Investigation And Evaluation On The Policy And Its Performance On Public-oriented Of The Central-kindergarten In Villages And Towns In Hangzhou

In order to promote the development of early childhood education in the whole rural area in the background of new countryside construction, since the year of2005, taking the central-kindergarten in villages and towns (abbreviation "central-kindergarten") as the key, Hangzhou municipal government has drawn up and implemented a series of policies to make the central-kindergarten public-oriented. Do Are these policies suit Hangzhou? Can they promote the development of central-kindergarten, even the whole early childhood education in rural area. Considering these questions, I start to investigate and evaluation the policy performance. Through showing and analysing effects and problems, I hope to provide some references for the continuance of these policies and the drawing up and implementation of other policies. And I also hope to make more researchers concern on early childhood policy performance.Firstly, using the methods of textual analysis and interview, I card the process of these policies, and analyse the content through points of view. I think that Hangzhou municipal government has constructed a rural early childhood education system on the view of policy. In order to continue to understand interrelated information, I use questionnaire and observation to survey eight kindergartens and interview four preschool educational cadres and eight kindergarten leaders. Considering the data about the development of central-kindergarten and all the rural kindergarten, I reach some conclusion. Drawing lessons from CIPP evaluation model, I draw up a index system. Based on the survey, I evaluate the policy performance from five aspects:context, input, effectiveness, impact, sustainability. The result shows: subjectively, these policies make government at different levels pay attention to preschool education and they obtain the agreement from different stakeholders; objectively, they promote the construction and development of central-kindergarten. However, there are some problems:setting of goals and implementation lacks planfulness; central-kindergarten’s radiation effect do not be fully showed. Based survey and evaluation, I raise six suggestions: insist the direction of public-oriented, steadily implement current policies; increase the strength to publicize, raise the transparency of policy; intensify the responsibility of county level government, promote equilibrium among different areas; the government at higher level should moderately management, lead correct direction; more department should unit, give all-around guarantee; encourage to use different styles, increase flexibility of rural preschool education.