论游戏教育在幼儿教学活动中的创新策略

在幼儿园教学中渗透游戏教育理念,符合幼儿生理和心理的发展规律。幼儿具有爱玩的天性,教师可以利用课堂游戏来激发幼儿的探索意识和创新精神,从而达到寓教于乐的目的。     

全人发展的幼儿教育——世界幼儿教育的发展趋势之一

全人教育是20世纪70年代从北关兴起的一种以促进人的整体发展为主要目的的教育思潮,对20世纪80年代中期以来的幼儿教育产生了重要影响,主要表现在幼儿教育的目的、目标、内容、过程、方法和途径等诸多方面。     

Early Childhood Education in Societal Context: Teachers in Three Countries Speak About Early Childhood Education

Building on the cross-cultural patterns and systems research as well as social constructivism, in-depth interviews were conducted with key informant early childhood teachers in three regions with similar characteristics in Sweden, Russia, and in the United States. Inductive analyses revealed differences in responses among Swedish, Russian and American informants related to the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels of societal system. United States teacher informants had a great number of separate topic comments and distributed them more evenly across all levels than did Russian and Swedish teacher informants who had more emphasis at the meso level. United States and Russian teacher informants discussed the lack of societal support for young children and their families, while Swedish teacher informants seemed to almost take this support for ranted. United States teacher informants suggested that early childhood programs were important in developing support networks among parents, while Russian teacher informants often gave information to parents and Swedish teachers spoke about mutually sharing information. United States teacher informants desired both strict rules with strong academic content and extension of the child's initiations through play; they emphasized activities and materials. Swedish teachers discussed a child- centered approach to social learning and creativity and desired to be with children rather than do activities with them. Russian teacher informants emphasized the importance of obedience, aesthetic education, and preparation for school and the labor of the larger society. These study outcomes deepen understanding about the multidemensional relationships between early childhood programs and societal contexts in which they are embedded, and they suggest alternative approaches to working with young children and their families.     

进化、发展与儿童早期教育

进化(种系发生)、发展(个体发生)与儿童早期教育之间的关系是儿童教育无法回避的基本理论问题.本文通过对标准社会科学模型的分析,在进化心理学,特别是进化发展心理学的理论基础上对进化、发展和儿童早期教育之间的关系作了初步讨论,指出应重新认识本能,重视生物学初级能力发展的重要性和自然选择在儿童早期的作用,同时提出儿童早期教育应加强对进化和生物因素的关注.     

也谈幼儿教育义务化——《幼儿教育能否义务化》读后感

分析当下沸沸扬扬的"幼儿教育义务化"讨论中的正反两方主要观点,研究者发现双方各有理据,但都有失之偏颇之嫌.深入探讨这一现象,研究者认为逐步开展幼教学券制试验,可能更符合当前幼教体制改革的实际需要.     

Early Childhood Education and Care in the Time of COVID-19: Introduction to a Special Issue of Early Childhood Education Journal

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Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: A Commentary

The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales—III has been frequently used to measure the family environment. Although some data exist attesting to the reliability and validity of FACES-III data, the underlying factor structure of the instrument has not been assessed using a confirmatory methodology. The present research used data from a sample of 922 families with children having disabilities to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis. Results suggest that the structure of the instrument proposed by the author did not provide an acceptable fit to the data. Post-hoc model fitting identified 3-Factor solutions for the Actual and Ideal Scales as superior based on fit statistics and replication. The Cohesion Scale as originally proposed by the authors of the instrument remained intact. The original Adaptability Scale was divided into two scales, Adaptability, which focused on change in leadership and rules within the family, and Discipline and Control which targeted the role of children in the family system. The present results are consistent with challenges to the adaptability scale, and supports other exploratory analyses of the instrument.     

Applying Technology to Inquiry-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education

Children naturally explore and learn about their environments through inquiry, and computer technologies offer an accessible vehicle for extending the domain and range of this inquiry. Over the past decade, a growing number of interactive games and educational software packages have been implemented in early childhood education and addressed a variety of subjects, including mathematics, science, reading, language, and social studies. However, most software packages have yet to integrate technology into inquiry-based learning for early childhood contexts. Based on existing theoretical frameworks, we suggest that instructional technologies should be used in early childhood inquiry education to (a) enrich and provide structure for problem contexts, (b) facilitate resource utilization, and (c) support cognitive and metacognitive processes. Examples of existing and hypothetical early childhood applications are provided as we elaborate on each role. Challenges and future research directions are also identified and discussed.     

在幼儿教育中培养幼儿的自信心

自信心是一种在自我评价机制中的自我肯定、自我尊重,并希望得到他人、集体和社会认可的情感倾向意识。自信心的强弱在某种程度上影响人们对生活、事物以及学习的态度。在幼儿教育中发现:自信心较强的幼儿能够抱有乐观的态度,积极主动地参与集体的各种活动,与小伙伴们能友好融洽地相处;在面临困难问题的时候,有勇气去大胆尝试,不怕失败。如何培养幼儿自信心,如何潜移默化地引导幼儿建立健全自信心,这是幼儿教师当前亟须思考的问题。