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Mak, Barley; Keung, Chrysa; Cheung, Alan – Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability, 2018
This chapter critically reviews the official document "Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide" (2017) in Hong Kong by using the concept of five curriculum orientations as an analytical tool. The five curriculum orientations are academic; cognitive process; social reconstruction; humanistic; and technological. The analysis covers the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Curriculum, Academic Education
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Nuttall, Joce – Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability, 2018
Policy reforms in initial teacher education in Australia have typically omitted the early childhood sector. This chapter adopts a cultural-historical perspective to explain this persistent neglect. Obvious explanations, such as the location of early childhood education outside the compulsory education sector, are noted. It then argues that recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Early Childhood Education