日本当前幼儿教育课程改革述评

A Review on the Current Early Childhood Education Curriculum Reform in Japan

在少子化、幼儿规范意识淡薄及世界幼儿教育普遍受到重视的背景下,日本政府于2008年展开了新一轮幼儿教育课程改革。此次课程改革强调幼儿教育的奠基作用,注重教育课程规定时间外所进行的教育活动,着力于"健康"和"人际关系"领域的改革,是一次较为保守的课程改革。

Under the background of declining birth rates, weak awareness of child regulation as well as early childhood education being emphasized around the world,a new curriculum reform in early child education was launched by Japanese government in 2008. The curriculum reform emphasizes the foundation role of early childhood education ,attaching importance to extracurricular activities outside regular curriculum and stressing the reform in the fields of ＂health＂ and ＂interpersonal relations＂. To sum up ,this curriculum reform in Japan belongs to a relatively conservative one.