Quality matters: early childhood education policy in Hong Kong

Rao, Nirmala; Li, Hui

doi:10.1080/03004430601078644

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“…In general licensing has been proven to affect quality (Azer et al 2002;Azzi-Lessing 2009;Brownlee et al 2009 Pessanha et al 2007;Phillips et al 2000;Rao and Li 2009;van Ijzendoorn et al 1998) and it intends to ensure that care provided is good enough to do no harm to children. State licensing provides the baseline of protection from injury, disease or developmental impairment.…”

Section: Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Quality of Early Childhood Educators: Children’s Interaction in Greek Child Care Centers

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Sakellariou

2010

Early Childhood Educ J

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Though quality in early childhood education and care has attracted last decades enormous research interest there is still not a unanimous agreement about its definition. Yet, almost all definitions attempted include interaction, group size, adult:child ratio and early childhood educators' level of education, as important indices of quality. Relationships are key resources for young children. There is agreement among researchers that the quality of caregiving by professional caregivers in child care centres has been established as an important influence on various aspects of child development. Thus, structural characteristics have been proven to affect programs' quality of services provided. The purpose of this research study was twofold: (1) to explore the quality of interaction between Greek early childhood educators and children; and (2) to record the structural characteristics of Greek child care centres. Correlations among structural characteristics and type of interaction were also examined. Research data indicate that Greek early childhood educators are positive but at the same time detached and permissive during their interaction with children, a finding that disputes their positive interaction. Thus, Greek child care centres have been found to adopt, based on Greek legislation, high ratios and group sizes, a finding which raises questions about the effects on children's well being and development. Limited correlations have been found between the type of interaction and the structural characteristics. Research data highlight the need for further research to undergone and for changes in Greek legislation, concerning the operation of Greek child care centres.

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Section: Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Quality of Early Childhood Educators: Children’s Interaction in Greek Child Care Centers

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Sakellariou

2010

Early Childhood Educ J

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“…Most noticeably, they were both colonized by the British, who left the early childhood education system mostly to the free market (Rao and Li 2009). Over the years, ECE continued to be undervalued and excluded from the compulsory education system.…”

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“…Over the years, ECE continued to be undervalued and excluded from the compulsory education system. Thus, no public kindergartens were established in Hong Kong and Singapore, even after post-colonial educational authorities were in place (Rao and Li 2009). But in recent years, the importance of ECE has been recognized, especially by governmental officials, who are eager to raise the quality of national ECE services to international standards (Li et al 2013).…”

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Compensation of Chinese early childhood teachers: a preliminary study in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei

2014

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This study compared the structure and level of Chinese teachers' compensation in public or non-profit-making early childhood settings in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei. Document analysis method was employed to compare the compensation structure, and two indicators were used to compare the pay level: (1) the Economist's Big Mac Index and (2) the house price-to-income ratio. The results indicated that: (1) Hong Kong employs a single-salary scheme, whereas the other cities use a mixture of competency-based plus performance-based compensation; (2) Taipei's compensation system features the most comprehensive structure, the highest hourly pay, and the shortest working hours, whereas Singapore's system features the lowest pay level and the longest working hours; and (3) Taipei's early childhood teachers have the strongest purchasing power in housing, whereas Singapore teachers have the weakest purchasing power in food and housing. Implications and suggestions are made to address the challenges facing the compensation of Chinese early childhood teachers.

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“…One of the most important and notable impacts of the development of preprimary education is the change in the Hong Kong Government's role in pursuing the provision of quality (Rao & Li, 2009) . Becoming more actively involved in the pre-primary sector in the post-colonial period, the HKSAR Government has taken on several major neoliberal policy initiatives that focus on "building a new culture for quality early childhood education" (Hong Kong Education Commission, 2000, p .…”

Section: System Of Pre -Primary Education In Hong Kongmentioning

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Unpacking neoliberal policies: Interrupting the global and local production of the norms

Lee¹

2012

Journal of Pedagogy / Pedagogický Casopis

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Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) has been constructed as a new site for educational, sociocultural, political, and economic investment . Coupled with such a growing and popular recognition of ECEC as a significant period of children's learning and development are critical issues concerning accountability, affordability, and accessibility to quality education and care for all . Highlighting the preschool education systems in Taiwan and Hong Kong as two examples from Asia, this paper aims to open up a discursive space for reconceptualizing the effects of neoliberal discourse and how such a system of reasoning reconstructed notions of inclusion/exclusion to limit the making of quality education and the provision of care for all .

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Quality matters: early childhood education policy in Hong Kong

Cited by 74 publications

References 9 publications

The Quality of Early Childhood Educators: Children’s Interaction in Greek Child Care Centers

The Quality of Early Childhood Educators: Children’s Interaction in Greek Child Care Centers

Compensation of Chinese early childhood teachers: a preliminary study in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei

Unpacking neoliberal policies: Interrupting the global and local production of the norms

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