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Exploring early childhood in China: background, development and current issues

Qi, Xiaofei

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China has put great efforts into developing early childhood education and care services. Since 2010 the policy priority has been to develop early childhood education services for 3–6-year-old children before school entry. Evidence of the rapid development of early childhood education in China can be seen in the impressive development of policy, the increase in public investment and the boom in kindergarten participation rates. The demand for qualified early childhood education practitioners is also increasing in China. Private kindergartens are playing a very important role in providing early childhood education services due to the lack of public services. Despite the great progress already made, the development of early childhood education in China is unbalanced and inadequate in terms of its regional and social disparities. There is a huge gap between advanced ideas and kindergarten practices. The consequences of the new two-child policy present a big challenge to the development of early childhood education, and these should be prepared for in advance in terms of providing “sufficient” early childhood education services, as well as “highquality” services to young children and their families. Resumen China ha realizado grandes esfuerzos para desarrollar servicios de educación y cuidado de la primera infancia. Desde 2010, la prioridad política ha sido desarrollar servicios de educación infantil temprana para niños de 3 a 6 años antes de acceder a la escuela. La evidencia del rápido desarrollo de la educación de la primera infancia en China se puede apreciar en el sorprendente desarrollo político, el aumento de la inversión pública y el auge de las tasas de inserción en los jardines de infancia. La demanda de profesionales calificados en educación infantil temprana está aumentando en China. Los jardines de infancia privados desempeñan un papel muy importante en la prestación de servicios de educación de la primera infancia debido a la falta de servicios públicos. A pesar del gran progreso realizado, el desarrollo de la educación de la primera infancia en China es inestable e inadecuada en términos de desigualdad regional y social. Hay una gran brecha entre las ideas avanzadas y las prácticas llevadas a cabo en el jardín de infancia. Además, la nueva política de dos hijos representa un gran desafío para el desarrollo de la educación de la primera infancia, ya que deben prepararse de antemano para proporcionar servicios de educación de la primera infancia "suficientes" y de "alta calidad" para los niños y sus familias

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Qi, X. (2019). Exploring early childhood in China: background, development and current issues

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 24, 2019
Online Publication Date Dec 12, 2019
Publication Date Dec 12, 2019
Deposit Date Jan 16, 2020
Publicly Available Date Jan 19, 2020
Journal Journal for educators, teachers and trainers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 2
Pages 13-29
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1279346
Publisher URL http://www.labosfor.com/jett/index.php/jett/article/view/441/377

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