Exploring and analysis of early childhood education curriculum in Iran in terms of compliance with criteria of the cognitive approach of education

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to Exploring and analysis of early childhood education curriculum in Iran in terms of compliance with criteria of the cognitive approach of education. The research method is qualitative and quantitative. Cognitive education criteria in early childhood education curriculum have been extracted during a research synthesis process and according to these criteria, the current curriculum has been studied in two parts of the documents and practice. In the documents section, two official documents were analyzed and in the practice section, 10 directors of early childhood education center were interviewed and 15 centers were observed. The method of sampling method is available purposive sampling and the research tools are a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made checklist. Checklist validity is confirmed by experts and its reliability is 93%. Based on the findings, in the elements of learning materials and resources, educational environment and evaluation, is the least complication and in the elements activities and teaching-learning methods, and the training time is highest complication with cognitive education criteria