A Study on the Low Kindergarten Enrollment Rate in the Nu Nationality Inhabited Areas: An Indigenous Case Study Based on the “Cultural - Ecological Theory”

Yajuan SUN, Shanze LI

Abstract


Since the traditional economic factors cannot fully explain the low kindergarten enrollment in the Nu nationality inhabited area, this paper rebuilds an analysis framework for the low kindergarten enrollment rate based on the “cultural-ecological” theory. With the in-depth investigation on the social culture of the Nu nationality inhabited area and the low kindergarten enrollment rate, from the macro, middle and micro level


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Cultural-ecological theory; Low enrollment rate; Nu community; Traditional child rearing; Kindergarten education

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