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Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Focus onßEarly Childhood Development inßChinese Societies; Why Focus onßChinese Societies?; Organization ofßtheßBook; References; Part I: Understanding Early Childhood Education in Chinese Societies; Chapter 2: Growing UpßinßChinese Families andßSocieties; Commonalities andßDistinctions BetweenßChinese andßWestern Families inßParenting Practices; Authoritative andßAuthoritarian Parenting AmongßChinese Families; Socialization Goals andßParenting Practices.
Changes inßParenting Practices Changes inßPreschool Pedagogy; The One-Child Policy; Are Single Children Spoiled?; Parenting inßUrban Educated Families; The Increased Importance ofßPeers; Directions forßFuture Studies; Viewing Childhood Socialization WithinßtheßIntegrated System ofßFamily andßSchool; Understanding theßSocialization Experiences ofßChildren fromßDifferent Backgrounds; Enhancing Parenting Skills; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Chinese Culture inßEarly Educational Environments; Chinese Culture; Individualism andßCollectivism; Confucian Values; Goals ofßEducation.
Emphasis onßLearning toßSelf-Perfect Early Educational Environments inßChinese Societies; The Quality ofßEarly Educational Environments; Access toßEarly Childhood Education; Physical Environment andßFacilities; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher-Child Ratio; Curriculum Guidelines; Teachers' Cultural Beliefs andßPractices; The Tidal Wave ofßGlobalization; Resistance toßGlobalization: Glocalization; Contextualization or Ben-Tu-Hua; Tension BetweenßWestern Theories andßPedagogies andßChinese Traditional Beliefs andßPractice.
Tension BetweenßDifferential Developments inßVarious Geographical Areas Tension BetweenßExpectations fromßParents andßtheßLatest Early Childhood Research Advocated byßEducators; Confucianism asßtheßCommon Thread?; Confucianism inßDifferent Chinese Societies; Common Thread AcrossßEarly Childhood Curriculum inßChinese Societies; Conclusions andßImplications; Competing Desires andßUneven Development?; Implications forßOther Countries; References; Part II: Early Childhood Education in the People's Republic of China.
Chapter 4: An Overview ofßEarly Childhood Education inßtheßPeople's Republic ofßChina Introduction; The Contemporary State ofßECE inßChina; The Development ofßEarly Childhood Education inßChina; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Trends inßGovernment Expenditure inßEarly Childhood Education inßChina: Practices inßShanghai, Guizhou, andßNingshan; The Development ofßFinancial System ofßEarly Childhood Education inßChina; The National Medium- andßLong-Term Education Reform andßDevelopment Plan (2010-2020); Public Funding andßEarly Childhood Education Services inßShanghai.
Changes inßParenting Practices Changes inßPreschool Pedagogy; The One-Child Policy; Are Single Children Spoiled?; Parenting inßUrban Educated Families; The Increased Importance ofßPeers; Directions forßFuture Studies; Viewing Childhood Socialization WithinßtheßIntegrated System ofßFamily andßSchool; Understanding theßSocialization Experiences ofßChildren fromßDifferent Backgrounds; Enhancing Parenting Skills; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Chinese Culture inßEarly Educational Environments; Chinese Culture; Individualism andßCollectivism; Confucian Values; Goals ofßEducation.
Emphasis onßLearning toßSelf-Perfect Early Educational Environments inßChinese Societies; The Quality ofßEarly Educational Environments; Access toßEarly Childhood Education; Physical Environment andßFacilities; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher-Child Ratio; Curriculum Guidelines; Teachers' Cultural Beliefs andßPractices; The Tidal Wave ofßGlobalization; Resistance toßGlobalization: Glocalization; Contextualization or Ben-Tu-Hua; Tension BetweenßWestern Theories andßPedagogies andßChinese Traditional Beliefs andßPractice.
Tension BetweenßDifferential Developments inßVarious Geographical Areas Tension BetweenßExpectations fromßParents andßtheßLatest Early Childhood Research Advocated byßEducators; Confucianism asßtheßCommon Thread?; Confucianism inßDifferent Chinese Societies; Common Thread AcrossßEarly Childhood Curriculum inßChinese Societies; Conclusions andßImplications; Competing Desires andßUneven Development?; Implications forßOther Countries; References; Part II: Early Childhood Education in the People's Republic of China.
Chapter 4: An Overview ofßEarly Childhood Education inßtheßPeople's Republic ofßChina Introduction; The Contemporary State ofßECE inßChina; The Development ofßEarly Childhood Education inßChina; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Trends inßGovernment Expenditure inßEarly Childhood Education inßChina: Practices inßShanghai, Guizhou, andßNingshan; The Development ofßFinancial System ofßEarly Childhood Education inßChina; The National Medium- andßLong-Term Education Reform andßDevelopment Plan (2010-2020); Public Funding andßEarly Childhood Education Services inßShanghai.