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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2019
For the forty-second time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers dealing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Guolin, Zhang – Chinese Education and Society, 2008
The systemic reform of early childhood education (ECE) in Shenzhen has given rise to widespread debate as it has, in fact, changed ECE's rights and power relationships. It has created an impact in terms of ECE's public nature and, in a way, affected the integrity of China's education system. Although this reform possesses positive significance,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Integrity, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Dean, Suzanne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the HOPE program. Participants included 120 Chinese new immigrant parents with preschool children in Hong Kong from 13 preschools which were randomized into intervention group (HOPE) and comparison group (6-session parent education program). Parent participants completed measures on child behavior,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Parent Education
Bjork, Christopher – Comparative Education Review, 2009
When "Preschool in Three Cultures" was published in 1989, it attracted great attention, as a result of the insights into the three cultures explored as well as the methodology that anchored the research. What made the book so intriguing to many scholars, regardless of their geographical areas of interest, however, was the unique…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences
Nyland, Berenice; Zeng, Xiaodong; Nyland, Chris; Tran, Ly – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2009
Many grandparents play a significant role as educators and carers of children in the preschool years. Recently, this role has become the focus of much early childhood research as challenges facing grandparent carers and grandparent-headed households increasingly become an economic and social issue. Using survey data from China we explore the role…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Child Care
Aunio, Pirjo; Aubrey, Carol; Godfrey, Ray; Pan, Yuejuan; Liu, Yan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2008
This research investigated the similarities and differences between countries in young children's early numeracy skills related to age, culture, and gender. The participants were five-year-old children from Beijing (People's Republic of China), England, and Finland. The rationale for the cross-cultural comparison originates from research results…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Numeracy, Young Children
Xie, Z.-H.; Bo, S.-Y.; Zhang, X.-T.; Liu, M.; Zhang, Z.-X.; Yang, X.-L.; Ji, S.-R.; Yan, H.; Sui, X.-L.; Na, X.; Guo, S.-H.; Wu, Z.-L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Objectives: To understand the current status of intellectually disabled children and the prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) in children aged 0-6 years and its risk factors, and to provide scientific evidence to formulate relevant policies for helping intellectually disabled children. Methods: Multiphase, stratified, unequal proportional…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Screening Tests, Risk
Pang, Yanhui; Richey, Dean – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
In this article the preschool education in China and the United States are compared, based on the factors that influence the preschool education in each country as well as the characteristics of the preschool education in each culture. The preschool education in both countries has its strengths and weaknesses, which result from their respective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis

Shui, Yi – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Provides an overview of child care through description of (1) a nursery managed by a neighborhood group in charge of community affairs and intended for children under three and (2) a kindergarten run by a municipality for children between three and six and one-half. (RH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Preschool Education
Cotton, Janice N.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Zhao, Wen; Gelabert, Jeronia Muntaner – Young Children, 2007
Half the Sky, an international NGO, works in partnership with Chinese national and provincial governments inside state-run orphanages (welfare institutions). Through their infant nurture programs infants and toddlers in institutions begin to thrive through primary relationship-based care by trained community paraprofessionals. In preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reggio Emilia Approach, Enrichment, Infants
Ding, Yi; Yang, Ling-Yan; Xiao, Fei; Van Dyke, Don C. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2008
When William Moore, a Scottish Presbyterian pastor, established the first special school in China in 1874, the country began her long and circuitous journey toward establishing formal educational services for individuals with special needs. Special education in China developed slowly on the infertile soil of continual wars, political instability,…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Special Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Foreign Countries
Xie, Qing; Young, Mary Eming – 1999
Since two thirds of the country's children reside in the countryside, improving child development services in rural areas is one of China's most pressing concerns. This report details the current situation of children in rural and urban China and identifies problems related to child development. The report also presents evidence of the effect of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Children, Foreign Countries

Sparkes, Kathleen – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1990
Children in a rural preschool in China were observed while they participated in group learning activities. Although many aspects of the preschool program did not meet standards used in developed countries, the ability of the teacher to plan and conduct large group activities was admirable, and the children displayed many positive behaviors. (BG)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Quality, Group Activities, Kindergarten

Stubbs, Beth – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1978
This article on preschool in China focuses on the educational philosophy, objectives, and methods of implementation of preschool programs in China. A comparison with preschool programs in Australia is made at every point. (CM)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Facilities, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries

Sidel, Ruth – Comparative Education Review, 1982
Describes how preschool education in China has changed since the Cultural Revolution, what values and attitudes young children are being socialized to believe, to what extent public childrearing follows the political shifts within China, and how the changes in preschool education have been manifested in teacher selection and training. (NEC)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Day Care, Political Attitudes, Political Influences