International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care ─ Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century

The first volume in this Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21^st Century: International Teaching, Family and Policy Perspectives miniseries provides a snapshot of early childhood education and care from 19 different countries around the world. The intention is to provide a description for the policy and provision for young children and their families in each of the unique contemporary contexts. The selection of countries includes every continent in the world to provide variety across cultures, socio-economic status, location, population and other unique factors. Some chapters also share the development and history of early childhood in their country, including economic and political transitions that lead to changes in early childhood provision and policy. The book provides essential takeaways for early childhood educators, researchers, early childhood organisations, policy makers and those interested to know more about early childhood education within an international perspective.

Susanne Garvis is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the leader of the funded Nordic Early Childhood Research Group (NECA) and currently works on national and international research grants around early childhood education and care.

Sivanes Phillipson is Associate Professor of Family Studies and Director of Student Engagement at the Faculty of Education, Monash University. She is also the Routledge Series Editor for Evolving Families, and is currently working on a number of national and international grants on families in early years.

Heidi Harju-Luukkainen is adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki (Finland), associate professor at the university of Gothenburg (Sweden) as well as a senior analyst at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA). She has conducted research around Europe, USA and Saudi Arabia in more than 20 different research projects.