Rong, L;
Deng, F;
Zhong, Z;
Spours, K;
(2024)
Impact Analysis of Chinese Government Leadership in the Construction of a Public Service System of Preschool Education.
Education and Urban Society
, 56
(7)
pp. 881-905.
10.1177/00131245241226671.
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Abstract
Investment in preschool education is increasingly seen as a policy priority in middle and high-income countries due to the early benefits it provides children in their educational journeys. This article discusses the impact of recent increased investment in preschool education in China which has served as a correction to relative historical neglect. In this study a parental satisfaction survey evaluated the cost-sharing, equity of enrollment and quality of preschool education in a local urban governmental-led and multi-participant public service system of preschool education. In the context of the continued challenges of bridging gaps between policy and practice, results show that Government investment is beginning to have positive effects in terms of cost-sharing of preschool education with benefits to family incomes and significantly increasing the quality of preschool education. Parents of children in public provincial kindergartens provided higher satisfaction ratings for students’ development than parents of those in private provincial kindergartens. The article concludes by discussing the differing, but related roles of the Government and private providers in Chinese preschool education including the development of what is termed a “High-Quality Collaborative Education Ecosystem.”
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Impact Analysis of Chinese Government Leadership in the Construction of a Public Service System of Preschool Education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00131245241226671 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00131245241226671 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | preschool education; public service system; impact study; collaborative education ecosystems |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10196912 |
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