New Horizons in Education

Abstract

Early childhood education (ECE) is an accepted culture both in Zhuhai, China and Macau. The purposes of this descriptive study were two-fold: to examine and compare the existing preschool P.E. curriculum in the government kindergartens of Zhuh ai and Macau; and to make recommendations on the reform of the preschool P.E. curriculum in the two cities. In the study, data were collected by participant observation, unstructured interviews and questionnaire. According to the findings, some major simi larities in preschool P.E. curriculum were discovered in the government kindergartens of the two cities. It was obvious that well-trained preschool teachers, who were diploma holders in ECE, were recruited by the government kindergartens. Besides, the P.E . content covered the fundamental movement skills, games and large apparatus exercises. Also, games day and mini sports day were organized yearly in kindergartens. In additon, preschool teachers employed the directed teaching method. Furthermore, first-ai d equipment was sufficient and in general, the safety measures for physical activities were appropriate. Constructive recommendations on the reform of preschool P.E. curriculum in the two cities were made in the final part of the paper.

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