Journal of Higher Education Research

The integration of childcare and preschool education is a key direction in the current reform of preschool education. Under the background of policy and practical transformation, the talent cultivation for preschool education majors in vocational undergraduate education faces new challenges. When implementing the concept of integrated childcare and preschool education, universities still encounter issues such as insufficient goal setting, a curriculum system lacking the support of integration concepts, and a mismatch between practical teaching and teacher allocation. Based on the context of integrated childcare and preschool education, it is necessary to start with the positioning of integrated talent cultivation, improve the dual orientation of training objectives; strengthen disciplinary integration to construct a curriculum system that aligns with the core competencies required for integrated teaching staff; and deepen the reform of practical education to optimize the cultivation process, thereby exploring effective paths for talent cultivation in vocational undergraduate preschool education.