Play-Based Early Education in Anji

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Play-Based Early Education in Anji (OEL327)

Applications Open: To be confirmed

Applications Close: To be confirmed

Next Available Intake: To be confirmed

Course Types: To be confirmed

Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: To be confirmed

Area of Interest: Linguistics and Languages, Business Administration, International Trade, Science and Technology

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning

Level: 3
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every July

Experiential learning.
Inquiry learning.
Key historical and socio-cultural developments of early childhood education in Anji and in China as a whole.
Key historical and socio-cultural developments of early childhood education in Singapore.
Key historical and socio-cultural developments of early childhood education in the western world.
Selected issues on the use of play in early childhood education.
Cultural conceptions of work.
Cultural conceptions of play.
Universality of play-based education in ECE.
Cultural particularity of play-based education in ECE.
Cultural sensitivity in engagement in overseas study work.
Preparation and design of the overseas experiential learning project: liaising with local community partner(s), safety and emergency response

Compare the socio-cultural circumstances shaping play-based education in Anji to that of Singapore
Examine how the issues and challenges faced by preschool teachers in implementing play-based education in Anji County are similar and/or different from those faced by preschool teachers in Singapore.
Apply ECE theories of play to cultural vs. universal conceptions of play.
Evaluate the relationships between play-based education and cultural conceptions of work vs. play.
Analyse the universality and particularity of the role that play holds in early childhood education.
Assess the effectiveness of play-based education in the Anji preschools.
Modify own beliefs about play-based education.