United Kingdom Tony Blair Government pre-school education reform policies of important _ scenery

First, the "start" program (SureStarf, 1998) "start" program is the Blair Government in the process of development of pre-school education was first introduced a reform initiatives, it eliminates the "social exclusion", to promote educational equity for the purpose, to the realization of children's overall development as the goal to "make sure start local project" (SureStart Local Programmers) for the entity, to cross-sectoral cooperation as a means to vulnerable groups of children to skew an object for the policy. The "start" plan has four main objectives: to promote children's social and emotional development: the second is to cultivate and promote children's learning abilities; the third is to promote the healthy development of children's health; fourth, strengthen family and community linkages and cooperation. "Sure start local project" that is, in this goal, the Government-sponsored, community and child participation of parents, mainly for infants under the age of 4, particularly vulnerable groups of children and their families, promote infant physical, mental and social aspects of development. The project consists of five core services: children's access to high-quality game and learning and childcare support: parents in family child-care and all-round support: out-of-service and home visits �� including on newborn babies born 2 months of home visits: provides basic community health care services, including child health and development consultancy; on the special needs of children and their parents ' support. "Every child is important" Planning (Every ChildMatterS, 2003) "every child is important" to promote child development and well-being of reform policies. United Kingdom 2004 children's Act, "every child is important" to the Act of the national child care system reform framework from a policy perspective the selected step interpretation and extension. United Kingdom national child care system has five core components, namely, health, safety, joy and success, have a positive contribution and to gain economic security. Of these, the "health" includes not only health, but also the psychological, emotional health and healthy lifestyles: "security" includes from neglect and abuse, to avoid accidental injury and death, have the security, stability and long-term care; the "happiness and success," get ready for school, enjoy school life, meet national education standards (nationaledu �� cationalstandards), access to individual and social development: "there is a positive contribution to the" include in supporting social development services, self-confidence and successfully cope with life's important events and so on; "in order to obtain economic security for" includes to accept future education and to prepare for employment, training, etc. "Every child is important" planning goal is to promote the United Kingdom all children achieve above five objectives, the promotion of children's full range of integrated development and to lay the Foundation for a lifetime of happiness, while striving to narrow the different groups of children in the five areas of development, the third, "ten-year childcare strategy" (A Ten-yearStrategy for Child care, 2004) "childcare decade strategy" is "every child is important" planning basis, on one of the key components �� pre-school education and childcare issues and develop expertise and in-depth strategic planning. The policy for the 21st century the first ten years in the development of United Kingdom pre-school education purposes, principles, core objectives made an explanation and planning, is the development of pre-primary education guiding the current United Kingdom's policies. "10-year strategic" presented the United Kingdom pre-school education and conservation of the reform and development of a number of core objectives: (1) since April 2007, the mother of paid maternity leave will be extended to 9 months after this long-term goal is for 1 year; (2) to provide parents with more financial assistance from the beginning in April 2005, the increase in personal income tax "child care" (relief amount for each child 175 pounds); and (3) the 3-year-old ~ 4 years old child free pre-school education service time from 2006 to 38 weeks each year, the long-term goal is 20 hours per week; (4) by 2010, each community will have to have "start" children's Centre, providing integration of pre-school education, childcare and family services activities in the policy, these core objectives are specific promotion measures and compliance deadlines, subdivision of the policy and evaluation, implementation is extremely important. IV. "early stage" Planning Foundation (Early Years FoundationStage, 2005) "early stage" is laying the United Kingdom Government in 2005 began implementation of a major pre-primary education reform policies, it consolidation of 0-year-old ~ 3 years of early child-care frame, "" plans, foundation stage, as well as the 8-year-old following day care national tripartite policy and practice in the United Kingdom, seeking to establish a unified starting from birth, continuous and flexible early education system, and designed to promote early childhood development and learning's Omni-directional, whereas the quality of life for all children and disadvantaged children in high-quality care and education to benefit more in order to narrow the vulnerable children and children in General. Its main elements and initiatives include the following three aspects: first, the consolidation of 0-year-old ~ 3 years warranty, 3 years to 5-year-old foundation stage and 0 years old-the 8-year-old child care. As one continuous early childhood development and learning systems: second, the law on early child child-care institutions and individuals to implement mandatory registration, the strengthening of the guidance and supervision to ensure that all children in different institutions have access to high-quality preschool education; and third, development of pre-school education development goals, including the physical, social and emotional development, communication, language and reading skills, problem solving, reasoning and computing power, knowledge and understanding of the world and creative development. Excerpted from the comparative education research