To promote preschool education research and cooperation with Turku University in Finland, the Preschool Education Department of the Department of Education and the Henan Province Preschool Education Research Center held an exchange meeting on preschool education research and development on May 22, 2024. The event specially invited a teaching team from Turku University, including Professor Susan Anne Maarit Silvén, Johanna Kortessalo-Ainasoja, and Leif Rosqvist, to engage in in-depth discussions with faculty from the Preschool Education Department and Zhao Yanhua, a professor from the College of Psychology. The meeting was hosted by Wang Zheng, a teacher from the Preschool Education Department.
During the meeting, the two sides of educators conducted detailed exchanges around their respective research interests and explored the possibility of future collaborative research and educational practices in the field of preschool education. Both sides unanimously agreed that collaboration would further promote innovation and development in preschool education research and practice. Through this exchange, the faculty members not only deepened their understanding of each other's research work but also laid a foundation for future cooperation. The successful hosting of this exchange meeting has promoted communication and cooperation between the Department of Education at Henan University and Turku University in the field of preschool education, helping to enhance the internationalization of preschool education research at the Department of Education and contribute to the high-quality development of preschool education.
