Quality Assessment of Chinese Preschools - Developing a Culturally Relevant Measure

This book presents the development of the Chinese Early Childhood Education Rating Scale (CECERS), a culturally appropriate tool for assessing the quality of Chinese preschools.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Chinese preschools 2. Preschool quality and child development 3. Constructing the concept of quality for Chinese preschools: A cross-cultural perspective 4. Developing a measurement tool for the evaluation of Chinese preschool quality-CECERS (trial version) 5. Measurement reliability of CECERS-trial: Analysis based on Multivariate Generalizability Theory and Item Response Theory 6. Continuous improvement and verification of the CECERS 7. Assessing preschool quality in China Using CECERS

About the author

Kejian Li is a full professor at the College of Child Development and Education, Zhejiang Normal University, China. He is also the Director of the Early Childhood Education Evaluation Committee of China National Society of Early Childhood Education. Professor Li’s research focuses on educational evaluation and policies in the field of early childhood education, drawing on cross-cultural perspectives. His work significantly contributed to the development of national and provincial regulations relating to quality evaluation and improvement of early childhood education.

Summary

This book presents the development of the Chinese Early Childhood Education Rating Scale (CECERS), a culturally appropriate tool for assessing the quality of Chinese preschools.

Product details

• Authors: Kejian Li
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032675190
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267519-0
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; China, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment