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Gupta, Amita – Comparative Education, 2022
The Indian Government released the latest version of its National Education Policy (NEP) on 31 July 2020 -- a document last revised in 1986. The Early Childhood Education (ECE) section of this new policy urges a Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) approach incorporating 'play-based, activity-based, and discovery-based learning' (NEP…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
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Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith; Liv T. Dávila – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Post-colonial Hong Kong is an officially trilingual city with significant numbers of residents speaking English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or some combination of all three. Competency in these languages is promoted through educational policies and practices at all levels of schooling. Using concepts from the Deweyan framework of democracy and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, English (Second Language)
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Edwards, Laura – Global Studies of Childhood, 2022
Childhood is a complex and socially constructed process with implications on the education of young children with issues of globalization as a powerful influence. This article presents a critical analysis of a focused ethnographic study in post-colonial rural southern Tanzania and argues a way forward in the global dialogue regarding the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Ethnography
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Henward, Allison Sterling; Tauaa, Mene; Turituri, Ronald – Policy Futures in Education, 2019
Child-centeredness is a pedagogical approach common in US early childhood education, one that advocates young children should direct their own learning and excercise individual choice in activitites. This approach is reflected in national US Head Start policy. Using multivocal, video-cued, and traditional ethnographic methods, this study presents…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Early Intervention
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Yulindrasari, Hani; Djoehaeni, Heny – Journal of Pedagogy, 2019
Since 2012, Indonesia has been obsessed with the notion of melestarikan "budaya lokal" (preserving local culture) as part of Indonesian Cultures. In West Java, Indonesia, the cultural revitalisation program is called "Rebo Nyunda". Rebo means Wednesday; "nyunda" means being Sundanese. Sunda is the dominant ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Cultural Influences, Resistance to Change
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Melesse, Tadesse; Obsiye, Fuad A. – Cogent Education, 2022
This study examines the education policies and education sector strategic plans of Somaliland. For this purpose, qualitative research was adopted and data were collected from reviewing education policies, education sector strategic plans, the joint review of the education sector analysis reports, and the curriculum frameworks of Somaliland.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Planning, Policy Analysis, Curriculum Development