Crossing the Cultural Divide in Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs: A Study of Chinese Graduate Students’ Perceptions of American Early Care and Education

Autor:	Nili Luo, Jennifer L. Gilliard
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Early childhood education education.field_of_study media_common.quotation_subject education Population Empathy Chinese culture Education Perception Pedagogy Cross-cultural Early childhood Psychology Cultural divide Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. 27:171-183
ISSN:	1745-5642 1090-1027
DOI:	10.1080/10901020600675133
Popis:	To effectively teach young children, early childhood teachers must be prepared to collaborate with families of diverse backgrounds. Studying the unique cultural contexts of children and families in American early care and education programs and communities will offer early educators information needed to develop empathy for the families with whom they wish to partner. This study investigated the attitudes of Chinese graduate students in the United States toward American early care and education programs. Chinese graduate students are a unique and growing population of approximately 189,000, 40% of whom have at least one child attending American early care and education programs. Chinese graduate students’ educational expectations for their young children and reasons behind these expectations were also explored. Findings showed that participants’ views of American early care and education reflected Chinese culture and life experience. In terms of American education, these Chinese graduate students compared...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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