The Analysis of the Research Feature of the University-affiliated Kindergartens—Take the Example of UA Child’s Program

Abstract

As an import part of the kindergartens, the university affiliated kindergartens enjoy good education and research resources and therefore usually have a better growing potential. This paper, based on five-month observation of the UA Child’s Program and two semi-structured interviews with the professors and the director of the affiliated kindergartens of the University of Alabama, analyzed the research features of this type of kindergartens and draws the conclusion that the university affiliated kindergartens have the following features. First, most of the research projects are multi-disciplinary. Second, teachers and students work together to finish the projects. Third, a timely sharing of the research results. Keywords—university-affiliated kindergartens; research resources; research features; multi-disciplinary