@article{938237,
      recid = {938237},
      author = {Boyd, Wendy.},
      title = {Australian early childhood teaching programs :  perspectives and comparisons to Finland, Norway and Sweden  /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource (130 pages).},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {This book examines the approaches, content and design, and  practices of current early childhood teacher preparation  programs in universities across Australia, and compares  them with those in Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is well  established that investment in good quality early childhood  education yields the best outcomes for children, and that  there is significant correlation between quality early  childhood learning environments and qualified teachers. As  such, this book offers key insights into academic  approaches to the design, implementation and assessment of  early childhood teacher programs, and how these programs  are shaped in response to requirements and constraints,  both within the university context and beyond. This book  provides a focus to inform future practice for  decision-makers of early childhood teacher policy;  researchers interested in improving the quality and status  of early childhood education; and assessors of early  childhood teacher programs.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/938237},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5},
}