| Scientific studies have confirmed that preschool education has a close relationship notonly on children themselves, but also on children welfare and education fair. Manycountries’ governments have attached considerable importance to the development ofpreschool education. Their governments use legislative, fiscal and other measures toensure the healthy development of early childhood education.Because our country has gone through a planned economy and a market economytransition of two systems, the demands of preschool education and its modes havechanged and the government’s functions in preschool education also have changed.By analyzing the history of the development of preschool education, we can see inthis area at present there are still many problems to be solved.This research based on the methods of literature analysis and comparative analysis.First, this essay gives a definition of the product attributes of preschool education bysummarizing the existing researches and by exploring government’s functions in thefield of preschool education. Second, this essay will reviews the history of preschooleducation in our country since the founding of this country and points thegovernment’s functions in the field of preschool education. And then, this essay pointsthat preschool education in our country are facing a lot of problems in the filed ofprivate preschool education institutional development, legal construction and therights protection for preschool teachers. After that, this essay analyzes the UnitedStates, Britain, the Japanese government practices in preschool education. Finally, thisessay gives the conclusions. First of all, our government should attach greatimportance to preschool education. Secondly, the government needs to strengthen legislation. A sound legal system can ensure the market of preschool educationdevelop in a right way. What’s more, the government needs to encourage thedevelopment of private preschool education institutions. Finally, the governmentshould give full play to the government’s oversight and management functions. |