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Wang, Yifang; Zhou, Yu; Jiang, Yong; Li, Hui; Liu, Xinxin – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study aimed to explore parental satisfaction with Puhui early childhood education (ECE) service in China using evidence from a national validation study. The Parent Satisfaction with the Puhui Early Childhood Education Service Scale (PES) was developed and validated with 4,134 Chinese parents, who were sampled using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Government Role
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Rapp, Diotima J.; Engelmann, Jan M.; Herrmann, Esther; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Reputational concerns are known to promote cooperation. Individuals regularly act more prosocially when their behavior is observable by others. Here, we investigate 4- and 5-year-old (N = 144) children's reputational strategies in a competitive group setting. The aim of the current study was to explore whether children's sharing behavior is…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reputation, Peer Groups, Sharing Behavior
Lee, Yi-Fang, Ed.; Lee, Lung-Sheng, Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
The quantity and quality of talented individuals in STEM (science/S, technology/T, engineering/E and mathematics/M) fields contribute to a nation's overall competitiveness. Taiwan and many countries around the world are vigorously promoting the training of STEM professionals and the enhancement of STEM literacy for all as one of the key education…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Competition, Reputation, Cross Cultural Studies
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Koh, Aaron; Ziqi, Li – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
The enrolment of Chinese middle-class children in elite international kindergartens is a big education industry in China. Our paper is situated in the broader sociology of elite schooling which has yet to fully explore how middle and upper middle-class parents are increasingly sending their children to elite international kindergartens. We present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, International Schools, Reputation
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Maxwell, Claire; Yemini, Miri; Engel, Laura; Lee, Moosung – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
In this essay we develop the concept of 'cosmopolitan nationalism', offering a working definition and suggesting ways sociologists of education might draw on it in their future work. We show how it is a useful analytical lens through which to examine contemporary policies and practices that navigate global processes (ranking systems, mobility of…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Cross Cultural Studies, Equal Education, Educational Quality