Psychological Development and Education ›› 2005, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (4): 73-78.

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Teacher’s Concept on Children’s Preparation for School-attending

ZHANG Xiang-kui, SUN Lei, LI Da-wei, GAI Xiao-song   

  1. 1. Research Center of Child Development, Academy of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024;
    2. Department of Child Education, Jilin Provincial Institute of Education, Changchun 130024
  • Online:2005-10-15 Published:2005-10-15

Abstract: Preparation for School-attending is key features needed by children to benefit from the incoming formal education.Results means(1) five-domain model of NEGP could be used in describing Chinese children's school readiness,but some differences still exist and need to be paid attention to;(2) among the problems of five-domain of NEGP,the teachers attach the greatest importance to the domain of "social and emotional development" and "approaches toward learning",less importance to the domain of "cognition and general knowledge" and "language development" while the domain of "physical well-being and motor development" shares the least emphasis;(3) the perception of kindergarten teachers is similar to that of elementary teachers;(4) according to elementary teachers' opinion,children's self-help skills,learning skills and peer interaction skills are not as good as being expected.At last,the application of NEGP model in China and suggestions about future researches were discussed.

Key words: school readiness, school outcomes, NEGP

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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