Play in the Preschool Classroom: Its Socioemotional Significance and the Teacher’s Role in Play

The goals of this paper were two-fold. The first goal was to examine the emotional and social developmental value of play in the early childhood classroom. This issue is important because of the recent impetus for a more academic focus in early childhood classrooms, and questions about the developmental benefits of play. The second goal was to examine and discuss the role teachers could play in making play a developmental and educational experience. This is because understanding the significance of play could make teachers less apprehensive about using play to promote learning and development, and enable them answer questions regarding the value of play. Using these goals as a backdrop, this paper discussed views of children’s play; the defining characteristics of emotional and social development; play and the socioemotional development of children; and the role of early childhood teachers in children’s play.     

高等教育大众化背景下的学前教师教育必须坚持和发展精英教育的取向

学前教师教育是挑选具有较高天赋和潜质的学生、培养合格幼儿教师的专业教育,是专业性强、外部经济性强而个人收益率低的公益性教育,因而属于精英教育的范畴。高等教育大众化背景下的学前教师教育,必须坚持和发展精英教育取向,不能任其滑向大众化教育。     

终身教育理念下学前教育的价值思考

终身教育思想作为一种世界性的教育思潮,受到各国教育界的认可和重视,对我国学前教育产生了深远的影响。在此思想下,重新审视学前教育的价值,对扩展教育思路,深化学前教育的认识有重要的作用。     

高师学前教育专业的改革与发展--基于忻州市学前教育的现状

学前教育作为基础教育的基础,越来越受到世界各国的重视。许多发达国家积极采取措施,优先发展学前教育,扩招以后的各高校之间又掀起了新一轮的生源竞争。在这种激烈的竞争下,作为贫困山区,我们必须在现有教育资源的条件下,根据山区发展的需要和学院的自身特点,进一步拓宽学前教育专业的口径,强化专业优势,形成体现学院的学科优势,切实搞好学前教育专业的发展。     

高职高专院校学前教育专业学生语言素养的培养

高职高专院校学前教育专业学生在语言素养方面存在自我认识模糊和心理素质薄弱等问题。培养学生语言素养的策略包括重视口语基本训练、注重词汇的规范使用、讲究学法灵活多样和培养学生的形象感受四个方面。     

幼儿教师教学效能感的调查与研究

为探究相关因素对幼儿教师教学效能感的影响,采用自我和谐量表、领悟社会支持量表、教师教学效能感量表对湛江市135名幼儿教师进行调查。结果发现：1.教学效能感在婚姻状况和职称上达到了显著性差异;2.教学效能感总分随学历水平和职称的提高而提高;3.自我和谐、领悟社会支持、教学效能感之间具有极显著相关;4.自我和谐和领悟社会支持对教学效能感的发展有极其显著的预测作用。     

Situated decoding of gender in a Swedish preschool practice

This article is based on data generated in an ethnographic study of gender in a Swedish preschool. Drawing on Judith Butler’s understanding of performativity and (un)doing of gender, a new theoretical concept, situated decoding of gender, is further developed by showing how the material and spatial dimension of the educational practice and the teachers’ actions contribute to establishing and maintaining this process in an early childhood educational setting. Instead of normalising the gender binary, a reverse process occurs that turns what is perceived as feminine or masculine into a gender decoded state in which gender is made less relevant, or even irrelevant. It is argued that this continuous reiterative process emerges and is maintained by three main factors: (a) the preschool’s physical environment, (b) the regular and repetitive structure of the educational practice and (c) the consistent actions of the teachers in the everyday practice.     

幼教改革与幼儿教师的专业发展

幼儿教师是幼儿教育情境中的主体之一,它影响着整个教育过程的走向。要使幼儿教师适应当今幼儿教育改革和发展的需要,广大幼儿教师应树立正确的教育观、儿童观和崇高的敬业精神,不断提高自身的科学文化素养和专业技能水平;提高自身教育活动的能力和水平,保证幼儿教育活动的顺利开展;增强幼儿教育科研的意识,不断反省自身的教育教学活动,提高教学反思性实践能力;增强自身与他人合作的能力,学会终身学习,努力促进自身的专业发展。     

论暗示教学法与学前专业英语听说教学

论述了暗示教学法有助于提高英语听说教学质量,更适合学前专业学生的特点;介绍了暗示教学法常用的技术有运用教师的权威、幼稚化、语调与节奏变换、双重交流和假消极学习等;指出在学前专业英语听说教学中,教师应注意创设轻松的氛围,建立良好的师生关系,选择恰当的音乐背景,挖掘学生无意识的潜力,以提高学生英语听说能力。     

浅论学前教育的发展

＂重视学前教育＂被前所未有地列入党的十七大报告,第一次突出了学前教育在我国终身教育体系中的重要地位。学前教育是人生发展的奠基性教育,是国家对未来发展的重要投入。学前教育学已发展成为一门独立的科学,将对学前教育发展发挥巨大的推动作用。