Early childhood education

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Early childhood education (also preschool education , toddler education or elementary education ) is a subject area of education that focuses on the age group of those under six, their parents and the institutions involved (e.g. crèche , kindergarten , preschool ) and the specific tasks of education.

Training or study

In Germany, early childhood education is the subject of training at technical schools for social education and in Bavaria at the technical academies for social education , whose graduates with the qualification of state-recognized educators are primarily employed at institutions in the elementary sector.

Until a few years ago, early childhood education could only be studied in a few universities. There were no basic courses of study for early childhood education. In most cases, these were personally set priorities within the framework of courses in social pedagogy at universities of applied sciences or educational sciences / pedagogy at universities .

In cooperation with several universities that have been offering courses in education, supervision and upbringing in childhood at Bachelor and Master level since 2004, educational content and teaching methods for the professionalization of early childhood teachers have been developed across universities . Graduates from these courses have been referred to as childhood educators since 2011 .

Research content

According to the course content, the research a. on:

  • Development of tools for research into early childhood development and upbringing
  • Use of these instruments in research
  • Development of concepts of early education and early intervention
  • Investigation of transition situations such as B. Getting used to the day nursery or starting school
  • international comparative studies on early childhood education.

Research centers

Important research centers in Germany are the State Institute for Early Childhood Education in Munich and the Department of Infant Education at the Free University of Berlin (founded in 1979) and the Lower Saxony Institute for Early Childhood Education and Development .

literature

  • Liselotte Ahnert (ed.): Early attachment - origination and development. Reinhardt Verlag, Munich, Basel 2004.
  • Ü. Akpinar, J. Zimmer (Ed.): Where are you from? Intercultural education in kindergarten. Kösel, Munich 1984.
  • Christel van Dieken, Julian van Dieken: Insights into daycare centers - beautiful rooms for 0 to 3 year olds . Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-589-24743-1 .
  • Christel van Dieken: What crèche children need: Education, upbringing and care for children under 3 years of age . Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-32567-0 .
  • Martin Dornes : The competent baby. The preverbal development of man. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993.
  • Martin Dornes: Early Childhood. Developmental Psychology of the First Years of Life. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
  • Walter Ellermann: Successfully planning educational work in kindergarten. Cornelsen, Berlin / Düsseldorf / Mannheim 2007.
  • Anja Hoffmann, Norbert Kühne: Early Intervention - Education under 3 Years, in: Praxisbuch Sozialpädagogik Volume 6, Bildungsverlag EINS, Troisdorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-427-75414-5 .
  • Arnd Krüger : When should children start exercising? In: Peter Lösche (Hrsg.): Göttinger Sozialwissenschaften today . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1990. ISBN 3-525-35838-5 , pp. 278-308.
  • Norbert Kühne : Thinking about learning ... The history of learning as a methodology in the day care center, in: klein & Groß No. 11/2007, Oldenburg Schulbuchverlag, Munich , pp. 40–41; ISSN  0863-4386
  • Norbert Kühne : Early Development and Upbringing - The Critical Period, in: Teaching Materials Pedagogy - Psychology, No. 694, Stark Verlag, Hallbergmoos
  • Norbert Kühne : Preschool Education - Change and Pedagogical Profession of Early Education, Raabe Verlag, Stuttgart 2017
  • Lilian Fried, Barbara Dippelhofer-Stiem, Michael-Sebastian Honig, Ludwig Liegle: Introduction to pedagogy in early childhood. 1st edition. Beltz, Weinheim / Basel / Berlin 2003.
  • HJ Laewen, B. Andres, E. Hedervari: On the way to a new pedagogy for small children. Ed .: Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg. 2nd Edition. Fipp, Berlin 1993.
  • RA Spitz: From infant to toddler. Natural history of the mother-child relationship in the first year of life. Klett, Stuttgart 1976.
  • State Institute for Early Education (ifp) (Ed.): Bilingualism in kindergarten, results of a pilot project. Ludwig Auer, Donauwörth 1984.
  • Peter Thiesen: The targeted employment in kindergarten. Prepare, implement and evaluate educational offers. 15th edition. Lambertus, Freiburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7841-2671-5 .
  • Yvonne Wagner: Pedagogical Concepts in Elementary School II; in: Norbert Kühne (Herg.): Praxisbuch Sozialpädagogik Volume 8, Bildungsverlag EINS , Troisdorf 2010; ISBN 978-3-427-75416-9
  • Chr. Weber (Ed.): Playing and learning with 0 to 3 year olds. 2nd Edition. Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor, Mannheim 2007.
  • J. Zimmer, A. Krüger: Encyclopedia Educational Science. Volume 6: Education in Early Childhood. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1985.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Studying early childhood education! (No longer available online.) In: www.profis-in-kitas.de. Robert Bosch Stiftung, archived from the original on August 23, 2009 ; Retrieved August 11, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.profis-in-kitas.de
  2. ↑ 25 years of toddler education at the Free University of Berlin