Comparative study between public and private universities on the subjects of plastic education offered on the Early Childhood Education Teaching Degree

Plastic Education is a subject that benefits the integral development of children. However, it seems that not considering all the advantages that this area can trigger. It is necessary to know what is the state of play of artistic subjects offered by Spanish public and private universities in the Early Childhood Education Teaching Degree. For this, the different curricula of Spanish public and private universities were analyzed. It was observed that private universities offer a greater number of compulsory or basic subjects of Plastic Education, despite the fact that the public ones offer a greater range of courses, diversity of credits by subject and content taught. We reflecto n the need to increase the compulsory and basic subjects of Plastic Education in the study plans of future teachers in order to Benefit the university teaching quality, as well as the future education that these university students will impart in their future Early Childhood Education classrooms.