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The Role of Culture in Early Childhood Curriculum Development: A Case Study of Curriculum Innovations in Hong Kong Kindergartens
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Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
This study employed an inductive qualitative approach to understanding the effects of local culture on early childhood curriculum development in two Hong Kong kindergartens. A triangulation of interviews, observations and documents was established, and cultural-historical activity theory was employed as the theoretical framework. The results…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Preschool Curriculum
Early Childhood Teacher Research and Social-Emotional Learning: Implications for the Development of Culturally Sensitive Curriculum in Singapore
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Yang, Weipeng; Peh, Jaslene; Ng, Siew Chin – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
Teacher research has been promoted as a context-relevant approach to improving children's learning experiences in early childhood settings. In this article, we focus on social-emotional learning (SEL), a crucial domain of the early childhood curriculum, to illustrate the role of teacher research in changing early childhood teachers' everyday…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Researchers, Preschool Education
Bridging a Cultural Divide between Play and Learning: Parental Ethnotheories of Young Children's Play and Their Instantiation in Contemporary China
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Lin, Xunyi; Li, Hui; Yang, Weipeng – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The current study explored the ethnotheories of 6 Chinese families regarding their young children's play in Shanghai, the most Westernized metropolis in China. A triangulation of multiple data sources was established through in-depth interviews, home visit observations, and 1-week recordings of child's daily play activities. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Progressive Education, Individual Differences, Early Childhood Education