65 CURRICULUM IN PRESCHOOL Stig Broström SUMMARY The author introduces and discusses the new Danish preschool curriculum for children ages ½ to 6 years from a critical point of view and calls for a more extensive perspective embracing the German Bildung theory. The author advocates a curriculum emphasising a critical content, which in a much more emphatic way gives the future generation a chance to cope with future challenges. RÉSUMÉ L’auteur présente et critique le nouveau programme préscolaire danois pour les enfants de 6 mois à 6 ans et fait appel à une perspective plus large incluant la théorie allemande de la formation (bildung). L’auteur prend la défense d’un programme mettant l’accent sur un contenu critique qui donne de façon beaucoup plus importante une chance à la future génération de faire face aux défis de l’avenir. RESUMEN El autor nos presenta y discute el nuevo currículo danés para la escuela infantil (que abarca niños de 1/2 hasta 6 años de edad) desde un punto de vista crítico insistiendo en la necesidad de dotarlo de una perspectiva más amplia que incluya los postulados germánicos de la teoría de la formación. El autor defiende un currículo que enfatice la perspectiva crítica que es la que vía más clara de preparar a las futuras generaciones para afrontar los retos que les esperan. KEYWORDS: Early Childhood Education; curriculum, Bildung; critical content INTRODUCTION The tradition in early childhood education has strong roots in developmental psychology, which during the last decades more than less has been replaced by curriculum theory. The question is if the increasing curriculum thinking will contribute to more educational quality and quality in children’s life or will we see a step towards formalism in preschool education. In order to answer this question or at least to illuminate this, I will describe and discuss the new Danish preschool curriculum in the light of a number of educational theorists. While the present article deals with the development of the education in the Danish preschool some statistical information shall be given: Denmark has