1. By: Anna, Jing, Qian, Thipika, Yuan, Yan

2. Agenda
 History
 Curriculum of Early Childhood Education Program in
China
 Accessibility of service
 Program Structure
 The Teacher’s Qualifications, Requirements and
Training

3. History
 The three educators:
 Xingzhi Dao (1891-1946) – he was the creator for Early
Childhood program for farmers and factory workers in
Nanjing and Shanghi.
 Xuemen Zhang (1891-1973) – child educator in North
China and Taiwan, was a ECE for many years.
 Heqin Chen(1892-1982) – he was a child psychologist
and an ECE also studied psychology and pedagogy in US
at Columbia University.

4. The Curriculum For Early
Childhood Education in China
 “ A common method of teaching in Chinese preschool is
learning by rote or recitation in unison in class”
 “Most Preschools in china is less structured or guided play
time but more studying”
 “Historically, the emphasis in China's preschool education
has been on children's regimentation and obedience
training”

5. The Service-Kindergarten types
 The government
 Work units
 Government-licensed Individuals
For instance, in shanghai in 2003,
1/3 were independently managed.
 Full-day : 8am to 4pm
 Part-day : temporary schedules
 Boarding programmers : 24hours, five days

6. Pre-primary Classroom – a link
between kindergarten and primary school
One part of
The
elementary
school
Half-day
Prior to
1st G
Teaching
Emphasis methods
on Similar to
academics Elementary
classrooms

7. Enrolment of young children
 The Chinese Government guarantee the entry and
encourage children attend the preschool programs.
2001 2002 2004
20,218,400 20,360,200 20,894,000

8. Program structure - Group Size and
Staff-child Ratios
two teachers
&one
assistant for
each group
3-4 year 5-6 year
olds<25 olds<30
children children
The
ratio>1:10

9. Program Structure – A day
 7:50am opening up  3:50pm clean up
activities  11:00am lunch  4:00pm group
 8:20am morning  11:30am meeting, departu
exercises relaxation re
 8:40am snack  12:00am nap
 9:00am large  2:30pm get up
group activity  3:00pm snack
 10:10am small  3:20pm outdoor
group activities
 10:40am clean

10. Early Childhood Educator
 Graduate from kindergarten teacher school
 Accepts junior high-school graduates
 Three years to complete
 Must participate in ongoing continuing
education
 Grade from level 1 to level 5
 Caring each child
 relationship with family and community

11. What’s the Differences?
China Canada
 Teacher-directed  Children are active learner
 More group activities  Curriculum based on
 kindergarten for preschool children’s cue
- three to six years old  Guided by Day Nurseries
 Boarding programmes : Act
Mon-Fri 24 hrs.  Age grouping: Infant
 Ratio: no more than 1:10 Toddler Preschool
 Pre-primary school  Low staff-child ratio
 Teacher need ongoing  Teacher need ECE diploma
training to graduate

13. References
 The Importance of Early Childhood Education. (n.d.). Rural Education Action Project.
Retrieved November 1, 2011, from http://reap.stanford.edu/docs/early_c
 Melhuish, E. C., & Petrogiannis, K. (2006). Early childhood care and education:
international perspectives. London: Routledge.
 (2007). Early Childhood Education(First ed., Vol. 4). Westoirt: Praeger .
 Children [Online image] available www.nipic.com November 09, 2011
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONcpcMFOsjc
 China Flag[Online image] available
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/flag.shtml November 11, 2011
 Canada Flag[Online image] available
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/flag.shtml November 11, 2011
 Heqin Chen[Online image] available
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/coce/detail.asp?Id=About+Us&Info=A+Photograph
ic+Exhibition November 14, 2011