Overview
- Represents profiles of infants and toddlers in China, how they develop, what kinds of care and education services they get
- Clarifies the different roles that parenting, centre-based and community-based early care and education practices play in the development of children under three
- Equips readers to understand child development in the context of Chinese culture and educational policies
Part of the book series: New Frontiers of Educational Research (NFER)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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The Developmental Status of Infants and Toddlers and Its Influencing Factors
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Family Environment and Infants and Toddlers’ Development
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Policies and Challenges
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Xiumin Hong is a professor of Early Childhood Education and director of the Institute of Early Childhood Education at Beijing Normal University. She is also director of the Committee of Teacher Professional Development of the CNSECS and director of China Association for Standardization Educare Professional Committee. She is widely regarded for her research focused on infant and toddler’s development, teacher professional development, and early childhood education and care policy.
Wanzhen Feng is an assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests are philosophy of early childhood education, kindergarten teachers’ professional development, and arts education in early years. Currently, she is the principal investigator of a research project focused on the quality and improvement of teacher-child relationship in Beijing.
Xiaowei Li is an associate professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University, vice executive secretary of China National Society of Early Childhood Education. Her research is devoted to understanding the context (including family, school, and community) and temperament influences on young children’s socio-emotional development.
Xinghua Wang is an assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in theFaculty of Education, Beijing Normal University and a member of OMEP China Committee. Her research interests include early learning and development, science learning and teaching in kindergartens, and early care and education.
Yuejuan Pan is an associate professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. Her research focuses on program quality and evaluation, play and kindergarten curriculum, and early math education. Currently she is directing a research project on meta-evaluation of kindergarten quality rating system in Beijing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Research on the Development and Education of 0-3-Year-Old Children in China
Authors: Xin Liu, Xiumin Hong, Wanzhen Feng, Xiaowei Li, Xinghua Wang, Yuejuan Pan
Series Title: New Frontiers of Educational Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59755-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-59753-8Published: 06 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-59755-2Published: 28 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2195-3473
Series E-ISSN: 2195-349X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 244
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Childhood Education