中美早期教育比较研究

Comparative study on early childhood education between China and US

近20年,早期教育愈来愈受到国内外广泛的关注,但受不同国情的影响,美国早期教育日趋成熟,而我国早期教育依然处于发展初期,因此对中美两国早教情况进行比较研究显得异常迫切。首先分析了中美两国早期教育的现状,然后从教育制度、文化背景、经济发展水平和家长与教师的合作关系4个角度对中美两国早期教育发展情况进行了比较和分析。最后,研究建议我国早教人士和机构应提高认识和重视早期教育,加强国际早期教育的交流与合作,改变家长与教师的合作关系,从而促进我国早教健康且快速地发展。

For nearly two decades,the early childhood education is paid widely attention by home and abroad.Thanks to the two different conditions between China and the United States,the early childhood education in the United States has come of age,while it is still in its infancy in China.Therefore,it is necessary and exigent to do a compared research on the early childhood education between China and the US.Firstly this paper analyzes respectively the current situations of early childhood education between China and the United States.Then this paper has given a comparative analysis on the early education situation in two countries from the system of education,cultural background,the level of economic development and the cooperative relations between parents and teachers.Finally the result suggests that our country should raise awareness of the early childhood education,attach more importance to it,strengthen the international exchange and cooperation,and change the cooperative relations between parents and teachers,so that we can promote the healthy and fast development of the early childhood education in our country.