Construction Of Characteristic Courses In Forest Education In Kindergartens:Progress,Problems And Improvements ——Take A Kindergarten In Hohhot As An Example

Enhancing children’s access to nature,enriching children’s life experience of nature,and cultivating children’s good morality of loving nature,life and protecting the environment are the common trend of early childhood education reform all over the world.The guiding outline for Kindergarten Education（Trial Implementation）points out that "it is necessary to cultivate children’s interest in exploring nature,let children get close to nature,experience the wonders of nature,and improve children’s cognition of nature.In this context,there are some kindergartens in China that take the concepts of nature and forest as the core concept of running the park,such as Waldorf Forest school in Chengdu and Yinglun forest kindergarten in Hangzhou.The most intuitive feature of this kind of kindergarten is that it is the most expensive to introduce foreign kindergartens.Because such kindergartens mainly appear in economically developed first tier cities,and there are generally only 1-2 kindergartens.Different from this kind of completely forest type kindergarten,which is famous for its scarcity and high cost,more kindergartens choose to construct Park-based characteristic courses with nature and forest as the core concepts from the local economic development and natural environment.The characteristic of such kindergartens is to emphasize that children’s growth is inseparable from the natural environment,advocate enriching children’s cognition and experience of natural things,create more opportunities for children to contact nature,and construct corresponding characteristic courses.Under the background of paying attention to the construction of ecological civilization,the similar exploration of such kindergartens in curriculum reform is of great significance for deepening kindergarten curriculum reform and improving the quality of kindergarten education.Taking this as the starting point,this study is based on the forest education characteristic curriculum based on natural environment and outdoor activities.Taking a kindergarten in Hohhot as a case,through field investigation and interviews with 2 principals and 12 teachers,this study studies the background,effectiveness and problems of the construction of forest education characteristic curriculum in kindergarten a.The paper is divided into the following parts:The first part of the introduction mainly expounds the basis of the topic,research significance and research design.The basis for selecting the topic includes: Educational Policy: kindergartens should pay attention to the value of the natural environment to children;practical problems: alienation from nature has become a common problem for children at home and abroad;educational value: educational value based on the characteristic curriculum of forest education.The second part mainly discusses and summarizes the background of the construction of characteristic courses of Forest Education in kindergarten a,mainly including the overall situation of kindergarten a in Hohhot,the original intention of kindergarten a in choosing characteristic courses of forest education,the construction concept and measures of characteristic courses of Forest Education in kindergarten.In the third part,the author analyzes and summarizes the effectiveness of the construction of characteristic courses of Forest Education in kindergarten a,including the improvement of teachers’ ability,the development of children and the improvement of school running quality of kindergarten.The fourth part summarizes the problems found in the process of investigation and Research on the construction of characteristic courses of Forest Education in kindergarten a.Mainly from the localization of forest education curriculum,the grasp of the connotation of forest education characteristic curriculum,teachers’ curriculum guidance ability and enthusiasm,to explore the problems.The fifth part puts forward corresponding suggestions on the construction and practice of forest education characteristic curriculum in kindergarten a:first,promote the localization of forest education characteristic curriculum and improve its universality: pay attention to the understanding of the connotation of forest education characteristic curriculum and carry out forest education according to local conditions;Bring nature into the park and create a real park with natural education characteristics.2、 Scientifically grasp the essence of forest education,based on the overall development of Kindergartens: change educators’ educational ideas and deepen their grasp of the essence of forest education curriculum;Starting from the overall development of the kindergarten,the kindergarten curriculum should be considered and standardized as a whole 。 3、 Attach importance to teacher training and build a high-quality curriculum construction team: create a relaxed working atmosphere and drive the enthusiasm of grass-roots teachers;Improve the teacher training system and promote teachers’ curriculum implementation ability through multiple channels;Deepen teachers’ understanding of Forest Education and improve teachers’ guiding ability.