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Infant Educators' Use of Mental-State Talk in Australia and China: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study
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Degotardi, Sheila; Han, Feifei; Hu, Jiangbo – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
This study compares the mental-state talk of infant educators in Australia and China in order to determine the nuanced differences in the ways that they use this talk with the infants in their room. Participants are 44 native English-speaking Australian educators from centres in Sydney, Australia and 30 native Chinese-speaking infant educators…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Caregiver Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
China's Preschool Teacher Workforce Development 2010-2020: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones
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Fan, Xin; Nyland, Chris; Nyland, Berenice; Li, Minyi – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
Accepting that building a substantial preschool workforce can accelerate a nation's transition to a knowledge society, China's policy makers in 2010 announced that the size, qualifications and remuneration of the preschool teacher workforce would increase significantly by 2020. A body of literature has reported that the implementation of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Labor Force Development
The Fundamentals and Tasks of Building China's Kindergarten Teacher Workforce during the 14th Five-Year Plan
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Feng, Wanzhen; Sun, Hanyue – Chinese Education & Society, 2021
During the 14th Five-Year Plan, preschool education in China will move toward the objectives of quality and balance, and the kindergarten teacher workforce must be formed with sufficient quantity, high quality, and balanced distribution. At present, the scale of China's current kindergarten teacher workforce still does not meet the standards for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Competencies
A Systematic Literature Review of Chinese Music Education Studies during 2007 to 2019
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Yang, Yang; Welch, Graham – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
Based on findings from a large meta-data-based literature survey, this article is intended to provide a comprehensive synthesis of key features of China's music education system as seen through the lens of n = 116 major research studies, drawn from a total of N = 3,257 high-impact Chinese journal articles published during 2007 to 2019. The…
Descriptors: Music Education, Research Reports, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
A Comparative Study of Pre-Service Education for Preschool Teachers in China and the United States
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Gong, Xin; Wang, Pengcheng – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
This study provides a comparative analysis of the pre-service education system for preschool educators in China and the United States. Based on collected data and materials (literature, policy documents, and statistical data), we compare two areas of pre-service training: (1) the formal system; (2) the informal system. In the formal system, most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
China: Early Childhood Development. SABER Country Report, 2016
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Kidwai, Huma; Chen, Dandan – World Bank, 2016
This report presents the latest analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in the People's Republic of China and poses overall recommendations to move forward. Shanghai, being a model for several developmental issues in China, is used as an example to help elucidate viewpoints whenever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Government Role, Child Development