Before the fifteenth century, preschool pedagogy thought was scattered in various works.

1, ancient China

As the saying goes, "three years old, you look old; At seven o'clock, you look old. "

"Climb three times and sit six times"

Yan jiaxun

2. Western ancient times

Plato's Republic put forward the idea of public preschool education for the first time in the world.

(2) Aristotle: the first educator in the world who proposed to educate children in stages, advocated that "education should follow nature".

(3) quintilian: People's education should start from the cradle.

② Germination stage (15th century-1mid-8th century)

Czech great educator

Comenius —— On the Great Teaching and Parenting School

British educator Locke rambles on education.

Emile by Rousseau, a French Enlightenment thinker.

Swiss Educators Pestalozzi —— Lienhard and Godud

German Educator: Herbart-General Pedagogy

Basic characteristics of pre-school education theory in its infancy

1, respect children and emphasize the development of children's personality.

2. Advocating that education must "adapt to children"

3. Systematically put forward a complete family education system.

4. Pay attention to let children actively participate in activities.

(3) Initial stage (1from the late 8th century to the middle 20th century)

West:

Froebel laid the foundation of preschool education.

1, Froebel's Human Education-"The Father of Preschool Pedagogy". The first kindergarten in the world was founded in 1948+0840.

The Main Points of Froebel's Preschool Education Thought

Education should follow the nature of children's development

(2) Self-activity is the foundation of children's education.

(3) Emphasize the educational value of games.

2. Robert Owen-/kloc-a famous utopian socialist educator in Britain in the 0/9th century.

"Theory of Character Formation" —— Emphasizing the important role of environment in human development

3. Dewey

On the essence of education: education is growth, education is life, and education is the transformation of experience.

Basic teaching principles of doing middle school

The teaching method of open kindergarten in America today is the product of Dewey's educational theory.

4. Montessori education law

Famous Italian preschool education expert. 1907 creating Children's Home's works in the slums of Rome: Montessori's law and the secrets of childhood.

Basic educational thought:

Discover children, Montessori education method, sensory training

China:

1, Kang Youwei's Book of Great Harmony first proposed to implement pre-school social education in China.

2. Cai Yuanpei proposed the establishment of a preschool education system and advocated the full development of children's personality.

3. 1923, Chen Heqin founded the earliest experimental center for early childhood education in China-Nanjing Gulou Kindergarten.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Jiangxi Experimental Kindergarten, the first public preschool normal school in China, was established.

4. Tao Xingzhi founded the first rural kindergarten and labor kindergarten in China. His idea of running a kindergarten is "China" and "civilian".

(D) the new stage of preschool education development

1, dialectical materialism provides a scientific world outlook and methodology for preschool education research.

2. The development of adjacent disciplines and science and technology provides a scientific basis for preschool education.

Psychology is the scientific basis of preschool education.

The Contribution of Psychology to Preschool Education

(1) emphasizes the importance of early experience and education.

(2) Emphasize that preschool education should aim at cultivating sound personality.

(3) Emphasize that moral education should conform to children's nature and avoid dogmatic indoctrination.

(4) advocate creating a good educational environment for children, cultivate their creativity, and emphasize "openness"

At present, different pre-school education schools abroad

Soviet education theory: all-round development of education

Western open psychology theory: children are the masters of their own learning.

Behavioral psychology theory: emphasizing external stimuli.