The Study On The Status And Strategies On The Vocational Abilities Of The Students’ Majoring In The Preschool Education Major

With the development of the society, the importance of preschool education isemphasized more and more, especially in the file the Outline of the National Program forLong-and Medium-Term Education Reform and Developmen(2010-2020),printed by the theCentral Committee of the Party in2010, in which preschool education is brought into.Therefore, the reform and development of preschool education are deepened greatly. Thevocational abilities have become the key to promoting the preschool education. The preschooleducation major in colleges or higher vocational colleges is the important base for training thekindergarten teachers and the students’ vocational abilities development majoring in preschooleducation is directly related to the overall qualities of kindergarten teachers. Therefore, thestudy on the students’ vocational abilities majoring in preschool education major has veryimportant significance.This study takes the graduates majoring in preschool education major as the researchobjectives, by the questionnaire for the vocational abilities of pre-serve kindergarten teachersis carried out from the kindergarten teachers’ vocational value conception, basic abilities andprofessional abilities. According to the analysis of the investigation result and the existingproblems, the causes are found out; the promotion suggestion for training the students’vocational abilities is put forward. This study mainly adopted literature research,questionnaire methods and interview method.This study is divided into five parts.Firstly, the preschool education major’s development characteristics in the vocationalcolleges and teachers’ college in our country is taken as the study background and groomedthe corresponding literature review about the teachers’ vocational abilities home and abroad;the study of the train of thought and methods are put up with; some significant concepts aredefined.Secondly, around the theoretical basis of training kindergarten teachers and the newrequirement for the kindergarten teachers professional qualities and abilities in the curriculumreform, the frame of the kindergarten teachers’ vocational abilities is constructed includingvocational value conception, the basic and professional abilities. hirdly, by means of literature research, questionnaire research and interview method, theinvestigation analysis for the newly-served kindergarten teachers who are the graduates of thiscolleges, which offered the realistic basis for training the students majoring in preschooleducation major.In the fourth part, based on the analysis and the existing problems, the causes for the lackof the students’ vocational abilities are found out and discussed including some featureslimiting the form of the students’ vocational value concept, which can not reflect thecharacteristics of vocational education; the professional personnel training program andcurriculum design have underestimated the realization degree of the students’ vocationalabilities; the teaching methods stays unchangeable, which can not reach the need of thestudents’ abilities development; practical training is limited and lack of professional guidance;the system of assessment and evaluation is not ideal, which can not guide the students’vocational development orientation.In the fifth part, on the basis of cause analysis, aiming at the lack and insufficiency in thevocational abilities training, some promotion suggestion is put up with; the efficientinformation must be transmitted in time; teachers should help the students set up goodvocational value concept; according to the characteristics of the higher vocational collegesand colleges education, some specific training goals are set up; the reasonable curriculumsystem must be set, which can support the form and development of vocational abilities; theteaching methods must be promoted, which can strengthen the students professional abilitiestraining; the practice muse be diversified, which can promote the students’ practical abilities,the system of assessment and evaluation must be innovated and improved, and the abilitiesassessment must be emphasized.