International Perspectives on Early Childhood Teacher Education in the 21st Century

IntroductionWendy Boyd & Susanne Garvis

Chapter 1. Getting it right for early childhood teacher programs in AustraliaWendy Boyd & Alicia Phillips

Chapter 2. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Canada:  Challenges and OpportunitiesLaura K. Doan

Chapter 3. Contemporary early childhood education and care teaching training in ChinaYing Liu & Wendy Boyd

Chapter 4. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Contemporary TimesLavinia Tiko

Chapter 5. The Role of Early Childhood Teachers in Finnish Policy Documents - Training Teachers for the FutureHeidi Harju-Luukkainen & Jonna Kangas

Chapter 6. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Germany -Insights into Traditions, Reforms and Current ChallengesMartina Müller & Stefan Faas

Chapter 7. Ireland's Reform Agenda: Transforming the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector into One of the Best in the WorldMary Moloney 

Chapter 8.  Current Trends and challenges for Early Childhood Teacher Education in JapanChiharu Uchida

Chapter 9. Early childhood teacher education in New Zealand: Facts, values, and uncertaintiesQilong Zhang

Chapter 10. Early childhood teacher programs in the Republic of the Marshall IslandsKelesi Whippy

Chapter 11. Development of preschool teacher's competences as a way to increase the ECE qualityIgor Shiyan, Anna Iakshina, Tatiana Le-van & Olga Shiyan

Chapter 12. Developing teacher competence in Swedish early childhood teachersMaelis Karlsson Lohmander & Susanne Garvis

Chapter 13. Early childhood teacher education in Turkey: Description, Research and ProblemsSenil, Ünlü-Çetin

Chapter 14. Teachers and Teaching in the UKCatherine Carroll-Meehan

Chapter 15. Early Childhood Education and Care in Vietnam: from Confucianism to 21st Century reforms in Curriculum and TrainingGeraldine Neylon & Le Thi Ha Xuyen

Chapter 16.  Chapter 16. Early Childhood Education and Care in in Zambia: ECE provision and teacher education Ronald L. Kaunda & Joanne Ailwood

Chapter 17. Conclusions: Early childhood teaching programs across 16 countries Susanne Garvis & Wendy Boyd