全球化下的教育改革深入到了幼兒教育領域，"終身學習、全人發展"觀念下幼兒教育面臨了新的機遇和挑戰。本文立足於美國和香港兩地在幼兒教育機構質量和幼稚園質素保證、以及兩地學前教育課程改革的比較，探討兩地幼兒教育的異同，以及兩地在「全球化」影響下的「在地化」發展特點，以此深入探討，尋求香港幼兒教育發展的未來路向。
Globalization of education reform into the field of early childhood education, under the concept of Lifelong learning and All-round development, the early childhood education is facing some new opportunities and challenges. This article based on the comparison of early childhood education reform of two places that is the United States and Hong Kong, it focus on the early childhood education quality assurance and pre-school curriculum reform. Through discuss the similarities and differences, and the localization character in the globalization influence in the two places, we want to gain more useful experiences and find a better way to develop the future early childhood education.[Copyright of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal is the property of Hong Kong Teachers' Centre at http://www.edb.org.hk/hktc]
