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Jin, Yan; Krieg, Susan; Hamilton, Amy; Su, Jing – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
This paper draws from a cross-cultural study of young children's arts curricula. The initial phase of the original study consisted of a comparison of the intended arts curriculum for 5--6 year old children in China and Australia. This was followed by a survey in Beijing exploring 88 contemporary early childhood educators' beliefs about children's…
Descriptors: Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis
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Aunio, Pirjo; Aubrey, Carol; Godfrey, Ray; Pan, Yuejuan; Liu, Yan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2008
This research investigated the similarities and differences between countries in young children's early numeracy skills related to age, culture, and gender. The participants were five-year-old children from Beijing (People's Republic of China), England, and Finland. The rationale for the cross-cultural comparison originates from research results…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Numeracy, Young Children
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Li, Hui; Rao, Nirmala – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2005
This study considered curricular and instructional influences on early Chinese literacy attainment in Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore. The participants included 198 pre-school children, their teachers and parents. Children were administered the Pre-school and Primary Chinese Literacy Scale at the age of either two or three years, and again one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Guidelines, Preschool Children