Preschool education is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to pedagogy. The basic study period is four years, and the degree of education is awarded. This major trains compound talents with good ideological and moral quality and solid professional knowledge in preschool education, who can engage in teaching support, research and management in teaching support institutions, education administrative departments and other related institutions.
The basic academic system is 4 years. Colleges and universities can implement flexible academic system according to the actual situation, allowing adjustment of academic progress, retention of student status, suspension of school, innovation and entrepreneurship, and allowing students to complete their studies within 3-6 years. Students who meet the requirements of courses and credits specified in the professional training plan, meet the relevant regulations and pass the examination are allowed to graduate. A bachelor's degree in education can be awarded.
The total credits are 140~ 160 credits. Have good moral quality, establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, be patriotic and law-abiding, be honest and friendly, love education, care about students, and have good team spirit. The curriculum system mainly includes theoretical courses, practical courses and graduation thesis (design).
Theoretical courses consist of general education courses, professional basic courses and professional direction courses. General education courses include university public courses, innovation and entrepreneurship education courses and related humanities and social sciences, science and engineering courses and art education courses; Professional basic course is the basic theory and method course of preschool education.
Training objectives:
Pre-school education and teaching should adhere to the guidance of Marxism, take the development needs of China's national political, economic and cultural construction as the basic principle, take the positioning and characteristics of China's higher education as the reference framework, take industry standards and social needs as the guidance, and cultivate firm and correct political direction and noble moral quality.
Senior professionals with good scientific and humanistic quality, international vision, systematic mastery of basic knowledge, basic theories, basic skills and methods necessary for educational science and this major, strong innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, practical ability of educational entrepreneurship and management ability, and capable of teaching, management and research in educational management institutions at all levels.