Contemporary trends and developments in early childhood education in China

Early Years

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Zhu, Jiaxiong ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese early childhood curriculum reform; cultural hybrid; future challenges; rethinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349490967     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140802163584     Document Type: Article

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