Characteristics of early childhood education in Japan;
1. Pay attention to discipline and self-discipline: Japan's early childhood education pays attention to cultivating children's discipline and self-discipline, emphasizing children's autonomy and self-discipline, and helping children learn to complete tasks and obey rules by themselves.
2. Socialized education: Japanese preschool education attaches great importance to the cultivation of social skills and collective consciousness. Teachers will encourage interaction and cooperation among children and cultivate the ability of teamwork.
3. Learning pays attention to memory and skills: Japanese preschool education pays attention to the cultivation of learning memory and skills, such as literacy, mathematical calculation, writing, etc., and pursues academic performance.
Characteristics of early childhood education in Europe and America;
1. Attach importance to autonomy and creativity: Early childhood education in Europe and America focuses on cultivating children's autonomy and creativity, encouraging them to express their personal views and ideas, and focusing on developing unique personal talents and interests.
2. Execution and problem-solving ability: Early childhood education in Europe and America focuses on cultivating children's execution and problem-solving ability. By providing diverse learning activities and challenges, children can actively explore and solve problems and cultivate their creative thinking and critical thinking.
3. Pay attention to practical experience education: Early childhood education in Europe and America pays attention to practical experience education, and helps children to establish their understanding and cognition of the world through personal experience and practical operation, such as outdoor exploration, artistic activities and laboratory practice.
It should be noted that these characteristics are not absolute, and there may be some regional differences and individual differences. At the same time, many methods and ideas of early childhood education will learn from each other and communicate with each other, especially in the international education environment, there may be more intersection and integration of educational methods in various countries.