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Hu, Bi Ying; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – International Journal of Educational Development, 2013
By far, literature regarding Chinese early childhood education and care (ECEC) has primarily focused on Youeryuan in urban settings. Youeryuan is the everyday Chinese term used for ECEC programs serving children ages three to six, which does include the U.S. version of the kindergarten year. This paper will refer to Youeryuan rather than the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Kindergarten, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Li, Hui; Wang, X. Christine; Wong, Jessie Ming Sin – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
Two waves of reform have been conducted in China since the 1980s to transform its early childhood curriculum into a Western-style, progressive model. Western curricula and programs such as the Montessori method, the project approach, the Reggio Emilia method, and the high/scope method have been imported and adopted all over the country. But the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Primary Educ., Literacy & Adult Educ., Educ. in Rural Areas – 1987
Increasing attention is being paid today to the place of science in general education at the preprimary, primary, and secondary levels. Educational authorities and specialists in many countries throughout the world agree about the important role that science should and can play in the context of education, but specific aims and objectives must be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computation, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials