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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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Rodd, Jillian – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Investigated the relationship between psychological well-being and maternal stress in 109 Australian and 88 Singaporean mothers with children under 5 years of age. Found that psychological well-being and maternal stress were not significantly related and that maternal stress did not appear to be culturally specific but rather was an inherent…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Mother Attitudes, Mothers
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Tan-Niam, Carolyn S. L.; Wood, David; O'Malley, Claire – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Examined links between theory-of-mind status among Singaporean and United Kingdom preschoolers and their social pretend play. Found that ratings by Singaporean and UK teachers yielded measures of facilitation, shared meaning, and thematic maintenance of interactive play. Rater nationality did not affect ranking patterns. Findings indicated a link…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Foreign Countries