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China’s Preschool Education Toward 2035: Views of Key Policy Experts - Yong Jiang (姜勇), Beibei Zhang (张蓓蓓), Ying Zhao (赵颖), Chuchu Zheng (郑楚楚), 2022 (sagepub.com)
Article Information
Article first published online: May 26, 2021; Issue published: June 1, 2022
Received: March 10, 2020; Revisions received: June 23, 2020; Revisions received: August 17, 2020; Revisions received: August 21, 2020; Revisions received: March 26, 2021; Accepted: April 06, 2021
Author
Yong Jiang (姜勇)
East China Normal University
Beibei Zhang (张蓓蓓)
East China Normal University
Ying Zhao (赵颖)
East China Normal University
Chuchu Zheng (郑楚楚)
East China Normal University
Abstract
Purpose: 2020 is the concluding year of the basic preschool education popularization policy in China and marks the beginning of China’s Education Modernization 2035. This study focuses on the top-level design and the prospect of the development plan of China’s preschool education toward 2035.
Design/Approach/Methods: The research method adopted is expert interview. We interviewed 11 experts, including policymakers, educational administrators, scholars, and practitioners in the education.
Findings: To develop China’s preschool education, we need to integrate macro-level, meso-level, and micro-level contents: focusing on public welfare as the development concept, furthering the reform of the educational system and mechanism, making quality improvement the plan’s key goal, and forming a new preschool education development mode with Chinese characteristics.
Originality/Value: This study hopes to clarify the focus to have an impact on China’s preschool education toward 2035. It also aims to provide suggestions about preschool education development for other countries.
Keywords
China’s education modernization 2035, developmental plans, expert interview, preschool education