Kim Gyeong-cheol et al.: Comparative Early Childhood Education

This book encapsulates the know-how gained from over a year of data collection, two years of visits to overseas government agencies, schools, and early childhood education institutions, and lectures on comparative early childhood education both domestically and internationally. The world is increasingly recognizing that early childhood education is more valuable than any other investment; while the goals of early childhood education vary slightly across personal, educational, and social aspects, there is a general trend of expanding support for early childhood education to foster national development. Chapter 1 explains comparative education and comparative early childhood education. The book is structured to cover early childhood education in Western Europe (France, the UK, Italy, Germany), Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden), the Americas and Oceania (USA, Australia), and Asia (Korea, China, Japan). Each chapter covers the education systems, history, administrative and financial structures, teacher systems, and curricula of their respective countries. Additionally, Chapters 2 through 5 present reading materials and teaching and learning examples related to the respective nations.

Korean title: 비교유아교육

Korean author: 김경철 외

Korean publisher: 교육과학사

ISBN-13: 9788925414492