The professional identity of preschool education majors affects their study and employment choices. This study analyzed the four aspects of professional cognition, professional behavior, professional emotion, and professional goals, and concluded that the school's preschool education majors have a lower professional identity among boys. Influencing factors include: school curriculum; personal character; economic pressure; internship experience, etc. The countermeasures proposed according to the influencing factors include: accumulating experience and improving professional ability; optimizing professional curriculum setting; improving preschool teachers' welfare and social evaluation.

Cailing Yu, Xiaoling Zhang, Yuanmei Lv, Ruijie Yin, Wenyu Lv, Wenjing Ren. Research on the Professional Identity of Boys Majoring in Preschool Education——Taking Liupanshui Normal University as an Example. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 7: 73-77. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2022.040712.

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