Curriculum hybridization and cultural glocalization: A scoping review of international research on early childhood curriculum in China and Singapore

W Yang, H Li - ECNU Review of Education, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose This article presents a scoping review of the internationally published research on
the early childhood curriculum (ECC) reforms, policies, measures, and effectiveness in …

Towards inclusiveness and sustainability of robot programming in early childhood: Child engagement, learning outcomes and teacher perception

W Yang, H Luo, J Su - British Journal of Educational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The proliferation of screen‐free programmable robotics allows teachers to implement age‐
appropriate integrated activities that can promote child learning and development. However …

[图书][B] The sociology of childhood

WA Corsaro, JG Everitt - 2023 - books.google.com
The Sixth Edition of William A. Corsaro and Judson G. Everitt′ s groundbreaking text
discusses children and childhood from a sociological perspective—providing in-depth …

The impact of story-inspired programming on preschool children's computational thinking: A multi-group experiment

W Yang, DTK Ng, J Su - Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2023 - Elsevier
Computational thinking (CT) has received worldwide attention due to its alignment with
developing 21 st century skills such as creativity, problem-solving, and digital competence …

The role of culture in early childhood curriculum development: A case study of curriculum innovations in Hong Kong kindergartens

W Yang, H Li - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study employed an inductive qualitative approach to understanding the effects of local
culture on early childhood curriculum development in two Hong Kong kindergartens. A …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of play-based pedagogies in selected Asian contexts: What do we know and how to move forward?

A Bautista, J Yu, K Lee, J Sun - Effective teaching around the …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
In the Asian continent, many Early Childhood Education (ECE) policies have been
influenced by Western theories and pedagogies. An example is the widespread presence of …

Neoliberalism and sociocultural specificities: A discourse analysis of early childhood curriculum policies in Australia, China, New Zealand, and Singapore

W Yang, P Xu, H Liu, H Li - Early Child Development and Care, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Many governments have launched the top-down early childhood curriculum (ECC) reforms
to enhance the accountability of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The …

Extracurricular activities and Chinese children's school readiness: Who benefits more?

L Ren, J Chen, X Li, H Wu, J Fan, L Li - Child Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organized extracurricular activities (EAs) are prevalent among Chinese preschoolers, yet
their role in children's development is poorly understood. This study investigated the …

“That's just impossible in my kindergarten.” Advocating for 'glocal'early childhood curriculum frameworks

A Bautista, R Bull, EL Ng, K Lee - Policy Futures in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
As a result of globalization, kindergarten curriculum frameworks in Asia have been strongly
influenced by Western theories, pedagogies, and values. In this article, we argue that …

On the road to participatory pedagogy: A mixed-methods study of pedagogical interaction in Chinese kindergartens

R Huang, W Yang, H Li - Teaching and Teacher Education, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the pedagogical interactions between teachers and young children
in six sampled Chinese kindergarten classrooms. Altogether 4320 turns of dialogue were …