Research on the Development and Education of 0-3-Year-Old Children in China

Part 1  Development of Young Children Under Three.- Physical and motor development.- Cognitive development.- Language development.- Social and emotional development.- Part 2  Parenting and Child rearing in Family.- Family interaction patterns and child development.- Marital conflict, mother's distress and children's adjustment.- Father involvement in child rearing: From historical and cultural perspectives.- Home learning environment and the development of emergent literacy of children under three.- Quality of parents-children interaction and toddlers' aesthetic development.- Families' needs and selection of early care and education outside family.- Early Care and Education outside Family.- Situation and problems of early care and education outside family.- Action research on curriculum provided by center-based day care.- Action research on collaboration between Community, Family and Kindergarten in provision of early care and education.- Teacher-children interaction and transition of young children under three.- Part 4  Policies and Regulations.- Policies on care and education for children under three: current situation, problem and future development.- Prediction of demographic tendency of population under three and challenges to policy on care and education: in the context of new birth control policy.- Families' child-bearing wishes, social needs for provision of center-based care, and policy on care and education for children under three.

Xin Liu is an associate professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. She serves as the deputy director of the Young Children's Health Education Committee of the China National Society of Early Childhood Education (CNSECE) and the deputy director of the Care and Education for Children under 3 Years Committee of China National Standardization Association. Her research interests focus on young children's health education, young children's physical education, and birth to three care and education.
Xiumin Hong is a professor of Early Childhood Education and director of the Institute of Early Childhood Education at Beijing Normal University. She is also director of the Committee of Teacher Professional Development of the CNSECS and director of China Association for Standardization Educare Professional Committee.  She is widely regarded for her research focused on infant and toddler's development, teacher professional development, and early childhood education and care policy.
Wanzhen Feng is an assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests are philosophy of early childhood education, kindergarten teachers' professional development, and arts education in early years. Currently, she is the principal investigator of a research project focused on the quality and improvement of teacher-child relationship in Beijing.
Xiaowei Li is an associate professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University, vice executive secretary of China National Society of Early Childhood Education. Her research is devoted to understanding the context (including family, school, and community) and temperament influences on young children's socio-emotional development.
Xinghua Wang is an assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in theFaculty of Education, Beijing Normal University and a member of OMEP China