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- The hospices mentioned were run by religious The hospices mentioned were run by religious communities *Abandoned or very poor children who could not be cared for exclusively at home.
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The Escuelita Yerbabuena received girls and boys under 6 years of age, carrying out for the first time pedagogical and recreational activities with them, with the influence of Fröebel's ideology.
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The operation of nursery schools, kindergartens or kindergartens began, with furniture according to the characteristics of the children, as well as a variety of didactic material, all of this in tune with the ideas of Comenio, Decroly, Fröebel, Montessori and Agazzi.
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The hygienist model introduces two variants:
1. The first consists of the expansion of institutions
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They date back to the beginning of the 20th century, when approximately thirty preschools operated in the country, mostly of a private nature.
Casa de los Niños del Gimnasio Moderno served as a model for the creation of other similar institutions. -
Another precedent that marks the history of early childhood education in Colombia refers to the creation of the National Pedagogical Institute in Bogotá, directed by Dr. Franzisca Radke, who was part of the first German Mission in the country until 1936, which created a special section to prepare teachers.
to prepare teachers. -
Early childhood education is defined and characterized
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The Colombian Institute of Social Security (ICSS) and the Ministry of Hygiene were created in 1946, and the Children's Code or Organic Law for the Defense of Children was enacted, which became the first set of laws in favor of a child's education.
This was the first set of laws in favor of a child population that was beginning to experience the rigors of malnutrition, abandonment and mistreatment. -
Dr. Radke created, organized and directed the Montessori School, although it had a temporary crisis, it was reopened in 1956 1956 "under the name of Institute of Preschool Education".
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Decree 1276 of 1962 regulates the creation and operation of six National Popular Kindergartens in the main cities of the country, attached to the Ministry of National Education, with the aim of guaranteeing access to preschool education for the underprivileged classes.
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Paragraph 9. Preschool education is considered as a convenient, but not compulsory stage for entry to the primary level.
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The Instituto Técnico en Atención Integral a la Primera Infancia was created and its main objective was to provide the protection of the child and procure the stability and family welfare, seeking the protection and health of the children.
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1971 created 22 national kindergartens,
This expanded the offer in both large cities and intermediate cities.
And they were to fulfill three essential functions: 1. to attend the children integrally, 2. to project the educational action of the school to the community, 3. to serve as practical orientators in the field of private initiative. -
The community homes created in 1972 are a modality of attention oriented to children under 5 years of age with the objective of providing them with affection, nutrition, health, protection and psychosocial development.
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Decree 088 restructures the educational system and reorganizes the Ministry of National Education. Article 4 establishes preschool education as the first level of education.
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The preschool education curriculum began to take shape in 1977 and 1978:
"when for the first time there was awareness of the need to provide this modality with guidelines to regulate, orient and organize the educational and pedagogical activity of a preschool establishment" (Cerda, 2003: 18) -
The Colombian Family Welfare Institute modifies the CAIP program, changing its name to Hogares Infantiles (Children's Homes), where
prioritizes the participation of families and the community. -
The Ministry of Education builds a Curriculum for all levels, areas and modalities of the educational system.
for all levels, areas and modalities of the educational system. At this time, it sets out the objective of preschool education for children between 4 and 6 years of age. -
With the creation of the community homes of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute in 1986, the experiences and lessons learned from the institutional modalities were gathered and the care of children was planned within the framework of the community modality.
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Integrated work with the Ministry of Health to meet the educational and health needs of early childhood children, articulating the Family Education Program for Child Development.
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The areas and topics that will structure the curriculum are proposed, which was based both theoretically and operationally in relation to pedagogical work.
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The Ministry of National Education restructures the Preschool Education Division, creating the Early Education Group, aimed at developing strategies and programs to offer girls and boys better conditions for their integral development.
