What are the basic functions of preschool education?

To sum it up in a simple sentence: the basic function of preschool education is to promote the socialization and individualization of individual children.

Pre-school education refers to the care and education of children before entering school.

Pre-school education has a strict age range that is limited to "pre-enrolment".

In accordance with Article 11 of the Compulsory Education Law, the parents or other legal guardians of all children who have reached the age of six shall send them to school to receive and complete compulsory education; Children in areas where conditions are not available can be postponed to the age of seven.

It can be seen that the age range of preschool education refers to the period from birth to the age of six or seven, which is the beginning of lifelong learning and the beginning of the school education system.

Classification of pre-school education.

According to the age stage, it can be further subdivided: infant education, 0 to 3 years old; Early childhood education, 3 to years old.

According to the implementation of education, it can be divided into: preschool family education and preschool public education. Obviously, the family is the most important living and learning environment for children after birth, and parents or other elders in the family are generally responsible for the education of their children.

At present, the institutions that provide pre-school education in our country generally include nurseries and kindergartens.

According to the content, it can be divided into the nursery category of preschool education and the education category of preschool education.

The values of the preschool education profession are:

Teachers treat their profession, professional behavior and work results according to their own and social needs, a stable and generalized and dynamic belief system, which is also the crystallization of professional experience and professional feelings, and suggests that people in the workplace should constantly revise themselves and improve themselves in their work, and establish correct professional values.

The role of preschool education:

1. Pre-school education can train students to become an independent person, no longer dependent on the protection of their parents, so that they can learn to be independent. Pupils between the ages of three and seven are in the process of personality development, and only by receiving orthodox preschool education will they be able to develop a sound personality.

2. Pre-school education can cultivate students' enthusiasm for learning at an early age, educate students in a timely manner, and lay the foundation for their future primary and secondary education.

3. Preschool education can stimulate students' spirit of exploration of unknown things and stimulate students' various abilities.

4. Pre-school education can help students develop good living habits and learning habits in their early childhood, so that students' enthusiasm for learning can gradually rise, and healthy and effective learning methods can be cultivated.

5. Pre-school education plays a decisive role in a person's lifelong education, if a student does not receive good pre-school education in early childhood, it will lead to the loss of interest in learning. Therefore, preschool education is very important and plays a decisive role in a person's future.

Preschool Education Major: It is an undergraduate major in ordinary colleges and universities, which is a major in education, with a basic study period of four years and a degree in education.

This major cultivates compound talents with good ideological and moral character, solid professional knowledge of preschool education, and can be engaged in education, research and management in educational reform institutions, educational administrative departments and other relevant institutions.

Practical teaching: Practical courses include: educational internship, educational training, educational practice, teaching and education investigation, etc.

Educational clerkship is the observation and learning of education, teaching, teaching and research and management in educational institutions under the guidance of teachers.

Educational training is the skills training of education, teaching, teaching and research and management carried out by students under the guidance of teachers in simulated practice or simulated experiment platform.

Educational internship is the practical activities of education, teaching, teaching and research and state management carried out by students in educational institutions under the guidance of teachers.

An educational field trip is a student's field survey of the current state of a particular educational area or educational institution.

Educational surveys are students' field research on specific issues in education, teaching, teaching and research, and management.

Colleges and universities should attach great importance to innovation and entrepreneurship education, and include practical training in innovation and entrepreneurship in practical teaching.

Development prospects: postgraduate direction:

Graduates of the bachelor's degree in preschool education can apply for both a master's degree in education and a master's degree in psychology.

Employment direction: The employment area of this major is relatively evenly distributed across the country. The employment industry is mainly distributed in the fields of education, **, psychological counseling, etc. The employment units mainly include provincial and municipal kindergartens, early education centers, etc.

1. Promote the basic rights of pre-school children with disabilities to survival, learning and development;

2. Promote the harmonious and all-round development of preschool children;

3. Prepare for entering the small school and Qinghuai to study;

4. Extend the years of education and promote social progress;

5. Integrate social resources and improve quality education. Level;

From the qualitative point of view, the function of preschool education can be divided into expected function and actual function.

The individual development function of preschool education is that preschool education can promote the healthy, comprehensive and harmonious development of preschool children in physical, cognitive, social and emotional aspects. The preschool period is an important period of life development, and the environment and quality of education during this period directly affect children's development.

Therefore, as an early stage of life, education should strive to provide children with appropriate and beneficial early experiences, so as to lay a good foundation for children's lifelong sustainable development.

Divided by nature, pre-school education.

Functions can be divided into the expected functions and actual functions of preschool education; In terms of scope, the function of preschool education can be divided into personal function and social function.

The desired function of preschool education refers to the ideal function of preschool education, which has a positive function for the individual and society.

The actual function of pre-school education refers to the function or value of pre-school education to individuals and society.

In terms of nature, the function of preschool education is divided into (expected function) and (actual function).

The characteristics of preschool education include cultivating children's comprehensive ability, improving children's interest in learning, cultivating children's social adaptability, shaping children's personality and values, helping children's early development, and meeting parents' needs for education.

1. Cultivate children's comprehensive ability. Pre-school education often focuses on cultivating children's comprehensive quality, including physical, intellectual, aesthetic, social and other abilities, so as to promote children's all-round and balanced development.

2. Improve children's interest in learning. Pre-school education should mobilize children's interest in learning and establish correct learning attitudes and habits through various activities such as games, stories, and paintings.

3. Cultivate children's social adaptability. Pre-school education should focus on cultivating children's self-care ability and strengthening cooperation and communication with others, so that children can gradually adapt to the social living environment and interpersonal relationships.

4. Shape children's personality and values. Pre-school education should focus on inspiring children's thinking and wisdom, feelings and sentiments, and guiding children to form correct values and outlook on life.

5. Help early childhood development. Pre-school education is a special period of children's life development, through early education, it is conducive to the development of children's nerves, physical, emotional, intellectual and other aspects, and improve the overall quality of children.

6. Meet the needs of parents for education. With the continuous development of society, parents pay more attention to parent-child education, and the development of preschool education institutions can meet the needs of parents for education.

Features of the preschool function

1. Comprehensive education function: preschool education is an important part of comprehensive education, which can promote children's comprehensive, coordinated and balanced development and cultivate their physical and mental abilities.

2. Initial enlightenment function: preschool education is an important starting point for children's life, which can lay the foundation for children's follow-up education and help children form correct knowledge, attitudes and values.

3. Socialization function: preschool education is a critical period for cultivating children's social skills and social behavior norms, which can help children gradually adapt to the social environment and social roles.

4. Game education function: preschool education should focus on games as the main form of education, which can guide children to learn happily and cultivate their enthusiasm for active exploration, creation and cooperation.

5. Emotional education function: Chunwu preschool education pays attention to children's emotional and psychological characteristics, which can help children establish a healthy emotional world and enhance self-confidence and self-esteem.

6. Whole family education function: preschool education needs the attention and participation of families, and through the cooperation between families and kindergartens, a whole family education model can be formed to promote the all-round development of children.

1) Guarantee the basic rights of pre-school children to survival, learning and development;

2) Promote the healthy, comprehensive and harmonious development of children in physical, intellectual, moral, aesthetic or physical, cognitive, emotional and social aspects, so as to lay a good foundation for their lifelong development;

3) Help preschool children adapt to school life and prepare for primary school learning;

4) to realize the transmission of human culture;

5) Eradicate poverty and improve the efficiency of compulsory education;

6) increase work and leisure time and change the way of family life;

7) Promote community cooperation and increase social cohesion;

8) Improve the quality of the population.