The Quality of Play Center Activities of Early Childhood Education in China

Abstract

As one typical form of play, play center activities are commonly used in early childhood education programs in China. This study used the Activities Sub-scale of the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (CECERS) to measure the quality of the play center activities in K2 (4-5 years old) classroom, which based on a stratified random selection of 48 classrooms in Guangdong Province in China. Results found that the overall quality of play center activities was slightly below qualified (5 points), and there are significant differences between urban and rural, private and public, high and low level of kindergartens. Quality of three dimensions (material and space, opportunity and time, design and organization) also showed a medium level (above 4 points), and significant differences of three dimensions are found between urban and rural, private and public, high and low level of kindergartens. Findings and implications will help teachers to better support and enhance children’s play center activities and early learning.

Quality Assurance Frameworks Comparisons in HEIs of Pakistan and China

“…According to the results obtained the access to digital libraries in Pakistan is weak. While research from Liu, et al, (2019), reported that digital library access in China was available in more than 80% universities making it easier for students to access digital libraries at their homes. Supporting the statement, Bhayo et al, (2018) wrote that digital library access is available to all the students in various provinces of China except for a few new universities where developments are taking place.…”

“…The governance of HEIs in China is done by the State and local Councils, which monitors the facilities provided in each department. According to Liu, Hu and Huang (2019), the HEIs in China focus on many parameters in improving quality of education and some of them include, quality of work distribution, and increasing accessibility for the students. Bhayo et al, (2018) reported that the number of PhD faculty members in China have increased in the order of thousands in the last 10 years because of the special focus on increasing the quality of their classroom environment.…”

“…Another parameter which is under investigation by Sukdee, Tornee and Kraiptech (2017), is student access to the digital library Each university management is now forcing the IT professionals to develop an online portal, where student access to their digital library is available. Research by Bhayo et al, (2018) and Liu, et al, (2019) found that universities have now started to give students access to their digital library because it creates an environment of researching and opportunities to learn the concepts of new research techniques. This paper examines Pakistani and Chinese universities not using the online portal for the development of new and improved learning atmosphere to improve quality in HEIs.…”