Exploring the Quality of Early Childhood Education in China: Implications for Early Childhood Teacher Education

Bi Ying Hu, Judit Szente

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education · 2009 · 72 citations · 16 references

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The following article introduces an exploratory study that was designed to measure the quality of early childhood education within its ever changing sociocultural context utilizing the Early Childhood Learning Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) in 40 classrooms in Beijing, China. Implications for early childhood teacher education, including the education of children with exceptional needs are addressed along with recommendations for future research.

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