A Study on Early Childhood Education in Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province

One desk, one chair, one teaching and one learning ... Three years ago, government kindergartens in Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province still adopted centralized teaching mode. Now, when I walk into the park, I see a different scene: children enthusiastically carry out shooting, walking big shoes, balancing, drilling and climbing, skipping rope, climbing mountains and other activities, and the kindergarten is full of laughter.

A few days ago, the reporter found in an interview in Louxing District that corner activities, parent-child activities and outdoor sports activities were widely carried out in kindergartens in this area, and it was difficult to see the classroom with one desk and one chair in the past. In recent years, Louxing District Education Bureau regards "going to primary school" as the key work of early childhood education, and tries to eliminate this stubborn disease from the aspects of form, connotation and concept.

Take the form and vigorously promote the establishment of kindergarten environment

The reporter learned that since the implementation of the three-year action plan for preschool education in Louxing District 20 1 1, preschool education has developed by leaps and bounds, and 38 kindergartens have been built, including 7 new public parks and 108 kindergartens in the whole district, which basically solved the problems of difficult and expensive admission. At present, inclusive kindergartens and public parks in this district account for 74.5% of the total number of kindergartens in this district. The gross enrollment rate is 1 1,000% in the year before enrollment, and more than 85% in the three years before enrollment.

However, with the development of early childhood education, there is always an unsolved problem, that is, the phenomenon of "primary school" is more serious. Liu Xiuying, an expert on preschool education in Louxing District Education Bureau, said: "Before 20 12, kindergartens in the whole district almost invariably implemented centralized teaching mode. There is a desk and a chair under the stage, and a teacher and a blackboard on the stage. The children sat down to learn pinyin, ancient poetry, writing and arithmetic ... "

The phenomenon of "primary school" has attracted the attention of Louxing District Education Bureau. Director Tong Xiyang told reporters that after basically solving the problems of difficult and expensive admission, "we must raise the' primary school' to the height of educational conscience. Teaching preschool children knowledge and skills in primary school in advance will lead to children losing interest in learning and even losing key qualities such as curiosity and imagination after entering primary school. "

At the beginning of 20 12, Louxing District Education Bureau set up a leading group to standardize kindergarten conservation education. First of all, starting with correcting the "primary school" form and environment of preschool education, all kindergartens are required to post a document "Resolutely Correcting the Tendency of Preschool Education" outside the gate, and four prohibitions are put forward: prohibiting "one person, one desk and one chair" in preschool classes, prohibiting large classes, prohibiting assignments and prohibiting interest.

Soon, kindergartens in the whole district have made adjustments in the form of running schools. As a model kindergarten, the district government kindergarten was the first to be asked to remove "one desk and one chair". Ping He, the director of the park, told the reporter that she was very distressed by these desks and chairs at that time and asked the leaders if they could stay. The attitude of the Education Bureau is very firm: "You are a model kindergarten. If it is not cleaned up, what about other kindergartens? "

By the end of 20 12, all kindergartens in Louxing District had changed the original mode of "one desk and one chair" and widely set up regional activity spaces, thus "primary school" was officially corrected. A number of private kindergarten directors told reporters that due to the simultaneous start of the "primary school" area, the vicious competition of students caused by the "primary school" in some kindergartens to meet the needs of parents has also been solved from the mechanism.

Promoting the connotation and promoting the development of preschool education with correct ideas

Xinbeijia Kindergarten, located in Shuangjiang Township, is a rural private park. Wu Meiliang is a teacher in the park. This summer vacation, she participated in the national training organized by the District Education Bureau in Changsha. She said: "In these short eight days, I seem to have been baptized from the inside out. The unique insights of the experts made me reflect on my educational behavior and update my educational philosophy. "

In the past three years, 894 teachers and 253 principals in Louxing District have participated in the training like Wu Meiliang. "The key to attending' primary school' is the principal and teacher." Fu Shuo, deputy director of the Education Bureau of Louxing District, found it difficult to carry out teaching, research and education reform because of the low salary of kindergarten teachers, especially private kindergartens, and the unstable teaching staff. At the same time, it is more and more difficult to introduce professional teachers, especially township kindergartens. In teaching, many teachers will not organize teaching. In order to make children "obedient", they have to ask like primary school students: sit up straight and listen carefully; Small mouth, don't talk; Small eyes, look at the blackboard, and then start a monologue. ...

Therefore, the district strives to correct the tendency of "primary school" from the connotation of running a school. The core point is to strengthen the training of kindergarten directors, establish a supplementary and training mechanism for kindergarten teachers, and make overall arrangements for kindergarten teacher training in combination with teachers' continuing education, on-the-job training and national training plans. Moreover, teachers in private parks enjoy the same treatment as teachers in public parks.

In terms of teacher recruitment, Louxing District spared no effort. Since 20 12, 23 professional teachers have been recruited or trained in public parks in this district, enriching the teaching staff. At present, there are 55 full-time teachers in 8 public parks in this district, ensuring that each public park has more than 2 professional kindergarten teachers.

Focusing on the problem of "it is difficult to introduce and retain excellent teachers in private parks", the district guides private parks to strengthen the construction of teachers, formulate teacher training plans, improve the guarantee mechanism for teachers' salaries and benefits, and try their best to relieve teachers' worries. At present, there are 1 176 full-time teachers in private parks in this district, including 540 with college education or above and 607 with normal school education, with a qualified rate of 97.5%.

The reporter also learned that the district also encourages the creation of demonstration parks, highlights characteristic parks, establishes typical parks and comprehensively promotes the connotative development of private parks through annual inspection, evaluation, routine inspection and surprise inspection of private parks. Private parks with annual inspection and assessment of excellent grades and qualified grades shall be ordered to make rectification within a time limit or even cancel their school licenses through media publicity.

Change ideas and don't let parents become obstacles to "primary school"

"I didn't know much about early childhood education." Jiang Tao, the parent of Jiang Yunxi, Class 3, Enya International Kindergarten, admitted that when the child was only two years old, he had let her know more than 100 words. However, after attending two parent training sessions in kindergarten and communicating with teachers, he realized that the most important thing for two or three-year-old children is not literacy, but the cultivation of habits and emotions.

There are many parents who have changed their ideas like Jiang Tao in Louxing District. Previously, the biggest headache for kindergarten directors in Louxing District was that parents' concept of "primary school" was deeply rooted. Peng, director of Shijing Town Central Kindergarten, said that every time parents come to pick up their children, they will ask, "How many words do you know today? How many will you count? "

In recent years, Louxing District Education Bureau has strengthened the work of publicizing scientific parenting knowledge to parents and society, requiring kindergartens to organize parents to study the Guide. Through the study of the Guide, parents can understand the characteristics of children's development at every age, the goals and methods of education, organize parents to discuss whether preschool children should learn writing and pinyin, and let parents realize the harm brought by early education.

In Enya Kindergarten, director Long Jinmei told reporters that before children enter the park, the kindergarten first introduces the concept of running the park to parents. If parents don't accept it, then they don't accept the registration. At the same time, kindergartens also organize parent-child activities and June 1 activities. Let the children show their elegance in the activities and promote the communication between parents and children and the connection between home and home.

Through several years of efforts, at present, the concept of parents of children in Louxing District has been greatly reversed. Peng Lei, a kindergarten teacher in Shijing Town Center, told reporters that at first, there was a lot of pressure and parents had to keep working. But now parents are slowly accepting new ideas, and the number of children in kindergartens has increased from more than 40 at the beginning to more than 70 now. "Parents see that children are not only eager to enter kindergarten every day, but also learn a lot from playing. They are very polite and improve their self-care ability. They can't help but sigh that they can also play tricks when playing. " Peng Lei said. (Reporter Yang Xiye correspondent Zhang)