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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Tan, Guangyu (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Globalization, Human Capital Development, and Cultural Ecology
• 2. Childhood Development and Education in China: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future Competitiveness
• 3. Early Childhood Education in India: Promises, Policies, and Pitfalls
• 4. From A Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind to Race to the Top: The U.S. Response to Global Competition
• 5. "One Child, Only Hope" No More: The Evolution of China's Population Control Policy and Its Impact on Parenting and Child Care
• 6. Early Childhood Parental Philosophies and Practices in Urban India: Education, Care, and Well-Being of Young Children in a Society Shaped by Traditional and Global Forces
• 7. Class, Ethnicity, and Gender Dimensions of Child Rearing in America
• 8. Educational Policy, Parents, and Investment that Matters.-.