Investment in Early Childhood Education in a Globalized World Policies, Practices, and Parental Philosophies in China, India, and the United States /

• Main Authors: Tan, Guangyu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gupta, Amita (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wilgus, Gay (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Child development.; International education .; Comparative education.; Educational sociology.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Early Childhood Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Sociology of Education.

This book is a comparative study of how early childhood educational policies and initiatives in three countries-China, India, and the United States-have been utilized as both direct and indirect strategies for responding to fierce global economic competition. Human capital theory and cultural ecolog...