Preschool education can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Preschool education in a broad sense refers to the care and education of children from birth to 6 or 7 years old. Preschool education in a narrow sense refers to the care and education of children aged 3-6 or 7.

Preschool education is one of the majors with the highest employment rate, and many kindergartens need to "place orders" in advance. Because the society is not short of kindergarten teachers, but short of high-educated and high-quality kindergarten teachers.

Such a teacher should not only have certain artistic practice ability, but also have extensive cultural accomplishment and wisdom of understanding things and observing people, as well as keen scientific research consciousness and good scientific research ability. Childhood is an important period for the formation and development of personality, so preschool education plays an important role in children's growth.

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The historical origin of preschool education;

Preschool pedagogy has become an independent science, which was first put forward by German educator F.W.A. Froebel. Under the influence of Comenius and French Enlightenment thinker Rousseau, he also accepted the children's education thought of Swiss educator Pestalozzi.

1837, an educational institution for17-year-old children was established in Blanckenburg, and 1840 was named kindergarten. Froebel systematically discussed the importance, contents and methods of kindergarten education. He believes that children's development is a gradual process, education should be suitable for children's development, and education should be based on children's independent activities.

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