Internationalizing Early Childhood Curriculum ― The Foundations of Global Competence

Internationalizing Early Childhood Curriculum provides practical guidelines and a theoretical framework for internationalizing early childhood curriculum, empowering teachers and directors to internationalize their curriculums across the world in their own unique and culturally specific ways. The book is designed to include a theoretical rationale, stories of real classrooms, children, and teachers, suggested guidelines for the process of implementation, a discussion of the implications related to teacher education and professional development in a variety of school settings, and topics for further inquiry.

Nancy Brown is Peter and Nona Gordon Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development, Florida Atlantic University. Since 1997, Dr. Brown has been a UN Representative in New York for the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), and she has worked extensively with the NGO Committee on UNICEF. In that capacity, she has been in several leadership roles involving international policy and advocacy for children’s rights at the United Nations.