Pre-1900
Folk practice
Preschool guidance lived in proverb, religion, and midwifery before academic child study.
Preschool retrace l'évolution de l'autorité experte — des manuels religieux au behaviorisme, puis aux cadres de l'attachement et des neurosciences.
Chaque époque a réinterprété play-based learning and social entry à travers la science disponible et les valeurs culturelles sur l'enfant, le genre et la responsabilité de l'État.
Where it began
1917Geneva
Preschool entered formal childcare discourse around 1917 as psychology, paediatrics, and education institutions professionalised family life.
Timeline
1917Preschool milestone 1
In 1917, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1929Preschool milestone 2
In 1929, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1941Preschool milestone 3
In 1941, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1953Preschool milestone 4
In 1953, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1965Preschool milestone 5
In 1965, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1977Preschool milestone 6
In 1977, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
1989Preschool milestone 7
In 1989, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
2001Preschool milestone 8
In 2001, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
2013Preschool milestone 9
In 2013, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
2025Preschool milestone 10
In 2025, research or policy on play-based learning and social entry advanced through studies, programmes, or cultural debate.
The eras
1900–1950
Professionalisation
Universities and clinics began publishing age-stage norms and hygiene rules.
1950–1980
Attachment turn
Bowlby, Ainsworth, and Baumrind reshaped how closeness and limits were discussed.
1980–2010
Brain and policy
Neuroscience metaphors and international ECD programmes entered parenting culture.
2010–present
Digital parenting
Social media accelerates method wars; evidence reviews struggle to keep pace.
Practices that changed
Approaches that faded, flipped or were replaced as evidence and culture moved on.
Punitive to relational
1960s–2000sHarsh control models faded as play-based learning and social entry research linked warmth with better outcomes.
Expert to co-regulation
2000s–2020sParents expected to manage their own arousal while teaching children — not just enforce rules.
National to global
1990s–presentWHO and UNICEF standards interact with local kinship systems worldwide.
Le discours actuel sur preschool mêle normes mondiales de l'OMS, pratiques familiales locales et médias algorithmiques sur la parentalité.
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Preuves 85 📚Âge scolaire
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Preuves 78 🧑🎓Adolescent
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Preuves 80