Different moves,similar outcomes: a comparison of Chinese and Swedish preschool teacher education programmes and the revisions |
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| Authors: | Keang-ieng Peggy Vong Bi Ying Hu Yan-ping Xia |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau-SAR, China;2. Faculty of Education, Lanzhou College, Lanzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | A Chinese and a Swedish preschool teacher education programme were examined in search for commonalities and differences of the curriculum decision-making considerations involved in the respective programme revision process. Findings include: (1) the two programmes have shifted orientations and become similar, yet there was no fundamental paradigmatic shift after the revisions; (2) the Swedish programme has been heavily influenced by political agenda and national curriculum guidelines, while the Chinese one gives considerable attention to the opinions from the preschool circle; (3) the discussion of programme revision revolved around the diverse views of quality preschool education and teacher education; and (4) a strong relationship between the institutional/organisational features identified and the programme orientations was found. The empirical data suggested teacher educators’ professional views of quality preschool education and organisational/institutional characteristics are critical to the curriculum decision-making in the specific contexts. |
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| Keywords: | preschool teacher education programme revision institutional/organisational culture curriculum decision-making |
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