Date of Award
1-1-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Social Science
Faculty
Faculty of Health and Human Sciences
First Supervisor
Dr Anne Atkinson
Second Supervisor
Dr Margaret Sims
Abstract
In the last fifty years, many developing and newly industrialising countries have experienced a rapid expansion of care and education programme for young children. The rapid expansion of these programmes which are often modelled on those from the west, together with new understandings about the nature of children's development, has led to concern that these programmes do not meet the needs of children living in very different social and cultural environments. The 1989 UNESCO review of early childhood care and education programmes in the Asia-Pacific region highlights the need for integrated early childhood care and education programmes and reports that programmes in the region still suffer from the slow acceptance of indigenous models, preference for imported models and a lack of awareness and emphasis on non-formal approaches to the meeting of needs.
Recommended Citation
Hutchins, T. (1995). The influence of Western models of service delivery on the development of services for young children in Malaysia. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1177