The research object of preschool education is: the phenomena and problems of preschool education.
The research on preschool education in socialist society in China includes the general principles of preschool education for children aged 3-6, the tasks and principles of kindergarten education, the contents and methods of preschool education, and the requirements and contents of preschool family education. Expand the research scope of information-based preschool education;
1, the research object, task and method of the discipline, the evolution of preschool public education and preschool pedagogy;
2. The essence of preschool education;
3. Educational objectives and tasks of preschool education;
4. The content of preschool education.
The research direction of preschool education major mainly includes:
1, the basic theory of preschool education;
2. The development of preschool children and its educational application;
3. Preschool education policy and management;
4. Preschool education curriculum and teachers.
(Note: Major universities have different research directions, taking East China Normal University as an example)
The origin of pre-school pedagogy;
It was first put forward by German educator Froebel. Under the influence of Comenius and French Enlightenment thinker Rousseau, he also accepted the children's education thought of Swiss educator Pestalozzi. 1837 established an'17-year-old children's education institution' in Blanckenburg, and 1840 named it 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. He attaches great importance to the educational value of games, regards games as the main activity of kindergartens, and designs a set of games and teaching materials.
His main works are: Human Education (1826), Mothers' Games and Children's Songs (1843) and Kindergarten Pedagogy (1862). Although there is an idealistic view in Froebel's educational theory, he has promoted the establishment of kindergartens and the research of preschool education in various countries in practice and theory.