The Continuing Influence of Froebel’s Kindergarten System in Current Early Childhood Education in the USA and South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Yong Joon Park ◽  
Youjin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals The 20 Hours Free Early Childhood Education Programme: A USA Perspective

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Bushouse
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Low Income Families

This article provides a comparative perspective on early childhood education (ECE) policy in the USA and New Zealand. The contrast between the two countries is significant. In the USA the federal government funds early childhood education only for the poor and disabled. Some individual states have created their own funding programmes, but again, they primarily target children from low-income families. Only a few provide universal access. By way of contrast, the New Zealand 20 Hours Free programme initiated in 2007 provides 20 hours of free ECE for three- and four-year olds regardless of family income. This article discusses the creation of the programme, starting with its genesis in 2005, and considers what are regarded as “wedge” issues, the controversy over the exclusion of private services and parent/whanau-led services, and the ongoing debate over the restriction on “top-up” fees. In the current global economic crisis, it remains to be seen whether the recently-elected National-led government will continue to fully fund the programme or revert to a subsidy strategy.

scholarly journals Colonialism and Cargo Cults in Early Childhood Education: Does Reggio Emilia Really Exist?

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Cultural Icon ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa

The Reggio Emilia, preschools in Italy, have been called one of the best preschool education systems in the world. This is witnessed by the proliferation of people who have made a pilgrimage to Reggio to study this system and bring it to the USA. This article uses Reggio as a now familiar cultural icon in an attempt to problematize larger issues in the field of early childhood education. Beginning with a brief overview of some of recent Reggio discourse the author interprets this phenomenon using Foucault in an attempt to illustrate the extent to which “power reaches into the very grain of individuals … inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives' (1980, p. 39). Assisting with this interpretation, the popularity of Reggio is positioned against cargo cult theory and the normative, hegemonic practices of colonization.

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