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082			_a372.210 AMI 2014
100			_9273 _aAmita, Gupta _d1959- _eauthor
245			_aDiverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices: _bvoices and images from five countries in Asia/ _cAmita Gupta
260			_aNew York, NY: _bRoutledge, _c2014.
300			_a356 pages: _billustrations; _c24 cm
520			_a"Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices explores issues in early childhood education and teacher preparation in five Asian countries: India, Singapore, China, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Some observed classrooms in these countries reflect influences that are simultaneously indigenous and colonial, local and global. By highlighting the diverse and often hybrid classroom pedagogies at work in these 21st century Asian classrooms, the discussions in this book take into consideration the influence of globalization on local policies and practices, and the challenge educators face when they are expected to reconcile different and sometimes conflicting cultural and pedagogical world views. Through a research-driven analysis of key issues such as recent revisions to national early childhood education policies, perceptions on 'play-based and child-centered' pedagogy, curriculum and learning materials, and an emphasis on the teaching of values, this book illuminates the diversity of the observed classrooms as well as current trends in early childhood education in parts of Asia. The cross-national perspective serves to expand and diversify the global discourse of early childhood education and teacher education"--Provided by publisher.
650			_aEarly childhood education _zAsia.
650			_aTeachers _xTraining of _zAsia.
650			_aEducation and state _zAsia.
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