Full Description
This book is among the first to comprehensively examine the far-reaching impact of China's new fertility policies on early education and development.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has entered a period of declining fertility rate and aging population, which poses a serious threat to its sustainable development. To address this crisis, China has radically revised its fertility policy through the state's guidance for regulating couples' reproductive choices, abandoning its iconic one-child policy, and adopting the selective two-child (2013), universal two-child (2016), and then the three-child (2021) policy. Drawing on empirical evidence obtained through various research methods, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the far-reaching impact of these policies. Part I summarizes the lessons learned from new fertility policies and identifies important directions for future research. Focusing on two major microsystems, part II presents research assessing families' fertility desire for an additional child and projecting the demand for preschool education. Part III attends to family dynamics and their relation to early learning and development for both only and non-only children. Part IV addresses the importance of expanding access to affordable and high-quality early childhood education and care for children from birth through age 6.
The Impact of New Fertility Policies on Early Education and Development in China contributes to policy development and practical improvement and serves as a catalyst to stimulate future studies on the topic. It will be a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners of early childhood education and care, as well as for families of young children. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Early Education and Development.
Contents
Part 1: Introduction 1. The Impact of New Fertility Policies on Early Education and Development in China Part 2: The Impact of New Fertility Policies on Families and Preschools 2. Are Chinese Parents Willing to Have a Second Child? Investigation on the Ideal and Realistic Fertility Willingness of Different Income Family 3. Preschool Education Demand in China by 2035: A Prediction Analysis Part 3: The Impact of New Fertility Policies on Early Childhood Development 4. Are Second-born Children More Empathetic than Only Children? A Study on Empathy Development of Chinese Preschoolers 5. Developmental Pattern, Latent Profiles, and Family Predictors of Chinese Preschoolers' Sympathy 6. Parenting Styles and Social Competence in Chinese Preschoolers: A Moderated Mediation Model of Singleton and Self-regulation 7. Family SES and Self-Regulated Learning in Chinese Preschoolers: A Mediation Analysis of Parental Educational Expectation and Home-based Involvement 8. Family Environment Profile in China and Its Relation to Family Structure and Young Children's Social Competence Part 4: The Impact of New Fertility Policies on Early Childhood Education and Care Policies 9. Effectiveness of Puhui Kindergartens' Development in China: A Parental Evaluation 10. The Accessibility, Quality, and Administration of Childcare Services for Birth to 3 Years under China's Universal Two-child Policy
