Title: Early Childhood Education Reform in China: Challenges and Opportunities
Stream: Education, Sustainability & Society: Social Justice, Development & Political Movements
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Simiao Pan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract:
In the past few decades, the development of early childhood education (ECE) in China experienced dramatic transformations. Especially under the influence of the "open door" policy, the influx of western ideas has made China’s ECE involved in the wave of globalization. Meanwhile, ECE has experienced constantly modifying, readjusting, and relocating without receiving enough financial and political support. Until now, the ECE market is still experiencing turbulence. This study critically analyzed and reviewed the historical development of ECE in China within the concepts of social and political change. The ECE situation, emphasizing China’s recent major reform (from 2010 to 2020), will also be presented. Three challenges of ECE have been addressed in this paper: (1) culture adoption but not adaption;(2) lack of teachers’ professional learning; (3) absence of funding and monitoring system. Last, the paper presented considerable opportunities for future ECE development in China.
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