Region - Educational Research and Reviews

The focus on young children’s deep learning in play in the context of the educational reform of play curricularization has posed new challenges to the play observation ability of early childhood teachers. Teachers are required to provide support based on observation and young children’s experiences, propose guidance that is beneficial to young children’s individualized development, and support young children’s learning and development in play. Therefore, improving early childhood teachers’ play observation ability has become a hot topic in current research and practice in early childhood education. Based on the current research on the observation ability of early childhood teachers in Guizhou Province, this study finds that the level of the school, kindergarten teaching and research, teachers’ education and professional theory are all important factors affecting the observation ability of early childhood teachers in play, and proposes ways to improve the observation ability of early childhood teachers from the three levels of education administration, kindergarten management, and teachers themselves.