早期教育经济收益研究新进展

The Latest Development of the Researches on Economic Impacts of Early Childhood Education

近年来,人们对早期教育的高收益给予了很大的关注,涌现了很多有价值的研究成果,其中芝加哥亲子中心项目、高瞻/佩里和卡罗莱纳初学者项目等研究最为著名。这些研究成果表明,高质量的早期教育可以有效提高儿童学业成就,使其养成健康行为习惯,降低犯罪率以及促进就业等,这些成就是影响收益的主要因素。这意味着投资早期教育具有低风险、高效率和长期回报的特点。

In recent years,great attention has been given to the benefits of early childhood education.The typical research programs are Chicago Child-parent Center Program,the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program and Carolina Abecedarian Project.These researches indicate that high quality early childhood education can enhance the candidates＇ learning achievements,develop healthy behaviors,reduce crime and promote employment.These achievements result in the benefits of the programs,which means investment to early childhood education can achieve long term repayment effectively with low risk.