Early Childhood Education in Chinese Societies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rao, Nirmala (Editor), Zhou, Jing (Editor), Sun, Jin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, 19
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Early Childhood Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.

This book provides an up-to-date account of relevant early childhood policy and practice in five Chinese societies: the People’s Republic of China or Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan. It analyses how traditional Chinese values, Eastern and Western curricular approaches, and so...