Analysis of Universal Preschool Education System in China

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DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210617.139How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Preschool education system, Puhui Kindergarten, Policy and practice, Limiting factor, China

Abstract

China launched the Outline of China’s National Plan for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) in 2010 to promote affordability, accessibility, and accountability of preschool education system. Building the system of Puhui kindergarten is embraced as a main approach. Therefore, the author intends to analyze practices and implementation of this ambitious plan and identify factors that hinder further reform in China by reviewing literatures on development of Puhui kindergarten. The analysis mainly focuses on the reaction of various stakeholders to Puhui kindergarten, especially private kindergarten owners and parents. The author found that less profits and authorities are the main factors keep private owners out of participation and the quality of Puhui kindergarten are concerned by parents. Thus, the development of universal preschool education system keeps in an ongoing process at the initial stage. In addition to the expansion of quantity, kindergarten in China should consider more about its quality in an age-appropriate way, especially Puhui kindergarten, which requires more funding and training supports. Furthermore, government is expected to give parents more choice by encouraging the development of kindergartens that differ in education ideas and pedagogies, for creating a performance evaluation system to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of Puhui kindergarten system. Lastly, more well-designed and hands-on teacher training program are needed for improving the quality of teaching staff in kindergarten.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yuhe Tian
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/20
TI  - Analysis of Universal Preschool Education System in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Humanities Education (ICMHHE 2021）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 563
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