First, Plato's basic views on the content of preschool education
1. Music, literature and art: Plato pointed out that people who have received excellent music, literature and art education since childhood can often treat goodness, evil, beauty and ugliness correctly.
2. Physical exercise: Plato believes that a strong body is the basis for better study and life. Only with a strong body can people get better development.
3. Moral conduct: Plato emphasized that preschool education should pay attention to the edification of moral conduct and the cultivation of virtue. It advocates guiding children to develop good qualities such as filial piety to their parents and attaching importance to friendship through the content of perfection and beauty.
Second, Plato's basic views on preschool education methods
1. Game method: Plato advocates the use of game method in preschool education, because children are naturally fond of games, and children's enthusiasm and initiative can be fully mobilized by setting reasonable games.
2. Story method: Plato advocates the use of story method in preschool education, because children's age characteristics determine that they like to listen to stories. Moreover, storytelling not only satisfies children's curiosity, but also invisibly teaches the knowledge and truth hidden in the story.
Contemporary Enlightenment of Plato s Preschool Education Thought;
1, pay attention to the development of preschool education.
Incorporate preschool education into the compulsory education system. As Plato said, preschool education is the most important stage in education and an important part of the education system, which should be guaranteed by the compulsory education system.
2. Correct selection of educational content
Plato attached great importance to the choice of educational content and advocated promoting children's development with the content of truth, goodness and beauty. However, some people mistakenly believe that the more children learn, the better for their development.
3. Adopt reasonable educational methods.
Under the negative influence of exam-oriented education, some preschool teachers often practice spoon-feeding teaching, emphasize the teaching of theoretical knowledge, and are used to forcing preschool children to accept more knowledge through exams. However, children are lively and active by nature, with clear love and hate, and are very resistant to things imposed by the outside world. Once the mind conflicts, in the long run, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.