Series Editors' Introduction Mostrar Nivel Preface: From 'Sound Bites' To Sound Solutions: Advancing The Policies For Better Early Childhood Education In Asia Pacific Contents Contributors Mostrar Nivel Chapter 1.— Early Childhood Education Policies In Australia Mostrar Nivel Chapter 2.—A Critical Analysis Of The Changing Landscape Of Early Childhood Education In Mainland China: History, Policies, Progress, And Future Development Mostrar Nivel Chapter 3.— Achieving A Balance Between Affordability, Accessibility, Accountability, Sustainability And Social Justice: The Early Childhood Education Policies In Hong Kong Mostrar Nivel Chapter 4.— Japanese Ece: Four Abilities (Accessibility, Affordability, Accountability, And Sustainability) That Result In Social Justice Mostrar Nivel Chapter 5.— Early Childhood Education Policies In Korea: Advances In Theory And Practice Mostrar Nivel Chapter 6.— A Postcolonial Analysis Of The Free Kindergarten Education Policy In Macau Mostrar Nivel Chapter 7.— Early Childhood Development Policies In Nepal: Achievements, Learning, And Implications Mostrar Nivel Chapter 8.— A Story Of Changing State Priorities: Early Childhood Care And Education Policies In Aotearoa New Zealand Mostrar Nivel Chapter 9.— Understanding The Early Childhood Education Policies In Pacific Islands Mostrar Nivel Chapter 10.— The Ece Landscape Being Shaped By Cosmopolitanism: An Examination And Evaluation Of Policies In Singapore Mostrar Nivel Chapter 11.— An Examination And Evaluation Of Postmillennial Early Childhood Education Policies In Taiwan Mostrar Nivel Chapter 12.— Early Childhood Education In Vietnam: History And Evaluation Of Its Policies Mostrar Nivel Chapter 13.— Different Problems, Same Themes: A Summary Of This Book

This book evaluates recent early childhood education policies on the basis of a '3A2S'framework, which refers to accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and social justice. It systematically and empirically reviews early childhood education policies in specific countries and areas in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and so on. As the first English-language collection of large-scale reviews of early childhood education policies in Asia Pacific, this book will be of great value to early childhood educators, policymakers, researchers, and postgraduate students in the Region and beyond.