Schools

School of Preschool Education

30.August, 2021

Preschool Education Program

Preschool Education is a core program at CQUE under the orientation of "serving the development of children aged 0-12". This program originated from the correspondence courses for continuing education offered by the then Chongqing College of Education in 1985. In 2010, the CQUE set up the School of Preschool Education (SPE) and started to offer full-time three-year associate degree preschool programs. After the restructuring in 2012, the program became one of the first full-time bachelor's degree programs offered by CQUE. Preschool Education is among the first batch of "Chongqing Distinctive Programs" approved by Chongqing Municipal Education Commision (CMEC) and has been selected into Chongqing Distinctive Program Group of Education Discipline. In 2018, it was selected as one of the five pilot teacher preparation programs to be evaluated by the MOE. In 2019, it was selected by CMEC to be built as a first-class college program. In 2020, it was selected to be built as a national first-class program. In 2021, it ranked in the top 25% of Best Chinese Universities Rankings (BCUR) 2021 released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.

The education philosophy of the program is to "love and learn, love and care". Supported by the teaching and research platforms such as Chongqing Urban-Rural Coordinative Teacher Education Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Preschool Education, Chongqing Preschool Education Research Center, and Research Institute for Children's Development, the program focuses on the development of curriculum systems, strives for the teaching reform with practical teaching as the core, and has established a unique talent training mode with its own distinction. In the past five years, the employment rate of the graduates has exceeded 95%, and they have been playing important roles in childcare, preschool education, kindergarten management, and research with reputation.