Dr YUWEI XU Yuwei.Xu@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
The manifestations of universality and cultural specificity in national curriculum policy frameworks: negotiations for culturally reflective practice in early childhood education
Xu, Yuwei; Brooks, Clare; Gao, Jie; Kitto, Eleanor
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Clare Brooks
Jie Gao
Eleanor Kitto
Abstract
This paper presents findings from a review of 19 national curriculum policy frameworks (NCPFs) across the globe and discusses dominant and culturally specific discourses that shape early childhood education (ECE). We combine two frameworks of developmental universality and specificity and culturally contextualised pedagogy to explore whether and how NCPFs are venues where culturally reflective practice is negotiated. Culturally reflective practice embraces minimum, globally universal standards of children’s rights and evidence-based practice, meanwhile critically reflects on the dominance of global and local discourses that impede a glocalised interpretation of quality in ECE. The paper argues that culturally reflective policy and practice is an alternative framework to cultural appropriateness/relevance in ECE.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 25, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 8, 2023 |
Publication Date | Oct 8, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 19, 2023 |
Journal | Pedagogy, Culture and Society |
Print ISSN | 1468-1366 |
Electronic ISSN | 1747-5104 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-20 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2023.2267594 |
Keywords | National curriculum policy framework; early childhood education; culturally-reflective practice; glocalisation; dominant discourses |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/25802572 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681366.2023.2267594 |
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