Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2020)

The Characteristics of Preschool Mathematics Education in the United Kingdom and Its Inspiration

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Wanchun Wang
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Wanchun Wang
Available Online 23 January 2021.
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10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068How to use a DOI?
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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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 January 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210121.068How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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