Can ECE Classes Sustainably Empower Preschool Children’s Development?-A Longitudinal Study of the Role of ECE Classes in Children’s Learning and Development

作     者：SHI Jin XUE Haiping FANG Chenchen 

作者机构：College of Preschool EducationCapital Normal UniversityBeijing 100048China College of EducationCapital Normal UniversityBeijing 100048China Graduate School of EducationPeking UniversityBeijing 100871China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Education in China》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·教育学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第19卷第1期

页      面：83-98页

学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 040102[教育学-课程与教学论] 

基　　金：research result of the general program“Family Capital Shadow Education and Social Reproduction”(No.71774112)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China 

主　　题：early childhood education(ECE)classes preschool children’s learning and development “double reduction” 

摘      要：Does enrolling children aged 0-3 in early childhood education(ECE)classes continuously empower their learning and development after entering kindergarten?Based on the tracking survey data of 664 children aged 3-6 in 2017 and 367 children aged 3-6 in 2018,this study uses Propensity Score Matching to analyze this *** findings reveal that children’s family socioeconomic status is a key factor influencing their participation in ECE *** baseline data show that participation in ECE classes does not significantly improve children’s learning and ***,the follow-up data show that participation in ECE classes plays a significant negative role in motor development for children moving to their second year of kindergarten,but subsequently plays a positive role in language development,health,and safety for those entering their third year of ***,participation in ECE classes plays no continuous positive role in children’s learning and development after they enter *** on these findings,it is suggested that parents should respect the natural laws of child development instead of blindly following the trend of attending ECE classes,and high-quality parental companionship is *** Chinese government is supposed to implement policies such as“double reductionto regulate ECE institutions that fail to operate in good faith.