International perspectives on wellbeing and democratic living in early childhood curricula

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of documentary sources analysed.

Country, Ministry/Department, Year,	Documents title	Length of document	Status; Curricula age group; School start
China; 教育部 [Ministry of Education (MoE)] (2001/2012)	《幼儿园教育指导纲要》(2001) [The Kindergarten Education Guidelines] 《3-6岁儿童学习与发展指南》(2012) [The Learning and Development Guidelines for Children of Three to Six Years Old]	17 pages 51 pages	Statutory for provision for children from three to six-year-old; school start from the year they turn six.
Colombia; Mineducación [Ministry of National Education (MoNE)] (2017)	Bases Curriculares para la educación inicial y preescolar [Curricular bases for early childhood and preschool education]	156 pages	Statutory for provision for children from three to six years; school start from six years.
Denmark; Borne og Social Ministeriet [Ministry for Children and Social Affairs (MfCaSA)] (2018)	Pædagogisk læreplan i Bekendtgørelse af lov om dag-, fritids- og klubtilbud m.v. til børn og unge (dagtilbudsloven, lov 824 and Lov 554 [Law on Pedagogical Learning Plans in Act on day, leisure and club offers, etc. for children and adolescents (Day Care Act)] and Notice 554	Act equivalent to two pages on Learning Plans (curriculum), Notice + appendices 18 pages	Statutory for provision for children up till school start (six-years old); school start from the year they turn six.
England; Department of Education (DfE) (2021)	The Early Years Foundation Stage	37 pages:	Statutory for provision for children from birth to five; school start; from the term they turn five.
Portugal; Ministério da Educação/Direção-Geral da Educação [Ministry of Education/ Directorate-General for Education (ME/DGE)] (2016)	Orientações Curriculares para a Educação Pré-escolar [Pre-school Curriculum Guidelines]	110 pages	Statutory for provision for children from three to five-year-old/ Advised for provision for children up to three-years; schools start from the year they turn six.