Early Childhood Education Policies in Asia Pacific Advances in Theory and Practice

This book evaluates recent early childhood education policies on the basis of a ‘3A2S’ framework, which refers to accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and social justice. It systematically and empirically reviews early childhood education policies in specific countries and areas in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and so on. As the first English-language collection of large-scale reviews of early childhood education policies in Asia Pacific, this book will be of great value to early childhood educators, policymakers, researchers, and postgraduate students in the Region and beyond.

Preface.- Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education Policies in Australia.- Chapter 2 The Changing Landscape of Early Childhood Education in Mainland China: History, Policies, Progress and Future Development.- Chapter 3 Achieving a Balance between Affordability, Accessibility, Accountability, Sustainability and Social Justice: The Early Childhood Education Policies in Hong Kong.- Chapter 4 Japanese ECE: Four Abilities (Accessibility, Affordability, Accountability and Sustainability) that result in Social Justice.- Chapter 5 Early Childhood Education Policies in Korea: Advances in Theory and Practice.- Chapter 6 Postcolonial Analysis of the Free Kindergarten Education Policy in Macau.- Chapter 7 Early Childhood Development Policies in Nepal: Achievements, Learning and Implications.- Chapter 8 A story of changing State priorities: Early Childhood Care and Education policies in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 9 Understanding the Early Childhood Education Policies in Pacific Islands.- Chapter 10The ECE landscape being shaped by cosmopolitanism: An examination and evaluation of early childhood education policies in Singapore.- Chapter 11 An examination and evaluation of post-millennial early childhood education policies in Taiwan.- Chapter 12 Early Childhood Education Policies in Vietnam: History and Evaluation of its Policies.- Chapter 13 Different Problems, Same Themes: A summary of this book.