Preschool education is a branch of educational science, which studies the laws of education. Students are required to learn the basic theories and knowledge of preschool education, receive the basic training of preschool education skills, have the basic ability to carry out conservation, education and research in kindergartens, and cultivate teacher-type preschool education administrators and teaching and research talents of other relevant institutions who can engage in education and research in kindergartens. Preschool education refers to the education of children aged six or seven, including preschool social education and family education. Pre-school education majors mainly train teachers, researchers and managers of relevant education administrative departments of various pre-school education institutions with comprehensive and harmonious development, professional knowledge and practical work ability, planners and producers of various mass media such as radio, film and television, books and periodicals, and personnel engaged in the design, production and marketing of related enterprises (such as children's toys, children's clothing, food, etc.).
Step 2: Main course
Education, education history, introduction to education, general psychology, human anatomy and physiology, educational sociology, preschool hygiene, child development psychology, vocal music, dance, fine arts, preschool education, children's literature, infant psychology, infant education psychology, infant health care, infant education research methods, educational statistics, human anatomy and physiology, game theory, teachers' oral English, etc. To apply for in-service graduate students in this major, those with college education can apply for it if they have 5 years or more work experience, and those with bachelor education can apply for it if they have 3 years or more work experience. There is no academic requirement for candidates. On-the-job graduate students of this major need to take the entrance examination in January, which is difficult and the passing rate is relatively low, but candidates can finally get the master's degree certificate and graduate diploma.
3. Cultivation methods
Attach importance to the combination of theory and practice, implement a dual tutorial system, and tutors inside and outside the school jointly guide students' study and research work. According to the training objectives, course nature and teaching content, choose appropriate teaching methods and means, pay attention to practice and reflection in teaching, adopt case teaching, simulation teaching and group cooperative learning, pay attention to the combination of in-class and out-of-class learning, and pay attention to students' active learning and innovative learning; Make full use of modern teaching technologies such as the Internet to carry out mixed teaching combining online learning and offline learning.
4. Recommended institutions
The national enrollment units with strong professional strength of pre-school education master are: East China Normal University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, Southwest University, Hunan Normal University, Northeast Normal University, South China Normal University, Shaanxi Normal University and Shanghai Normal University.
5. Employment direction
Graduates' employment destinations mainly include: working as teachers or children's consultants in kindergartens; Researchers engaged in preschool education research in institutions of higher learning and scientific research; In the relevant government agencies, major hospitals, pediatric clinics as children's development assessment and guidance personnel, children's education and healthy development policy makers, children's education consulting experts. ; In newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations and other media as children's column program editor, media planning and production; Professional consultants or market research and analysis professionals engaged in enterprise design, production and marketing related to children, as well as the development of various children's products.