ABSTRACT
Early childhood education in China involves an interplay between rote and nonrote methods of teaching and relating to children, with the component of rote methods increasing as the child matures. Another consistent feature of early childhood education is the field trip, particularly in connection with early primary classes in "common knowledge," a subject very much like people own elementary general science. The teacher accepted each observation reported, commented on it, and asked the student to relate it to what had been learned in the class prior to the trip. The relationship between teachers and young children seems to follow from that which obtains between young children and adults generally. Early childhood education in China involves an interplay between rote and nonrote methods of teaching and relating to children, with the component of rote methods increasing as the child matures.
