Daycare centers are places that specialize in caring for and cultivating the living abilities of infants and young children aged 0-3 years old. They must also grasp the first 1,000 days of newborn babies so that infants and young children aged 0-3 years old can be "nurturing well".
The key lies in the quality of education .
For the baby's young mind, a good quality of care can plant good seeds in his or her heart, stimulate the baby's enthusiasm for learning, and form good qualities. So, how should daycare centers build a good child care system?
Three mainstream preschool education theories at home and abroad support
German "Father of Kindergarten": Froebel
Froebel is a German early childhood educator who founded the world's first social preschool education institution - kindergarten, and is known as the "Father of Kindergarten".
Froebel advocated that education should adhere to the principle of "passive and adaptable" and conduct natural education according to children's nature. He believed that human nature is manifested by four instincts, namely, activity instinct, cognitive instinct, artistic instinct and religious instinct. Among them, the activity instinct is the most important, and as children grow older, it will develop into the "creative" instinct. Therefore, children's instincts should be followed in education instead of suppressing them to allow them to develop healthily.
Italian early childhood educator: Montessori
Montessori is an Italian early childhood educator and is known as one of the most influential people in the history of early childhood education in the world since Froebel.
The educational concept advocated by Montessori is "Education is not preparation for school, but preparation for future life." The core purpose of education is to help children's lives grow and improve naturally. Specifically, it is to allow children to gain independence in body, will, and mind, and to achieve perfection in personality, psychology, intelligence, and spirit.
Montessori's five major educational fields are daily life education, sensory education, mathematics education, language education and cultural education. She believes that different individuals have different development rhythms. If education is to match the sensitive period of children's development, it must use different education to adapt to different maturity rhythms. Therefore, she places great emphasis on individual teaching, allowing children to move freely according to their own needs, so that their personalities can be fully developed.
"Father of Chinese Early Childhood Education": Chen Heqin
The famous children's educator Chen Heqin is the founder of modern early childhood education in China and is known as the "Father of Chinese Early Childhood Education" and "the Saint in the field of children's education." The "living education" theory he proposed through rich practice and careful research has guided the development of early childhood education in China in the right direction.
Chen Heqin pointed out that the purpose of "living education" is to "be a human being, a Chinese, and a modern Chinese"; he believed that the basic principle of the living education method is "learning by doing, teaching by doing, and seeking progress by doing." He divided the teaching process of living education into the following four steps: first, experiment and observation; second, reading and reference; third, publication and creation; fourth, criticism and discussion. These four steps are the general procedures of the teaching process, not mechanical or fragmented. They also reflect students' active learning based on "doing".
How do child care institutions
build a good child care system?
The principle of combining childcare and education in day care institutions means that equal attention should be paid to the care and education of infants and young children, and childcare and education should be combined rather than separated. The so-called teaching refers to education and teaching, which usually refers to activities that influence the physical and mental development of infants and young children in a purposeful, planned and systematic manner. The so-called childcare refers to various activities carried out to protect the health of infants and young children, enhance their physical fitness, and promote growth and development.
The combination of childcare and education means the combination and penetration of childcare and education. On the one hand, there is protection in education, and education has the content of conservation; on the other hand, there is education in protection, and education includes elements of education.
In terms of course design, a good childcare course needs to include two characteristics:
First, the course content should be in line with the baby's age and growth rhythm, taking into account individual differences. Every baby has its own individual characteristics, with differences in personality, physical and psychological qualities. Therefore, if the child care courses set up by the institution ignore the development of the baby's individual needs, it will deviate from the educational goals.
Secondly, childcare courses should not only learn from advanced domestic and foreign curriculum systems, but also explore localized development based on actual conditions. Above, we introduced the early childhood education theories proposed by three famous scholars at home and abroad, which will become the basis for curriculum content design; however, in order to effectively develop the learning potential of infants and young children and improve their interest in learning, the curriculum content needs to be combined with the different needs of children in the process of psychological development for perception, social interaction, etc., and a curriculum system that is combined with history and traditional culture must be explored.
Seeing this, if you want to open childcare or have already opened childcare, are you still confused and don’t know how to do a good job in childcare?
Don't worry! Welcome to the 2022 Childcare Academic Exchange Forum on December 23-24. In the forum, we will work with domestic scholars and experts to discuss how to learn from advanced child care concepts at home and abroad and build a good child care system.
The 2022 Childcare Academic Exchange Forum is jointly guided by the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, Shenzhen Women’s Federation, and the School of Education of Shenzhen University, and hosted by the Shenzhen Childcare Service Association. It will be supported by media such as "Nursing Researcher" and "Nursery Outlook", and will be free for the industry through the official video account of Shenzhen Child Care Service Association, "Nursing Researcher" (video account "Taotao Talks about Childcare") and "Nursery Outlook" .
Here, we sincerely invite you to participate and join us in an academic feast for the childcare industry!
