Quality improvement in early years settings in Hong Kong and England

Quality improvement in early years settings in Hong Kong and England

• Ho, Dora Dept of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Campbell-Barr, Verity Early Childhood Studies Team, Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth
• Leeson, Caroline Early Childhood Studies Team, Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth

International Journal of Early Years Education, 18(3), 243-258, 2010

Routledge

2010

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RD Educational Finance & Resource Allocation
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QB Pre-school Education, Child Caring Facilities, Maternal & Infantile Health Facilities

Early Childhood Education Young Children Foreign Countries Comparative Analysis Educational Quality Educational Improvement Educational Finance Comparative Education Evaluation Criteria Educational Practices Context Effect Social Environment Stakeholders Educational Attitudes Guidelines

• Hong Kong
• Great Britain

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

With a growing awareness of the importance of early childhood education, the governments of Hong Kong and England have both increased investment through providing fee assistance to parents for buying services and providing funding to providers for offering 'free' places, respectively. Alongside the increased funding of early childhood education, a heightened interest in the quality of early years settings has arisen. This paper aims to develop a framework for comparative studies by addressing the similarities and differences in quality improvement of both systems. Three key issues are discussed: relevance of the quality criteria for assessment, interpretations of the quality improvement mechanism and its use in guiding practice, and the influence of contextual factors in terms of stakeholders' views of the quality process. It is argued that these key issues are fundamental to a framework for understanding different sociocultural contexts and dynamics in shaping the quality improvement of early childhood education.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2010.524058]

• English

Journal Articles

• 09669760

• 10.1080/09669760.2010.524058

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2011-03-24