Table 1 Situations characteristic of learning: responses from infant/toddler educators
From: Early childhood educator’ perspectives on how infants and toddlers learn: Australia and China
Australia | China | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | M | % | Rank | M | % | |
Play where children and adults participate together | 1 | 1.38 | 69.7 | 4 | 1.59 | 48.1 |
Situations which build on children’s own initiatives | 2 | 1.53 | 63.6 | 3 | 1.54 | 59.3 |
Situations which contribute to children’s social development | 3 | 1.55 | 60.6 | 5 | 1.65 | 48.1 |
Free play | 4 | 1.58 | 48.5 | 6 | 2.07 | 35.2 |
Creative activities, for example, painting and music | 5 | 2.00 | 33.3 | 1 | 1.35 | 70.4 |
Conflicts in everyday life which children try to solve themselves | 6 | 2.26 | 42.4 | 2 | 1.43 | 63.0 |
Goal-directed activity in order to develop reading and writing | 7 | 2.72 | 21.2 | 8 | 2.48 | 24.1 |
Circle time | 8 | 2.81 | 21.2 | 7 | 2.17 | 27.8 |