) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the first part, the authors describe the concept of key competences, competences in the work of a teacher, and then the authors reflect on the key competences that pupils should achieve in the subject of technology after finishing primary school and show some possibilities for achieving these competences.