Includes bibliographical references and index.

International perspectives: themes and issues / Linda Miller and Claire Cameron -- Seeing early childhood issues through a European lens / Pamerla Oberhuemer -- The relatiionship between early childhood and primary education / Yosbie Kaga -- How to construct a curriculum in an Italian nido / Tullia Musatti, Donatella Giovannini, Susanna Mayer and Group Nido LagoMago -- The French approach to family intervention with families with young children / Anne-Marie Doucet-Dahlgren -- The Roma Early Childhood Inclusion (RECI) research project / John Bennett -- Space and place as a source of belonging and participation in early years services in Chiapas, Mexico / Margaret Kernana and Kathia Loyzaga -- Place-based learning in ealy years services: approaches and examples from Norway and Scotland / Bronwen Cohen and Wenche Rønning -- Perceptions of using the outdoors in ealy childhood education and care centres in England, Hungary and Denmark: some questions about the recruitment of male workers / Claire Cameron -- Agency and children's well-being / Roger Hancock, Ann Cameron and Aysbe Talay-Ongan -- International perspectives: using the lens of 'other' to consider what we learn / Claire Cameron amd Linda Miller.

Drawing on studies carried out in Norway, Mexico, France, Hungary and many more countries, the book covers a wide range of topics including: the relationship between early childhood and primary education gender and play in ECEC curriculum inclusion early interventions working with families place-based learning With case studies, detailed suggestions for further reading at different levels and discussion points, this is a key text for students of early years at all levels, from Foundation Degree to Masters, as well as current early years practitioners.