The current focus on child-centred learning in the Chinese early childhood education sector is accompanied by calls to enhance children's group experiences. Aims of the present study include understanding the meaning of 'group' in Chinese children's learning, as well as the ways in which children experience groups in the social pedagogic contexts…

The notion of learning dispositions has extended conceptions of learning in early childhood education to incorporate dimensions such as habits of mind and patterns of behaviour. This paper conceptualizes learning dispositions through a Chinese lens, and with conceptualizing this notion, explores associated pedagogical practices. The data are drawn…