Integrate Play into Chinese Early Childhood Education

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.185How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Chinese Early Childhood Education; Play; Learning; Play-based Pedagogy; Education reform

Abstract

Play is an essential educational concept of early childhood education. Through play, children develop physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. ‘Learning through play’ is recommended as the mode of learning for children in Western countries. This concept has been introduced to Chinese kindergartens, but it has not been successfully implemented because it is incongruent with Chinese education tradition. This paper conducted a literature review on play and education, compared the education system of Western countries with that of China, and concluded possible suggestions that best resolve the conflicts between Chinese culture and play-based pedagogy. To fully integrate play into Chinese early childhood education, government officials need to evenly distribute educational resources, regulate after-school tutoring programs, provide parents educational programs and teacher’s training programs, and ensure open communication between schools, teachers, parents, and students.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyu Ding
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Integrate Play into Chinese Early Childhood Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1087
EP  - 1090
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.185
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.185
ID  - Ding2021
ER  -