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“What do you think of European preschools?” “Do they have good schools in Yemen?” “What are Chinese child care centers like?” I am always taken aback when asked such questions. Of course, I'm always taken aback when someone asks what I think of kindergarten education in the United States; I never know how to answer that either. Does the question refer to kindergarten classes in the school near my home? Or kindergartens across the United States? Even if the inquirer expected an answer based on the schools which I visit regularly to supervise student teachers I would have to give a general statement, followed by some qualifying statements related to different teachers, different schools, and different school districts — all withinone county! The old adage that “All generalizations are dangerous, including this one” always comes to mind.
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Leah D. Adams is Professor of Early Childhood Education, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
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Adams, L.D. A global collage of impressions: Preschools abroad. Early Childhood Educ J 18, 4–7 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01616804
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