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Cultural Conflicts of the Child-Centered Approach to Early Childhood Education in Taiwan
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Lee, I-Fang; Tseng, Chao-Ling – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
This paper discusses the cultural conflicts around the Western notion of child-centeredness in Taiwanese preschools. The implementation and translation of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) in Taiwan is highlighted as an example to understand productions of differences, norms and cultural conflicts in Taiwanese early childhood education.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices