Swedish scholars Ellen Kay (1847-1926) in 1899: "in the 20th century is the century of children." History of 100 years later, confirmed the prediction. "In the 20th century is the century of children" this concept to promote the development of the cause of the children's education, and promote preschool education at the end of the 20th century has become a global important topic. Era when entered the 21st century, with the development of knowledge economy, the social demand for talents is more and more big, the quality of talent demand is higher and higher, it will bring unprecedented attention to preschool education. Development and 21st century pays attention to preschool education is the cause of what? After the beginning of the 21st century, in the modern history of the United States as the world's only superpower, its rapid development will inevitably can't depart from the support of education and science and technology. Japan has long been a big country, attaches great importance to education, especially the proportion of preschool education in education is the largest, his attention inevitably has its important and realistic significance. The same as the old capitalist countries of the UK, has been dominant in the world competition, unshakable, they vigorously investment and policy attaches great importance to the education, has its important reason. In today's already entered the new century, China as a superpower, more and more clear understanding of how the important position of preschool education in basic education, and more should absorb and draw lessons from foreign advanced thoughts, gain inspiration from the foreign successful case, to the development of the cause of our country preschool education play a significant role in guiding.%瑞典学者爱伦·凯(1847－1926)在1899年预言：“20世纪是儿童的世纪。”100年后的今天，历史证实了这一预言。“20世纪是儿童的世纪”这一观念推动了整个儿童教育事业的发展，并促使学前教育在20世纪末成为一个全球性的重要课题。当时代进入了21世纪，随着知识经济的发展，社会对人才的需求越来越大，对人才的质量要求越来越高，这必将使学前教育受到前所未有的重视。21世纪发展和重视学前教育的原因是什么？在现代史上21世纪开始后，美国成为了世界上唯一的超级大国，其快速的发展必然离不开教育和科技的支持。而日本一直以来都是十分重视教育的大国，尤其是学前教育在教育中的比重最大，他的重视必然有其重要的原因和现实意义。同样作为老牌资本主义国家的英国，一直在世界竞争中占据主导地位，不可动摇，他们大力投入资金和政策重视教育，都有其重要的原因所在。在已经跨入新世纪的今天，作为超级大国的中国，开始越来越清楚的了解学前教育在基础教育中的重要地位，更应该吸收和借鉴外国的先进思想，从外国成功的案例中收获启示，对发展我国的学前教育事业起到重大的指导作用。
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