美国幼儿教育协会(National Association of Educa-tion for Young Children,缩写为 NAEYC),是当今美国最具权威性的集教育、培训、管理、科研等为一体的综合性机构,各个州均设有分会,会员遍布全国各地。协会每年都要举行一次全国性的学术研讨会。协会还出版双月刊《幼儿教育》(《Young Children》,并定期发行各类培训教材(包括多媒体教材)。由于它的权威性,大学幼教专业的培训教材往往取自 NAEYC 的出版物。协会制定的高质量专业教育工作者的标准和要求,为培养高质量的幼教工作者提供了具体可靠的理论和实践依据。 The National Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC) is the most authoritative integrated body of education, training, management and research in the United States today. Each state has chapters Members all over the country. The association holds a national symposium each year. The association also publishes the bimonthly “Young Children,” which regularly distributes various types of training materials (including multimedia materials), and because of its authority, training materials for preschool education are often taken from NAEYC publications. The standards and requirements of high quality professional educators provide concrete and reliable theoretical and practical basis for training high quality preschool teachers.