Research On The Psychological Health Curriculum In Kindergartens

Only mentally healthy kids can enjoy colorful life in the future, that's why psychological health education is always regarded as an essential part of children health education. In the < Outline of kindergarten education and guidance> in 2001 published by Ministry of Education, the significance of children's psychological health is emphasized as:"Kindergartens should always top the work of protecting children's lives and improve their health. Correct health concepts should be established. Children's psychological health together with their physical health must both be paid much attention to."Kindergartens over the country have started various psychological health curriculums to practice. This paper takes five kindergartens in Suzhou as examples to research into and analyze the situations and affective factors of the curriculums of these 5 kindergartens in different ways. The conclusions are as following:Firstly, there exit following characters in the psychological education curriculums of Suzhou kindergartens: the teaching purposes are clear; there are no specific curriculums teaching references, only some kindergartens have independent teaching content of psychological health, which, however is still not comprehensive; there are diverse approaches for the curriculum organization; some kindergartens have paid attention to the evaluation of curriculums which is still in low level. Generally speaking, the curriculum level needs further improvement. And research the main factors that affect the courses the courses.Secondly, this research raises some suggestions: maximize the leadership of the director of the kindergartens; improve quality of teachers; enrich the teaching resources; build a health environment; seek for the support from parents and the public, etc.