The Characteristics of Preschool Mathematics Education in the United Kingdom and Its Inspiration
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- The UK, Preschool mathematics education, Kindergarten curriculum
- Abstract
Mathematics education is an important part of the preschool children’s all-round development, occupying the important status in the teaching activities of the kindergarten. Young children can develop mathematical logic thinking ability, and accumulate mathematical experience, form good learning quality. At the same time mathematics education also can help children establish varied and vivid appearance, be helpful for future absorption, expand scientific knowledge and have provided a strong knowledge protection for the infant’s creation, invention ability. The British government attaches great importance to preschool education, especially in mathematics education. Based on the British Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, this paper generally introduced the curriculum provision of the preschool education in the UK. Connecticut preschool Curriculum Standards has significant features. Through learning the experience of preschool mathematics education in the UK, our country’s preschool mathematics education should be combined with our own situation, such as, highlighting the cultivation of abilities in preschool mathematics, emphasizing curriculum contents close to life; expanding various education forms and approaches. In this way, children’s mathematics abilities and comprehensive development can be greatly improved. According to the current situation of preschool education in China, formulating kindergarten mathematics curriculum standards have been advanced. And by examining the British educators’ thoughts on preschool education, this paper studied the theoretical support for the curriculum provision, thus supplying some corresponding reference and enlightenment for the practice of Chinese preschool education.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wanchun Wang PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/23 TI - The Characteristics of Preschool Mathematics Education in the United Kingdom and Its Inspiration BT - Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 321 EP - 325 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068 ID - Wang2021 ER -