Table of Contents “...The place of well-being in ECEC curriculum, pedagogy and policy -- Chapter 4 Care, upbringing and teaching in 'horizontal' transitions in toddler day-care groups -- Chapter 5 Toddlers' participation in joint activities with peers in nido -- Chapter 6 The richness of everyday moments: Bringing visibility to the qualities of care within pedagogical spaces -- Chapter 7 Supporting concordant intersubjectivity and sense of 'belonging' for under three-year-olds in early years settings -- Part Two: Foregrounding policy -- Chapter 8 Tensions and challenges in Professional Practice with Under-threes: A New Zealand reflection on Early Childhood Professionalism as a systemic phenomenon -- Chapter 9 Educators' perspectives on attachment and professional love in early years settings in England -- Chpater 10 Babyroom workers: Care in practice -- Chapter 11 Influences on US higher education programs educating the Infant-Toddler Workforce -- Chapter 12 Family day care: The trilemma of professionalization, sustainability and fairness in Flanders, France and Germany -- Chapter 13 A quality framework for early childhood practices in services for children under three years of age: Starting regionally -- moving globally -- Chapter 14 Provision for 'under 3's' in Australian early childhood education and care policy commitments: A metaphorical canary in the coal mine?...”
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Table of Contents “...Hitting the wall : early childhood education in the primary and tertiary sectors : an Australian case study -- Choosing childcare for infants : social, cultural, and demographic influences and outcomes -- Empowering children to learn and grow : Te whariki : The New Zealand early childhood national curriculum -- Landscapes of intimacy, sensuality, and care in early childhood settings -- The social policy context of day care in four Canadian provinces -- Empowerment and entrapment : women workers in home-based and center-based settings -- Exploring parental involvement in Canada : an ideological maze -- Immigrant families in early childhood centers : diverse expectations -- The professional landscape. ...”

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Table of Contents “.../ Elizabeth Pakai -- Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini / Mera Penehira -- Lighting the fire : New Zealand home-based services from an international policy perspective / Valerie N. ...”

Table of Contents “...Talafaʻasolopito o Aʻoga Amata i Samoa, Pasefika ma Aotearoa / Iolesina Faigame Tagoilelagi -- Aʻoga Amata ma Iona tuputupu mai i Aotearoa - the growth of Aʻoga Amata in Aotearoa / Fereni Ete -- Samoan Aʻoga Amata achieve government funding and policy support in early childhood education / Tuiataga Faʻafua Leavasa-Tautolo -- Spirituality / Elisapeta Vili & Mere Autagavaia -- Ia manuia Ie Aso Sa o Tamaiti : a celebration of Lotu Tamaiti - White Sunday / Vaovasamanaia Meripa Toso -- Critical review of the Samoan language curriculum for Aʻoga Amata : Iloiloga o le taʻiala o le gagana Samoa i Aʻoga Amata i le Iaumua o Aotearoa / Leʻautuli'ilagi Taotua Maleata Faʻasapisapi Sauvao -- Ietoga and human lifespan / Sāla Faʻasaulala Tagoilelagi-Leota, Faʻatamaliʻi Kesi & Leaosiosiofaʻasisina Max Galu -- O le tele o sulu e maua ai figota : exploring Samoan parents perceptions of play in Samoan Aʻoga Amata in Aotearoa New Zealand / Irene Paleai-Foroti -- E sau le tau ma Iona fuata : each season has its own harvest / Faʻatamaliʻi Kesi -- O le taua o le soālaupule : quality interactions promote learning in schools / Lila Mauigoa-Tekene -- Transitioning from Aʻoga Amata to Palagi schools / Ruta McKenzie -- Matālālāga a le faiaʻoga Aʻoga Amata : authentic teacher in Aʻoga Amata / Salā Faʻasaulala... ...”

Table of Contents “...Collaboration in an international early childhood research project : perspectives of the New Zealand OMEP Research Fellowship / Jayne White, Fiona Ellis, Amiria O'Malley, Jean Rockel, Sue Stover and Meripa Toso -- Curriculum construction in early childhood settings : for children, in culture, with communities / Joce Nuttall -- Different cultural models in early childhood education and care lead children to similar goals in New Zealand, Japan, and Vanuatu / Naomi Yuhara -- Examining children's services in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK that support children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds / Lisa Terreni -- Issues of child rearing support in Japan : changes of the policies and current conditions of community-based diverse activities / Nobuko Kamigaichi -- Language, culture, and community : action research with infants and young children at The A'oga Fa'a Samoa, an early childhood Centre of Innovation / Val Podmore, Tanya Wendt-Samu, Jan Taouma, Ene Tapusoa -- Strategic directions for early childhood policy possibilities, progress and problems / Helen May -- Hoki whakamuri kia anga whakamua: look to the past in order to forge the future / Lesley Rameka -- Promoting optimal early childhood development approaches in Australia / Evan Lewis, Carolynne Taylor, Kim Nguyen, Tracey Tann....”