Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Contemporary Constructivism and Its Usefulness in a Confucian Context -- Chapter 2 Constructivism in Confucian Culture -- Chapter 3 Constructivist Teaching in China Today -- Chapter 4 A Hermeneutic Analysis of Chinese Teachers -- Chapter 5 Flexibility and Balancing: Against the “Apprenticeship of Observation” -- Chapter 6 Synchronicity and Symbolizing: Reflective Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 7 Accompaning and Composing: Moral Accommodations -- Chapter 8 A Relational Paradigm of Cross-Cultural Learning -- Index.

This book provides a refreshing look at kindergarten teachers’ practical knowledge and their context-specific reasoning of the usefulness of constructivism from a culturally emic perspective. Examining the similarities and differences between constructivism and Confucianism from both instructional and moral perspectives, it provides a unique contribution to teaching and teacher education. An understanding of the compatibility between constructivism and Confucianism is valuable in cross-cultural exchange and learning, and as such the book is a great source for educational researchers in a time of globalization.