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Quality matters: Early childhood education policy in Hong Kong
EdLink- Quality matters: Early childhood education policy in Hong Kong
- Early Child Development and Care, 179(3), 233-245, 2009
- Routledge
- 2009
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- 學前教育
- This paper critically analyses how the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region has tackled the issue of preschool quality over the past 30 years. Although early childhood education is not part of the publicly funded education system, there is almost universal preschool attendance among three to six year olds. The government regulates, monitors and evaluates early childhood services, and has taken numerous steps to improve the quality of early childhood provision. However, a paradox lurks within government policy. On one hand, the facility-focused and provider-focused regulatory standards for the operation of preschools have been faulted for being too lax; but, on the other hand, policies and incentives have clearly improved the quality of preschool education. These include measures to support the upgrading of serving kindergarten teachers and an emphasis on quality assurance. The implementation of enabling policies is essential to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early education and care.[Copyright of Early Child Development and Care is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430601078644]
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- 英文
- 期刊論文
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- 03004430
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/bbcf11d3
- 2010-11-24
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