Language. Upper Kindergarten (Upper Class): Kindergarten Thematic Domain Curriculum

Author: Zhou Jing
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The "Infiltrating Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series is meticulously crafted by a strong writing team composed of ten experts and over 100 early childhood education research instructors, renowned kindergarten directors, and distinguished and core teaching staff. This team includes Mr. Zhao Jishi, hailed by the United Nations organization as the pioneer of the "Chinese Model" of international early childhood education, Professor Tang Shu, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Early Childhood Education, and three doctoral supervisors from the Early Childhood Education Department of Nanjing Normal University: Xu Zhuoya, Yu Yongping, and Zhou Jing. Building upon the enhancement and development of the Nanjing Normal University edition of early childhood textbooks (popularly known as the "Five Major Domains") that were widely popular in the 20th century, the "Infiltrating Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series represents the new research and practical achievements of Nanjing Normal University's Early Childhood Education Department in the early 21st century. The involvement of renowned early childhood education experts and frontline early childhood teachers ensures the high unity of theory and practice in this series. Nanjing Normal University Press has previously published the "Kindergarten Curriculum Guidance" series and the "Kindergarten Integrated Curriculum" series, providing the nation's kindergartens with forward-looking and leading early childhood education concepts and high-practicality premium textbooks. In the autumn harvest season of 2005, Nanjing Normal University Press once again powerfully launched the premium book series "Infiltrating Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens." This series fully implements the "Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline": children's development and learning content cover five domains—health, language, society, science, and art. Each domain has its unique learning and educational principles. Based on the psychological and developmental patterns of Chinese children, the domain curriculum perfectly maintains the relative independence, completeness, and uniqueness of the educational objectives, content, and learning methods of each domain, which cannot be replaced by any other form of early childhood education textbooks. Furthermore, horizontal infiltration is conducted on the basis of these domains to address the unsuitability of highly differentiated and systematic subject-based curriculum forms in kindergartens. It actively seeks connections between educational content in different domains and integrates them, ultimately forming a complete Chinese early childhood education curriculum—the "Infiltrating Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens." This is precisely the core concept and theme of the recently promulgated "Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline" by the Ministry of Education of China. The "Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline" explicitly states that "the content of the five major domains—health, language, society, science, and art—should be relatively divided and mutually infiltrating." Without a doubt, the "Infiltrating Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series fully aligns with the spirit of the Ministry of Education's new "Outline," perfectly embodies the Chinese educational cultural background, and is suitable and beneficial for elevating the practical level of Chinese early childhood education.