Art. Lower Kindergarten (Upper)

Author: Kong Qiyin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The "Infiltrated Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series is meticulously crafted by a strong team of authors, including Mr. Zhao Jishi, hailed by the United Nations 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 from the Early Childhood Education Department of Nanjing Normal University—Xu Zhuoya, Yu Yongping, and Zhou Jing; five professors; a total of ten experts; and over one hundred early childhood education researchers, renowned kindergarten directors, and distinguished and core teaching staff. 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 Department by the late 20th century, then the "Infiltrated Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series embodies the new research and practical outcomes of the Early Childhood Education Department at Nanjing Normal University in the early 21st century. The involvement of renowned early childhood education experts and frontline teachers ensures the high degree of unity between 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 highly practical premium textbooks. In the autumn harvest season of 2005, Nanjing Normal University Press launched the premium book series "Infiltrated Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens." This series fully implements the "Kindergarten Education Guidance": children's development and learning content cover five domains—health, language, society, science, and art. Each domain has its unique learning and educational principles. Domain courses, based on the psychological and developmental patterns of Chinese children, perfectly maintain the relative independence, completeness, and uniqueness of educational objectives, content, and learning methods in each domain, a quality that cannot be replaced by any other form of early childhood education materials. While permeating horizontally across domains, it addresses the unsuitability of highly differentiated and systematic subject-based courses in kindergartens, actively seeks connections and integrates educational content across different domains, and finally forms a complete Chinese early childhood education curriculum—the Infiltrated Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens. This is precisely the core concept and theme of the newly promulgated "Kindergarten Education Guidance" by the Ministry of Education. The "Kindergarten Education Guidance" explicitly states, "Relatively divided into five major domains—health, language, society, science, and art—each domain's content is mutually infiltrated." Without a doubt, the "Infiltrated Domain Curriculum for Kindergartens" series fully aligns with the spirit of the Ministry of Education's new "Guidance," perfectly embodies the Chinese educational cultural context, and is suitable and beneficial for elevating the practical level of Chinese early childhood education.