【龙腾网】不能落后于中国，澳大利亚教育专家讨论学前教育

New push for children to start school atthe age of three as education experts say Australia 'can't afford to wait anylonger' as we fall behind Europe and China

教育专家称，随着我们落后于欧洲和中国，澳大利亚“再也不能等待”，这促使儿童从三岁就开始上学

Children should start school at the age ofthree to give them the best start in life and to stop Australia falling behindEurope and China, leading experts claim.

专家称，儿童应该在三岁开始上学，这是为了为他们提供最好的人生起点，并阻止澳大利亚落后于欧洲和中国。

Lobby groups are urging the Federal Government to boost funding for morechildren to have access to school earlier.

LOBBY团体敦促联邦政府增加资金，让更多的孩子能够更早地进入学校。

More and more private schools and early learning centres are offering'pre-kindy' which exposes children to play-based learning so they are betterprepared for when they start school.

越来越多的私立学校和早期学习中心提供“学前班”，让孩子们接触到基于游戏的学习，这样他们就可以更好地为他们上学做好准备。

Many programs have lengthy waiting lists and now an initiative led by the EarlyLearning Benefits campaign wants extra funding so more children have access topre-school education. 

许多项目都处在冗长的等待名单中，现在由早期学习有利运动领导的一项倡议需要额外的资金，以便更多的孩子能够接受学前教育。

'We have some children already having access to high quality learning, but manyare missing out … equity is a big issue,' Early Childhood Australia CEOSamantha Page told The Courier Mail.

“我们有一些孩子已经可以获得高质量的学习，但很多人都错过了......公平是一个大问题，”澳大利亚儿童早期首席执行官萨曼莎佩奇告诉The Courier Mail。

Latest statistics show only 58.5 per cent of three-year-olds in Australia areenrolled in pre-school programs, compared to 95-100 per cent of children in France,Denmark, Norway, Israel and Spain.

最新统计数据显示，澳大利亚只有58.5％的三岁儿童参加学前教育计划，而法国，丹麦，挪威，以色列和西班牙的儿童有95％至100％。

University of the Sunshine Coast senior lecturer Dr Ali Black, saidinternational research showed children introduced to high quality educationearlier were more likely to go to university, gain better jobs and even owntheir own homes.

阳光海岸大学高级讲师阿里·布莱克博士表示，国际研究表明，更早接受高质量教育的儿童更有可能上大学，获得更好的工作，甚至拥有自己的住房。

Children would typically attend two days a week for five-and-a-half hours.

儿童通常每周上课两天，每次五个半小时。

They would have lessons in music, literature, languages, as well as moresocial-based lessons about respecting others and regulating emotions.

他们将学习音乐，文学，语言课程，以及关于尊重他人和调节情绪的更多基于社会的课程。

Ms Page said Labor made a commitment in October to extend funding to earlyeducation for three-year-olds by 2021.

佩奇女士说，工党在10月份承诺到2021年将拨出资金用于3岁儿童的早期教育。

Childcare and early learning provider C&K is among those leading the waywith pre-kindergarten rooms, like Banyo in Brisbane's north.

拥有学前教育幼儿园的儿童保育和早期学习提供商C＆K是学前教育的领导者，拥有如布里斯班北部的Banyo幼儿园。

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Bodie-Sutton32
But it is not equal. If it is a good thing then why are some childrendiscriminated against and not allowed to go to preschool at 3 in fact they arebanned. 

但它并不公平。 如果这是一件好事，那么为什么有些孩子受到歧视而且不允许他们3岁时去学前班，实际上他们被禁止了。

GenXX
How would this work? Are they going to have childcare workers around asteacher-aides because they're going to need them? Most kids aren't even fullytoilet-trained by 3. And even when they can control the 'functioning', theability to wipe well takes a bit longer so they're still not independent. Sorryfor dragging the conversation into the toilet :-).

这个怎么付诸现实？他们是否会将育儿工作者作为老师助手，因为他们需要他们？大多数孩子3岁时甚至没有学会如何使用马桶。即使他们可以控制拉屎“本能”，还需要更长的时间学会擦屁股，所以他们仍然不是独立的。对不起把话题扯到厕所上了哈哈:-)。

KO
Looking at a bigger picture.. Mothers are expected to be back in the workforceasap. They then have to spend their wages to get someone else to look aftertheir kids. Kids then get sent off to school and after school care. Now we arebeing told kids have to be educated from 3. Parents should be the primary caregivers but hardly get the chance. The way society is structured now, it iseffectively the ?state? raising kids. Mothers or fathers that do or candedicate their lives to raise their kids are so undervalued. Fulltime parentinghas been subtly discouraged for years.

从更大的角度看......母亲们应该尽快回到劳动力市场。然后，他们不得不花费工资让别人照顾他们的孩子。孩子们然后被送到学校和学后照顾中心。现在我们被告知孩子们必须接受学前教育.父母应该是主要的护理人员，但几乎没有机会这么做。现在社会的结构，它实际上是“国家”抚养孩子。那些可以献身于抚养孩子的母亲或父亲被低估了。多年来，人们一直巧妙地劝阻全职育儿的出现。

Is it going to be free??

它会是免费的吗？

GenXX -> 
You know nothing's free... but it would be cheaper than professional childcare.If it's two days a week, I don't know if they can expect school uniforms.

你知道没有什么是免费的......但它比专业的儿童保育便宜。如果是一周两天，我不知道他们是否会有校服。

Pauline
Aged three my children were itching to go to school. But some children wouldnot be ready.

我三岁的孩子都很想去上学。但有些孩子还没准备好。

Bachy
Our education system had been dumbed down and is overloaded with ideologicalrubbish, teaching children what to think instead of how to think. Unless wesolve that problem starting a year or two earlier won't make any difference. 

我们的教育体系已经瘫痪，意识形态垃圾超负荷，我们教孩子们思考什么，而不是如何思考。除非我们在提前一两年解决这个问题，否则不会产生任何不同。

Bruce Watkins
Parent's need to spend more time interacting with their kids. They learn fromyou. Play with them and read to them. Works better than sending them off toschool sooner.

家长需要花更多时间与孩子互动。他们向你学习。 与他们一起玩并给他们读书。这 比将他们提前送到学校更好。

BlueLioness
uh no. i didnt have childrwn to send them off to ve indoctinated at three. Imall for education, but happy well adjusted kids start at home. What idiotthoight this up.

呃不。我不会把孩子送去3岁学前班。我支持孩子们接受教育，但快乐的孩子从家开始培养。什么白痴想到这一点。（评论者可能是非英语母语者，单词一塌糊涂）