Early Childhood Education in Chinese Societies [Hardcover]

This book provides an up-to-date account of relevant early childhood policy and practice in five Chinese societies: the Peoples Republic of China or Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan. It analyses how traditional Chinese values, Eastern and Western curricular approaches, and socio-political, economic, cultural and demographic changes influence current policies, services and practice. It addresses responses to global concerns about the excluded and disadvantaged, and about quality, and explains lessons from and for Chinese early childhood education. 

This book is the first English-language research-based review of early childhood education and the factors that affect it in different Chinese societies. It is particularly timely given the increased recognition of the importance of early childhood education for human capital development globally, and the international interest in understanding early education in Chinese societies.iv>

1. Introduction; Nirmala Rao and Jin Sun.- Part I Understanding Early Childhood Education in Chinese Societies.- 2. Growing up in Chinese Families and Societies; Jin Sun and Nirmala Rao.- 3. Chinese Culture in Early Educational Environments; Grace Choy.- Part II Early Childhood Education in the Peoples Republic of China.- 4. An Overview of Early Childhood Education in the Peoples Republic China; Xiao-xia Feng.- 5. Trends in Government Expenditure in Early Childhood Education in China: Practices in Shanghai, Guizhou, and Ningshan; Jing Zhou, Jin Sun and Diana Pei Ling Lee.- 6. Early Childhood Teacher Education in China; Yong Jiang, Li-juan Pang and Jin Sun.- 7. Early Childhood Curriculum Development in China; Yong-ping Yu.- 8.     Early Childhood ElƒÔ