The Practical Strategies Of American Parental Involvement In Preschool Education And The Revelation For China

With the development of society and people’s living standards, early childhood education is gradually concerned by the society and families. Parent involvement in preschool education is a key element to promote the development of early childhood education, which has become an important topic and trend around the world’s education reform. Reflecting the present situation of Chinese parent involvement in preschool education, although its importance has been recognized, there are still many problems and defects, which influence seriously the establishment of cooperation between teachers and parents. Visibly, how to improve the current situation of parent involvement in preschool education needs to be in-depth studied urgently.The United States is recognized as one of the best development of early childhood education in the world. For half a century, from top to bottom, the United States has been committed to exploring the practical strategies of parent involvement in preschool education. It has been injected new vigor and vitality that strengthens the links between preschools and families, promotes the further development of education reform, and thus improves the overall quality of education. Thereby, the present study outlines practical strategies of American parent involvement in preschool education, reflects our problems and deviations of parent involvement in preschool education, and puts forward specific proposals and revelation.The basic framework of this study consists of four parts:The first part: propose questions. Proceed from the origin of the study, in the current background of cooperation between families and kindergartens, point out that parent involvement in preschool education has become a matter of growing concern. On the basis of collecting documents from various aspects, summarize the concept, the meanings, the influencing factors and the strategies of parent involvement, and learn about the study frontier, which can provide inspiration and reference. It clearly presents the study methods and the significance of this study.The second part: analysis the background of American parent involvement in preschool education. It provides a good opportunity for parent involvement that the society pursuits of high-quality early childhood education; democratic and open education management culture builds a platform for parent involvement; the relevant provisions of federal laws provides legal protection for parent involvement.The third part: The practical strategies of American parent involvement in preschool education. Discuss how to encourage parents more actively involved in preschool education from the perspective of the teachers. Including provide information about the development of the children by growing record; recruit and guide parents as volunteers to play the role of parents; organize festivals and other activities to enhance exchanges and cooperation between teachers and parents; provide support and protection for parent involvement in preschool education through parent-teacher association; feedback the information of parents participating in early childhood education timely through the websites and parents’ mails.The last part: The revelation from the practical strategies of American parent involvement in preschool education for China. Beginning with the background of politics, economy and culture, in connection with the current problems of parent involvement in preschool education in China, learn from American desirable experience, integrate the local environment of our country, and put forward feasible suggestions and measures: protect the right of parent involvement into preschool education; enhance people’s understanding of parent involvement into preschool education; strengthen exchanges and cooperation between teachers and parents; give full play to the role of parents committee.