Pre-school education, also known as early childhood education, what exactly does pre-school education do?
First, the definition of preschool education.
Pre-school education is broadly and narrowly defined.
Pre-school education in a broad sense includes care and education for children from birth to 6 years of age.
Pre-school education in the narrow sense refers only to the care and education of children aged 3 to 6 years.
Second, the positioning of preschool education.
Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline (Trial) clearly stipulates that kindergarten education is an important part of basic education, and it is the foundation stage of school education and lifelong education in China. It can be seen that the main task of preschool education is to enable children to achieve a harmonious physical and mental development and prepare them for primary education. At present, the institutions that implement pre-school education in China mainly include nurseries, kindergartens, and pre-school classes attached to primary schools, and their education years range from 1 to 3 years.
Second, the basic characteristics of preschool education.
Kindergarten Education Guidelines (Trial) clearly stipulates that kindergarten education should respect children's personality and rights, respect the laws and learning characteristics of children's physical and mental development, take games as the basic activities, pay equal attention to education, pay attention to individual differences, and promote the development of each child's personality. This makes it clear that preschool education must be based on game activities, "education in life, games." Therefore, it is important to remember that we should not go against the laws of children's physical and mental development and learning characteristics, and educate primary school knowledge too early, so that early childhood education can be made elementary school.
Third, the educational content of preschool education.
Kindergarten Education Guidelines (Trial) clearly stipulates that the educational content of kindergartens is comprehensive and enlightening, and can be relatively divided into five areas: health, language, society, science, and art. The content of each field penetrates into each other to promote the development of children's emotions, attitudes, abilities, knowledge, skills and other aspects from different perspectives. The "Outline" sets goals, contents, requirements, and guiding points for each of the five areas, and provides planned education for children before entering primary school. The content of educational activities should fully consider the learning characteristics and cognitive rules of children, and the content of various fields should be organically linked and interpenetrated, focusing on comprehensiveness, interest and activity, and integrating education into life and games.
Fourth, the principle of selecting the content of pre-school education activities.
Kindergarten Education Guidelines (Trial) clearly stipulates that the selection of educational activities should reflect the following three principles: First, it is suitable for the existing level of young children, but also has a certain degree of challenge. Second, it not only meets the practical needs of young children, but also is conducive to their long-term development. The third is to choose things and problems that children are interested in by being close to children's lives, and to help expand children's experience and vision.