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Volume 1 Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives
1. International trends in research: redressing the north-south balance in what matters for early childhood education research; Marilyn Fleer and Bert van Oers
2. Governing childhood; Iris Duhn
3. 'Humpty Dumpty'
teaching strategy or postcolonial method: what do we know about power, voice and identity within early childhood education in the 21st Century?; Karen Martin
4. Engaging with the conceptual tools and challenges of poststructural theories; Affrica Taylor
5. Early years education in the Anthropocene: an ecophenomenology of children's experience; Phillip G. Payne
Section 2: Research Methodologies
6. (Co)-researching with children; Alma Fleet and Deborah Harcourt
7. Policy analysis and document research; Chris Peers
8. Mixed methods in early childhood education; Judith Schoonenboom
9. Narrative learning of literacy; Pentti Hakkarainen and Marja-Leena Vuorinen
10. Current approaches in quantitative research in early childhood education; Linda J. Harrison and Cen Wang
Section 3: Contemporary Research and Evidence
early childhood education globally: Western Europe and UK
11. Introduction to Western Europe & UK; David Whitebread
12. Neuroscience and early childhood education; Lysandra Sinclaire-Harding, Laura Vuillier and David Whitebread
13. School readiness in Europe: issues and evidence; Sue Bingham1 and David Whitebread
14. Early childhood education with disadvantaged children: Actions for success; Marta Soler and Ainhoa Flecha
15. Professional development in a competent system: an emergent culture of professionalization; Florence Pirard, Pascale Camus and Jean-Marie Barbier
16. Contemporary research in early childhood: roots and perspectives; Elena Kravtsova, Nikolai Veraksa and Nikolai Veresov
17. Symbolic means in the educational programs for preschool children in Russia; Nina Salmina and Aleksander Veraksa
18. Pre-school education in Ukraine; Roman Shiyan, Igor Shiyan and Natalia Sofiy
19. Pedagogical center "experiment": the peculiarities in preschool education in Holistic Developing Education (HDE); Bronislav Zeltserman, Latvia Riga, Margarita Dubina, Margarita Dragile, Maria Pekarskaya, Irina Maluhina and Inta Baltina
20. Introduction
early childhood in the Australasian region; Jane Bone
21. The historical emergence of early childhood education research in Australia; Joyce Nuttall and Sue Grieshaber
22. Connections between early childhood policy and research in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1970s-2010s; Anne Smith and Helen May
23. Towards Wawasan Brunei 2035: early childhood education and development in Brunei Darussalam; Hanapi bin Mohamad, Rosyati M. Yaakub, Emma Claire Pearson and Jennifer Tan Poh Sim
24. Early childhood education in Bangladesh: a review of policies, practices and research; Shukla Sikder and Laila Farhana Apnan Banu
25. Early childhood education reform: crisis and changes; Liang Li, Yuejuan Pan and Xiaoying Wang
26. Early childhood education and development in China; Yuejuan Pan, Xiaoying Wang and Liang Li
27. History and reform of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in Japan; Xiangying Liu and Chiafen Lin
28. Early childhood education and development in Singapore; Sirene May-Yin Lim
29. Vietnam early childhood education; Phan Thi Thu Hien
30. Examining early childhood education system in Ghana: How can Bourdieuian theorisation support a transformational approach to pedagogy?; Joseph Agbenyega
31. Rising from the 'ashes': quality early childhood education as a panacea for national development in Sierra Leone; Eleni Anthinodorou and Joseph Agbenyega
32. Early educational practices in Canada and the United States; Artin Göncü1 and Carollee Howes. 33. Early childhood education and care in Canada; Nina Howe, KathleenFlanagan and Michal Perlman
34. Early childhood teacher-child relationships in the United States: theory, practices, and regulation; Sandra Soliday Hong and Promjawan Udommana
35. Parent involvement in U.S. early childhood education: benefits, limitations, and reconceptualizations; Angela Pons Clifford and Marisha L. Humphries
36. Early childhood education and development in Latin America; Rebeca Mejía-Arauz and Gloria Quiñones
37. Educational practices and young children's socio-moral development: a cultural psychological approach; Angela Uchoa Branco, Angela Rabelo Barreto and Ália Barrios
38. Childhood education in Colombia; Francisco José and Rengifo-Herrera
39. Early childhood education in Chile; Rodrigo A. Cárcamo
40. Early childhood education in Guatemala; María Eugenia Rabbe
41. Early childhood education and development in Mexico; Rebeca Mejía-Arauz and Gloria Quiñones<
42. Early childhood education in Peru; Susana Frisancho and María Isabel La Rosa
43. The Nordic perspective on early childhood education and care; Stig Broström, Johanna Einarsdottir and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
44. Outdoor education in the Nordic region; Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter and Olav Bjarne Lysklett
45. Toddlers in Nordic early childhood education and care; Anne Greve and Ole Henrik Hansen
46. Values in Nordic early childhood education
democracy and the child's perspective; Anette Emilson and Eva Johansson. Volume 2 47. New directions in early childhood education practice: international developments and practice gaps; Marilyn Fleer, Feiyan Chen and Bert van Oers
Section 4: Innovative and Longstanding Programs
48. Longstanding and innovative programs in early childhood education: an introduction; Bert van Oers
49. Piramide; I.G.M. Koerhuis, M. Boontje, H. van Boxtel, D. Breebaart and M. op den Kamp
50. The 'Golden Key' program, and its cultural-historical basis; Gennady Kravtsov and Elena Kravtsova
51. The program of developmental (narrative) play pedagogy; Pentti Hakkarainen1 and Milda Bredikyte
52. The key to learning curriculum; Nikolay Veraksa and Galina Dolya
53. Te Whāriki; Ken Blaiklock
54. Tools of the mind: a Vygotskian early childhood curriculum; Elena Bodrova1 and Deborah J. Leong
55. Developmental Education for young children in the Netherlands: Basic Development; Bea Pompert and Marjolein Dobber
Section 5: Curriculum and Assessment
56. Introduction to the theme of early childhood curriculum and assessment; Geerdina van der Aalsvoort
57. Curriculum and assessment in Brazilian early childhood education; Maria Malta Campos
58. Review and reflection on the curriculum reform of early childhood education in China; Jiaxiong Zhu and Jie Zhang
59. Constructing early childhood curriculum and assessing young children in Israel's mosaic of cultures; David Brody
60. Recent developments in curriculum and assessment in the early years in Australia; Susan Grieshaber
61. Supporting the application of playful learning and playful pedagogies in the early years curriculum through observation, interpretation and reflection; Pat Broadhead
62. Making the case for playful learning; Hande Ilgaz, Brenna Hassinger-Das, Kathy Hirsch-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkof
63. Children's perspective to curriculum work: meaningful moments in Finnish early childhood education; Lasse Lipponen, Kristiina Kumpulainen and Maiju Paananen
64. Assessing young children's learning and behavior in the classroom; a complexity approach; Henderien Steenbeek and Paul van Geert
65. Conclusions and discussion; Geerdina van der Aalsvoort
Section 6: Pedagogies in early childhood education
66. Pedagogies in early childhood education; Niklas Pramling and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
67. F.A.W. Fröbel 1782-1852; Jan-Erik Johansson
68. Educational tenets of the Highscope curriculum; Ann S. Epstein and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
69.
Developmentally appropriate practice in the 21st century; Kay Sanders and Flora Farago
70.
The Waldorf kindergarten; Sara Frödén and Moira von Wright
71. Developing the ability of children to use and construct visual models; Nikolay Veraksa and Aleksander Veraksa
72. Montessori education; Christina Gustafsson
73. Pedagogy has children's voice
the educational experience of the Reggio Emilia municipal infant-toddler centres and preschools; Claudia Giudici and Paola Cagliari
Section 7: Child, Families and Communities
74. Introducing reflections; Charlotte Højholt
75. Sharing early care: learning from practitioners; Agnes Andenæs and Hanne Haavind
76. Children, families, and communities in Brazil: a cultural-ecological approach to child-rearing values and practices; Jonathan R.H. Tudge, Gabriela D.F. Martins, Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas, Letícia L. Dellazzana-Zanon, Cesar A. Piccinini and Lia Freitas
77. Children's cultural learning in everyday family life exemplified at the dinner setting; Mariane Hedegaard
78. Domesticating markets: early-years education and middle-class parenting in India; Henrike Donner
79. Creatively enhancing community transformation through work with children and families; Fernanda Coelho Liberali and Alzira Shimoura
80. Children participating and developing agency in and across various social practices; Charlotte Højholt and Dorte Kousholt
81. Towards a posthuman developmental psychology of child, families and communities; Erica Burman.
1. International trends in research: redressing the north-south balance in what matters for early childhood education research; Marilyn Fleer and Bert van Oers
2. Governing childhood; Iris Duhn
3. 'Humpty Dumpty'
teaching strategy or postcolonial method: what do we know about power, voice and identity within early childhood education in the 21st Century?; Karen Martin
4. Engaging with the conceptual tools and challenges of poststructural theories; Affrica Taylor
5. Early years education in the Anthropocene: an ecophenomenology of children's experience; Phillip G. Payne
Section 2: Research Methodologies
6. (Co)-researching with children; Alma Fleet and Deborah Harcourt
7. Policy analysis and document research; Chris Peers
8. Mixed methods in early childhood education; Judith Schoonenboom
9. Narrative learning of literacy; Pentti Hakkarainen and Marja-Leena Vuorinen
10. Current approaches in quantitative research in early childhood education; Linda J. Harrison and Cen Wang
Section 3: Contemporary Research and Evidence
early childhood education globally: Western Europe and UK
11. Introduction to Western Europe & UK; David Whitebread
12. Neuroscience and early childhood education; Lysandra Sinclaire-Harding, Laura Vuillier and David Whitebread
13. School readiness in Europe: issues and evidence; Sue Bingham1 and David Whitebread
14. Early childhood education with disadvantaged children: Actions for success; Marta Soler and Ainhoa Flecha
15. Professional development in a competent system: an emergent culture of professionalization; Florence Pirard, Pascale Camus and Jean-Marie Barbier
16. Contemporary research in early childhood: roots and perspectives; Elena Kravtsova, Nikolai Veraksa and Nikolai Veresov
17. Symbolic means in the educational programs for preschool children in Russia; Nina Salmina and Aleksander Veraksa
18. Pre-school education in Ukraine; Roman Shiyan, Igor Shiyan and Natalia Sofiy
19. Pedagogical center "experiment": the peculiarities in preschool education in Holistic Developing Education (HDE); Bronislav Zeltserman, Latvia Riga, Margarita Dubina, Margarita Dragile, Maria Pekarskaya, Irina Maluhina and Inta Baltina
20. Introduction
early childhood in the Australasian region; Jane Bone
21. The historical emergence of early childhood education research in Australia; Joyce Nuttall and Sue Grieshaber
22. Connections between early childhood policy and research in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1970s-2010s; Anne Smith and Helen May
23. Towards Wawasan Brunei 2035: early childhood education and development in Brunei Darussalam; Hanapi bin Mohamad, Rosyati M. Yaakub, Emma Claire Pearson and Jennifer Tan Poh Sim
24. Early childhood education in Bangladesh: a review of policies, practices and research; Shukla Sikder and Laila Farhana Apnan Banu
25. Early childhood education reform: crisis and changes; Liang Li, Yuejuan Pan and Xiaoying Wang
26. Early childhood education and development in China; Yuejuan Pan, Xiaoying Wang and Liang Li
27. History and reform of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in Japan; Xiangying Liu and Chiafen Lin
28. Early childhood education and development in Singapore; Sirene May-Yin Lim
29. Vietnam early childhood education; Phan Thi Thu Hien
30. Examining early childhood education system in Ghana: How can Bourdieuian theorisation support a transformational approach to pedagogy?; Joseph Agbenyega
31. Rising from the 'ashes': quality early childhood education as a panacea for national development in Sierra Leone; Eleni Anthinodorou and Joseph Agbenyega
32. Early educational practices in Canada and the United States; Artin Göncü1 and Carollee Howes. 33. Early childhood education and care in Canada; Nina Howe, KathleenFlanagan and Michal Perlman
34. Early childhood teacher-child relationships in the United States: theory, practices, and regulation; Sandra Soliday Hong and Promjawan Udommana
35. Parent involvement in U.S. early childhood education: benefits, limitations, and reconceptualizations; Angela Pons Clifford and Marisha L. Humphries
36. Early childhood education and development in Latin America; Rebeca Mejía-Arauz and Gloria Quiñones
37. Educational practices and young children's socio-moral development: a cultural psychological approach; Angela Uchoa Branco, Angela Rabelo Barreto and Ália Barrios
38. Childhood education in Colombia; Francisco José and Rengifo-Herrera
39. Early childhood education in Chile; Rodrigo A. Cárcamo
40. Early childhood education in Guatemala; María Eugenia Rabbe
41. Early childhood education and development in Mexico; Rebeca Mejía-Arauz and Gloria Quiñones<
42. Early childhood education in Peru; Susana Frisancho and María Isabel La Rosa
43. The Nordic perspective on early childhood education and care; Stig Broström, Johanna Einarsdottir and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
44. Outdoor education in the Nordic region; Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter and Olav Bjarne Lysklett
45. Toddlers in Nordic early childhood education and care; Anne Greve and Ole Henrik Hansen
46. Values in Nordic early childhood education
democracy and the child's perspective; Anette Emilson and Eva Johansson. Volume 2 47. New directions in early childhood education practice: international developments and practice gaps; Marilyn Fleer, Feiyan Chen and Bert van Oers
Section 4: Innovative and Longstanding Programs
48. Longstanding and innovative programs in early childhood education: an introduction; Bert van Oers
49. Piramide; I.G.M. Koerhuis, M. Boontje, H. van Boxtel, D. Breebaart and M. op den Kamp
50. The 'Golden Key' program, and its cultural-historical basis; Gennady Kravtsov and Elena Kravtsova
51. The program of developmental (narrative) play pedagogy; Pentti Hakkarainen1 and Milda Bredikyte
52. The key to learning curriculum; Nikolay Veraksa and Galina Dolya
53. Te Whāriki; Ken Blaiklock
54. Tools of the mind: a Vygotskian early childhood curriculum; Elena Bodrova1 and Deborah J. Leong
55. Developmental Education for young children in the Netherlands: Basic Development; Bea Pompert and Marjolein Dobber
Section 5: Curriculum and Assessment
56. Introduction to the theme of early childhood curriculum and assessment; Geerdina van der Aalsvoort
57. Curriculum and assessment in Brazilian early childhood education; Maria Malta Campos
58. Review and reflection on the curriculum reform of early childhood education in China; Jiaxiong Zhu and Jie Zhang
59. Constructing early childhood curriculum and assessing young children in Israel's mosaic of cultures; David Brody
60. Recent developments in curriculum and assessment in the early years in Australia; Susan Grieshaber
61. Supporting the application of playful learning and playful pedagogies in the early years curriculum through observation, interpretation and reflection; Pat Broadhead
62. Making the case for playful learning; Hande Ilgaz, Brenna Hassinger-Das, Kathy Hirsch-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkof
63. Children's perspective to curriculum work: meaningful moments in Finnish early childhood education; Lasse Lipponen, Kristiina Kumpulainen and Maiju Paananen
64. Assessing young children's learning and behavior in the classroom; a complexity approach; Henderien Steenbeek and Paul van Geert
65. Conclusions and discussion; Geerdina van der Aalsvoort
Section 6: Pedagogies in early childhood education
66. Pedagogies in early childhood education; Niklas Pramling and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
67. F.A.W. Fröbel 1782-1852; Jan-Erik Johansson
68. Educational tenets of the Highscope curriculum; Ann S. Epstein and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
69.
Developmentally appropriate practice in the 21st century; Kay Sanders and Flora Farago
70.
The Waldorf kindergarten; Sara Frödén and Moira von Wright
71. Developing the ability of children to use and construct visual models; Nikolay Veraksa and Aleksander Veraksa
72. Montessori education; Christina Gustafsson
73. Pedagogy has children's voice
the educational experience of the Reggio Emilia municipal infant-toddler centres and preschools; Claudia Giudici and Paola Cagliari
Section 7: Child, Families and Communities
74. Introducing reflections; Charlotte Højholt
75. Sharing early care: learning from practitioners; Agnes Andenæs and Hanne Haavind
76. Children, families, and communities in Brazil: a cultural-ecological approach to child-rearing values and practices; Jonathan R.H. Tudge, Gabriela D.F. Martins, Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas, Letícia L. Dellazzana-Zanon, Cesar A. Piccinini and Lia Freitas
77. Children's cultural learning in everyday family life exemplified at the dinner setting; Mariane Hedegaard
78. Domesticating markets: early-years education and middle-class parenting in India; Henrike Donner
79. Creatively enhancing community transformation through work with children and families; Fernanda Coelho Liberali and Alzira Shimoura
80. Children participating and developing agency in and across various social practices; Charlotte Højholt and Dorte Kousholt
81. Towards a posthuman developmental psychology of child, families and communities; Erica Burman.