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Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts (2023)
Book

This volume examines gendered and heteronormative norms embedded within early childhood education (ECE) in the Global South, including Brazil, China, Pakistan, South Africa, and Vietnam. In this book, the contributors explore how gender, culture, rel... Read More about Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts.

The manifestations of universality and cultural specificity in national curriculum policy frameworks: negotiations for culturally reflective practice in early childhood education (2023)
Journal Article

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 develop... Read More about The manifestations of universality and cultural specificity in national curriculum policy frameworks: negotiations for culturally reflective practice in early childhood education.

Understanding secondary school students' agentic negotiation strategies in accessing higher education in Cameroon (2023)
Journal Article

This article investigates students’ post-secondary education transition processes in Cameroon through the lens of agency. Situated in a country where the higher education participation rate is fairly low, our article explores how students agentically... Read More about Understanding secondary school students' agentic negotiation strategies in accessing higher education in Cameroon.

When the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child meets Confucianism: Chinese parents' understanding of children’s right to play (2023)
Journal Article

This study employs a poststructuralist theoretical framework to explore parents’ attitudes towards children’s right to play in Shanghai, China. It adopted mixed methods of online questionnaires (N = 880) and semi-structured interviews (N = 11). The f... Read More about When the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child meets Confucianism: Chinese parents' understanding of children’s right to play.

Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China (2023)
Journal Article

Over the past 2 years, the world has been living through the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. Children have had to adapt to online classrooms and lessons of some sort, and many parents have been forced to work from home while supervising their child'... Read More about Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China.

Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care? (2022)
Journal Article

Retention rates for men in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are low. Exit is associated with experience of feeling ‘other’ perpetuated by judgements of men’s sexuality, motives, and ability. In this paper, we take the unique circumstance of... Read More about Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care?.

Understanding international postgraduate students’ educational mobility to China: an ecological systematic perspective (2021)
Journal Article

International educational mobility is often perceived as westward mobility for non-English speaking learners. This study explores an increasing trend of mobility from developed countries to mainland China from ecological systematic perspectives. Draw... Read More about Understanding international postgraduate students’ educational mobility to China: an ecological systematic perspective.

Promoting culturally sensitive teacher agency in Chinese kindergarten teachers: an integrated learning approach (2021)
Journal Article

As increasingly more Chinese kindergarten teachers attend continuing professional development (CPD) based on pedagogies of international early childhood education and care (ECEC), it is imperative to explore how to address the well-documented rhetori... Read More about Promoting culturally sensitive teacher agency in Chinese kindergarten teachers: an integrated learning approach.