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The Concept of Death in 4 to 5 Year Old Hong Kong Chinese Children
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Mun Wong; Thomas G. Power – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Research shows that young children's understanding of death varies considerably by culture. The purpose of this study was to examine the concepts of death held by Chinese kindergarten children in Hong Kong. Eighty-three 4- to 5-year-olds were interviewed about their understanding of six death sub-concepts: inevitability, universality,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Death
Conceptions of Play by Children in Five Countries: Towards an Understanding of Playfulness (Las concepciones acerca del juego de niños de cinco países: hacia un mejor conocimiento de la actividad lúdica)
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Mukherjee, Sarah J.; Bugallo, Lucía; Scheuer, Nora; Cremin, Teresa; Montoro, Virginia; Ferrero, Martha; Preston, Marcia; Cheng, Doris; Golinkoff, Roberta; Popp, Jill – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2023
Drawing on a mixed-methods cross-cultural study undertaken in five locations in Argentina, Denmark, Hong Kong, England and the United States in 2018, this paper explores how children (aged five and seven) conceive of playfulness. Following a card-sorting task, 387 children selected familiar activities that they felt were most representative of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Young Children, Cultural Differences
Developing a Culturally Based Play Inventory from the Perspectives of Hong Kong Parents and Children: A Content Analysis Method
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Siu, Angela; Keung, Chrysa – Education 3-13, 2022
Using a content analysis method, this study develops a culturally based inventory of play categories from parents and children reports and explores how such types of play varies in environment and time. A total of 171 parent-child dyads from 13 Hong Kong kindergartens participated in the study. Results reveal that play practices reported from Hong…
Descriptors: Cultural Relevance, Play, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Researching Children's Learning and Play in a Chinese Context: Children's Perspectives on Their Play and Learning
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Wu, Shu-chen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Children's conceptions or interpretations of the relationship between play and learning have not been studied much in the early childhood education studies. To better understand play and learning in the Chinese context, this paper will discuss the outcome of a study which sought to investigate children's understanding and interpretation of the…
Descriptors: Play, Childrens Attitudes, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Pursuing Quality Learning Experiences for Young Children through Learning in Play: How Do Children Perceive Play?
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Keung, Chrysa Pui Chi; Fung, Chanel Kit Ho – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
In Hong Kong, play-based learning has been highlighted in the latest curriculum guide in 2017. While adopting 'child-centredness' as the core value of kindergarten education can enrich children's play experiences. However, little emphasis has been placed on how young children perceive play-based learning in the classroom. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Learning Experience, Young Children
A Visual Methods Approach for Researching Children's Perspectives: Capturing the Dialectic and Visual Reflexivity in a Cross-National Study of Father-Child Interactions
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Chawla-Duggan, Rita; Konantambigi, Rajani; Lam, Michelle Mei Seung; Sollied, Sissel – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
The paper presents a visual methods approach from a cross national methodological project that used digital visual technologies to examine young children's perspectives in father-child interactions. The approach combines capturing the dialectic with visual reflexivity. The notion of 'capturing the dialectic' specifically by analysing conflict to…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Visual Aids, Young Children