台灣的生育率在國際上低於平均值許多,在大家口說所說的少子化年代,幼兒教育也趨於精緻化,不同教學風格的幼兒園也在台灣遍地開花。今天邀請到了曾前往紐西蘭的奧克蘭大學就讀教育碩士的林予晴,分享所攻讀的專業內容,課業之餘他也在紐西蘭的瑞吉歐體制的幼兒園工作,到底何謂瑞吉歐教育呢?還有根據予晴的觀察,紐西蘭和台灣的幼教環境有何不同呢?
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主題:Play-Based Learning in Pre-school Education (以遊戲為基礎的幼兒教育)
大家對於幼兒教育應該贏在起跑點上的觀念爭論不休,有些人認為應該比別人更早開始學習學術知識;有些人則認為要讓孩子好好地玩,盡情地探索。今天就讓我們來談談「遊戲」對於幼兒教育的好處吧!
As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills.
Some parents get anxious about any mention of academics because they associate that with “kids sitting at desks doing worksheets.” But the truth is that they learn best through the process of playing.
Experts say the best preschool programs take a “playful learning” approach, teaching early academic and social-emotional skills together through play and exploration.
There's a wealth of evidence that play, whether free play or guided play, helps children develop the cognitive and social-emotional skills that are important to long-term school success.
- standardized (Adj.) 標準化的
- trickle down (to…) (Phr.) 向下蔓延
- academic (Adj.) 學術的
- associate…with… (V.) 把...聯想在一起
- approach (N.) 方法
- wealth (Adj.) 豐富的;大量的
- cognitive (Adj.) 認知的