美国幼儿园家庭生活教育课程:结构、特征与镜鉴

The Structure,Characteristics and Reference of Family Life Education Curriculum in American Kindergartens

现代幼儿园不仅要针对儿童家长进行家庭教育指导,还要面向儿童开展有关“家庭生活”的教育。美国幼儿园普遍开设了针对儿童的家庭生活教育课程。以美国弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市公立学校的幼儿园为例,其家庭生活教育课程具有体系健全、结构清晰、内容呈螺旋式排列、配套资源丰富、与其他领域有机融合等特点。我国幼儿园课程虽然也有“家庭”相关的内容,但相对零散,尚未形成完整的体系。美国幼儿园家庭生活教育课程对我国幼儿园完善“家庭”教育课程的体系与结构、内容与资源等方面具有借鉴意义。

Modern kindergartens should not only provide family education guidance for children’s parents,but also carry out education about“family life”for children.American kindergartens generally offer family life education courses for children.Taking kindergartends of Alexandria Public Schools in Virginia as examples,their family life education has characteristicis of a well-organized system,clear structure,spiral arrangement of content,abundant supporting resources,and organic integration with other fields.Although Chinese kindergarten curriculum also has“family”related content,it is relatively scattered and has not yet formed a complete system.The family life education curriculum of American kindergartens is of reference significance for improving the system and structure,content and resources of the“family”education curriculum for Chinese kindergartens.