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Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
This study employed an inductive qualitative approach to understanding the effects of local culture on early childhood curriculum development in two Hong Kong kindergartens. A triangulation of interviews, observations and documents was established, and cultural-historical activity theory was employed as the theoretical framework. The results…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Preschool Curriculum
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Zhang, Jingxiao; Li, Rui; Li, Hui; Skitmore, Martin; Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Science and Technology Innovation Communities (STICs) are student-led partnerships that bring together businesses, research centres, and university staff. They constitute an effective way of promoting student innovation ability. However, the students' position within the STICs organisation network may condition how their innovation ability is…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Innovation
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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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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
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Li, Hui – Early Education and Development, 2006
This study investigated the challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) into the early childhood curriculum in Hong Kong kindergartens. Thirty-one principals completed questionnaires before they implemented a new curriculum initiative plan that involved the integrating of ICT…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Learning Processes