Ethics and Preprofessional Practices in Early Childhood Education

Abstract

This article results from the experience obtained in the preprofessional practices: labor practices and community service in the Early Childhood Education Career. This article is a theoretical essay on the need to incorporate ethics in the educational processes of future teachers and the importance of ethical learning in university classrooms. The objectives are: to identify the importance of ethics in education and to propose strategies for the ethical learning of Early Childhood Education students. For the development of this essay, a bibliographic review of articles published in impact journals, such as Redalyc, SciELO, Ibero-American Education, and Codes and Regulations on early childhood care, was carried out. Early childhood is the essential stage of the human life cycle; in this phase, psychomotor, cognition, language and communication, and socioemotional skills development occurs. Ethical values must be present in every educational process. Therefore, training competent teachers with solid knowledge in early education and ethical and moral values that contribute to the children’s development and well-being is necessary. Students must master the contents of the profession and must have an ethical formation to act coherently in their personal and professional life.