Math. Middle Class (Upper): Kindergarten Thematic Learning Areas Curriculum

Author: Zhang Huihe
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The "Infiltration-Based Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series is meticulously crafted by a strong team of authors, including 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; three doctoral supervisors, Xu Zhuoya, Yu Yongping, and Zhou Jing, from the Early Childhood Education Department of Nanjing Normal University; a total of ten experts and over 100 early childhood education research and teaching staff, as well as renowned kindergarten directors and outstanding and backbone teachers. This series represents an advancement and development based on the influential Nanjing Normal University edition of early childhood textbooks (commonly known as the "Five Major Domains") that swept the nation in the 20th century. If the "Five Major Domains" symbolized the research achievements of Nanjing Normal University's early childhood education program at the end of the 20th century, then the "Infiltration-Based Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series embodies the new research and practical achievements of Nanjing Normal University's early childhood education program 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, renowned textbook series. In the autumn harvest season of 2005, Nanjing Normal University Press once again powerfully launched the renowned book series "Infiltration-Based 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. The domain curriculum, based on the psychological and developmental patterns of Chinese children, 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 materials. 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 across different domains and integrates them, ultimately forming a complete Chinese early childhood education curriculum—the "Infiltration-Based Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens." This is precisely the core concept and theme of the newly promulgated "Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline" by the Ministry of Education. The "Kindergarten Education Guidance Outline" explicitly states that "the content of the relatively divided five major domains—health, language, society, science, and art—should be mutually infiltrated." Without a doubt, the "Infiltration-Based Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series fully aligns with the spirit of the Ministry of Education's new "Outline" and perfectly embodies the Chinese educational cultural background, making it suitable and beneficial for elevating the practical level of Chinese early childhood education.