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Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Editors:
  1. Minyi Li

    1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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  2. Jillian Fox

    1. Australia Catholic University, Sydney , Australia

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  3. Susan Grieshaber

    1. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Incorporates a global perspective in analyzing practices in Asia-Pacific Authored by a team of international researchers
  • Takes into consideration on-going reforms and further changes?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: New Frontiers of Educational Research (NFER)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. A Changed Agenda for Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific

    • Susan Grieshaber
    Pages 1-11

  3. Re-conceptualising Early Childhood Education and Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-15
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    2. Marketization and Corporation of Early Childhood Care and Education in Singapore

      • Sirene Lim
      Pages 17-32

    3. Reconceptualist Work in a Colonising Context: Challenges for Australian Early Childhood Education

      • Melinda G. Miller
      Pages 33-50

    4. Has the Universal Free Childcare Policy Been Successful? Issues and Challenges for Early Childhood Education and Care in Korea

      • Eunhy Park, Hong-Ju Jun
      Pages 51-64

    5. Prophesying Early Childhood Educational Care in India: My Insider/Outsider Postcolonial Vision

      • Parasanna Srinivasan
      Pages 65-81

    6. A Hong Kong Version of Early Chinese Literacy Education: A Sinophone Perspective

      • Po Chi Tam
      Pages 83-102

    7. What Does the Gap Between Advocated Theories and Realistic Practice Mean: A Re-Conceptualization of the Early Childhood Curriculum Reform in China

      • Jie Zhang, Jiaxiong Zhu
      Pages 103-121
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About this book

This book investigates the unique and dynamic approaches to key issues of changing images of child and childhood, by different countries in the Asia-Pacific. Key concepts considered are re-conceptualizing early childhood education and care, re-eaxming early learning standards and redefining professionalism. The Asia Pacific region includes countries belonging to both the Majority and Minority worlds and which vary widely in terms of their cultural geography, social-cultural beliefs, and levels of development, demographic profiles, political systems and government commitments to early childhood services. An international team of experienced researchers from different countries guarantees diverse perspectives. By examining different countries’ policy choices and evidence-based practices, the authors show how best to provide for young children based on their countries’ strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Minyi Li

  • Australia Catholic University, Sydney , Australia

    Jillian Fox

  • Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Susan Grieshaber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

  • Editors: Minyi Li, Jillian Fox, Susan Grieshaber

  • Series Title: New Frontiers of Educational Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2207-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2205-0Published: 04 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9560-3Published: 23 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2207-4Published: 26 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3473

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-349X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Early Childhood Education, International and Comparative Education

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