The importance of preschool education to the development of human sociality and personality.

Sociality and personality quality are the core components of individual quality, which are gradually formed and developed in the process of socialization. Preschool period is the initial stage and key period of individual socialization. Under the influence of acquired environment and education, infants and young children gradually form and develop their initial and most basic feelings and attitudes towards people, things and things in the process of interacting with people around them, laying the foundation for their behavior, character and personality. Some studies show that children with early behavior and personality development are more difficult to adapt to school life at school age, have difficulty in communication, are tired of school, play truant, have higher discipline problems and juvenile crime rates, and are more likely to have emotional, communication and behavior problems in adulthood, and some even have personality disorders and go astray in committing crimes. The healthy development of children's sociality and personality requires adults to provide a good and suitable educational environment.

(B) the importance of preschool education to people's cognitive development

Preschool period is the fastest and most important period of human cognitive development, which plays a very important role in the development of human cognitive ability throughout life. Research shows that infants have great learning potential, and preschool period is also a critical period for the development of individual psychology in many aspects.

Although preschool children develop rapidly and have great learning potential, this development only shows that infants and young children have great development "possibility". To turn this development possibility into reality, adults need to provide a good environment suitable for children's development, especially a good educational influence. Previous studies have proved that early education has an important influence on children's cognitive development. Development psychologists Hart and Camriel investigated the promotion of specially designed educational programs to more than 65,438+0,000 children from poor families. It is found that children who participate in training from birth to preschool have more improvement in IQ and academic performance than those who participate in training after school and in the summer vacation of lower grades.

Second, the value of preschool education to education, family and society.

Preschool education is not only very important for individual physical and mental development, but also plays an important role in the development of education, family happiness and social stability and progress.

(A) the value of preschool education to the development of education

Preschool education, as the first stage of China's educational system and an organic part of basic education, will inevitably play an important role and influence on the overall development of education in China, especially the development of basic education. Pre-school education helps children to get ready for primary school (including social adaptability, learning adaptability, physical fitness, good study and behavior habits, attitudes and abilities), and helps them adapt to the study and life of primary schools smoothly. China and the Ministry of Education of the United Nations Children's Fund conducted a five-year "Youth Cohesion Study". Through the continuous experimental study of children in the first half of school and half a year after school, it was found that preschool children should be well prepared before entering school. Including the preparation of learning adaptation (such as cultivating children's abstract thinking ability, observation ability, understanding of oral instructions and basic skills needed for reading, writing and calculating, etc.). ) and social adaptation (such as cultivating children's task consciousness and ability to complete tasks, rule consciousness and ability to abide by rules, independent consciousness and ability to complete tasks independently, initiative and interpersonal skills, etc. ) can make children have good physical, emotional, social and learning adaptation after entering primary school. It can be seen that preschool education has a great influence on basic education and even the overall development of education.

(B) the value of preschool education to family and society

Many facts show that whether children can grow up healthily has become a key factor to determine whether family life is harmonious and happy and affect the quality of family life. Family is the most basic unit of society, and every child is connected with one or several families. Therefore, preschool education affects the whole society and becomes a window for many governments to care for the people. At present, the enrollment rate of children in China is gradually increasing. Preschool education institutions not only undertake the task of providing convenience for parents to participate in work and study in time, but also the quality of preschool education has become the core of parents' concern, which is directly related to whether parents can work and study with peace of mind. Someone once said that closing a kindergarten will make families and society more uneasy than closing a university, or that the existence of low-quality kindergartens will make families and society more uneasy than the existence of low-level universities, which reflects the important role of preschool education and its quality in family life, national economic development and social order stability.

By combining these benefits, Berrueta-Clement, Barrett, Epstein and Weikart( 1984) and other studies have pointed out that high-quality preschool education projects not only improve the living standards of children and their families involved, but also bring huge economic benefits to society. The income of preschool education is greater than its cost, and the investment in preschool education can save huge social education expenditure and social welfare expenditure for the country in the future, that is to say, in the long run, preschool education can produce huge social and economic benefits. The income analysis of Parry preschool education project shows that the income of investing in preschool education is 3.5 times that of investment; The fund analysis of preschool education projects in Gao Zhan shows that for every $65,438+0 invested in preschool education, the future income will be $7.65,438+06. These research results are of great significance to the development of preschool education and the improvement of education and socio-economic conditions in poverty-stricken areas in central and western China.

(3) Preschool education is related to the future of the country and the nation.

Preschool education has attracted worldwide attention. Many developed countries actively take measures to give priority to the development of preschool education, and have invested heavily in popularizing preschool education and improving its quality. Take OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) as an example. At present, the OECD has 30 member countries, including more than 20 European countries such as Britain, France and Germany, as well as the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, with a total population of 1.654.38+0.5 billion. Most OECD member countries are also the richest countries in the world. According to statistics, in 2005, the per capita education expenditure of OECD countries was as high as $4,882, and the government budget for preschool education accounted for 8% of the total education budget at all levels, of which public funds accounted for 80% of the total preschool education expenditure. In recent years, China's preschool education budget only accounts for 1.2% to 1.3% of the total national education budget at all levels, Hungary only accounts for112, Spain accounts for1/0, and France accounts for/kloc. Education is the fundamental plan for the development of the country and the nation. Increasing investment and support for preschool education, popularizing preschool education and improving the quality of preschool education are conducive to improving China's education level and the overall quality of the people, and have important strategic significance for China to catch up with developed countries and realize the task of transforming from a big country with human resources to a strong country with human resources.