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Yang, Weipeng; Xu, Peng; Liu, Haidan; Li, Hui – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Many governments have launched the top-down early childhood curriculum (ECC) reforms to enhance the accountability of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The present discourse analysis of latest ECC policies across four diverse but representative countries -- Australia, China, New Zealand, and Singapore -- aims to examine the…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Discourse Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education
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Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
School-based curriculum innovations have been widely implemented in Chinese kindergartens since the turn of the new millennium. However, in the absence of professional guidance, Chinese kindergartens have been forced to "ride a blind horse" when developing curriculum. The aim of this study was to understand the nature of and mechanisms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
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Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
This study forms part of a wider comparative research project investigating the mechanisms and outcomes of school-based curriculum (SBC) development in kindergartens between the two neighbouring cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, under the umbrella of 'one country, two systems'. This comparison will help to clarify how sociocultural contexts may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education
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Wang, Jingying; Li, Hui; Wang, Dan – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2018
This study examines the effects of family involvement on the literacy gap between rural and urban Chinese primary students via mediation analysis. Altogether, 1080 students in Grades 1, 3, and 5 were randomly sampled from three urban and three rural primary schools from Shandong and Guizhou Provinces, representing eastern and western China,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Rural Urban Differences, Family Literacy, Parent Background
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Li, Hui; Chen, Jennifer J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
During the last century, early childhood curriculum (ECC) in China has undergone a series of monumental transformations, shaped by the interaction between local cultural and global forces. In this case study, we critically analyse three major waves of ECC reform in China, with a particular emphasis on the social and cultural forces that have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Social Influences
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Li, Hui; Rao, Nirmala; Tse, Shek Kam – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: Western ideas and progressive pedagogies have been introduced to China (including Shenzhen), Hong Kong, and Singapore to replace traditional Chinese pedagogy. But these imported ideas are not congruent with traditional Chinese culture and thus have encountered resistance from Chinese teachers. The present study observed and…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Asian Culture, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education