Preface.- Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education Policies in Australia.- Chapter 2 The Changing Landscape of Early Childhood Education in Mainland China: History, Policies, Progress and Future Development.- Chapter 3 Achieving a Balance between Affordability, Accessibility, Accountability, Sustainability and Social Justice: The Early Childhood Education Policies in Hong Kong.- Chapter 4 Japanese ECE: Four Abilities (Accessibility, Affordability, Accountability and Sustainability) that result in Social Justice.- Chapter 5 Early Childhood Education Policies in Korea: Advances in Theory and Practice.- Chapter 6 Postcolonial Analysis of the Free Kindergarten Education Policy in Macau.- Chapter 7 Early Childhood Development Policies in Nepal: Achievements, Learning and Implications.- Chapter 8 A story of changing State priorities: Early Childhood Care and Education policies in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 9 Understanding the Early Childhood Education Policies in Pacific Islands.- Chapter 10The ECE landscape being shaped by cosmopolitanism: An examination and evaluation of early childhood education policies in Singapore.- Chapter 11 An examination and evaluation of post-millennial early childhood education policies in Taiwan.- Chapter 12 Early Childhood Education Policies in Vietnam: History and Evaluation of its Policies.- 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."As one of the most comprehensive volumes about early childhood education (ECE) in the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines and discusses ECE policies and implementations in countries that are more familiar to readers (e.g., China, Australia, Korea and Singapore) as well as those that are rarely discussed in existing literature such as Vietnam, Nepal and the Pacific Island Countries. It is also the first collection of studies applying 3A2S framework, which provides a common language to understand and discuss policies and implementation at national level. Overall, this book provides a great reference and insights for ECE policy researchers and makers." Prof. Christine Wang,Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo

“As one of the most comprehensive volumes about early childhood education (ECE) in the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines and discusses ECE policies and implementations in countries that are more familiar to readers (e.g., China, Australia, Korea and Singapore) as well as those that are rarely discussed in existing literature such as Vietnam, Nepal and the Pacific Island Countries. It is also the first collection of studies applying 3A2S framework, which provides a common language to understand and discuss policies and implementation at national level. Overall, this book provides a great reference and insights for ECE policy researchers and makers.” (Prof. Christine Wang, Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo)

Reviews the developmental trends and common problems in early childhood education policies in Asia and the Pacific Reflects advances in theory and practice regarding early childhood education policies in the Region Equips readers with insights to handle complex situations concerning the development of early childhood education ?in the Region and beyond