• Complements the many government programs and initiatives to support the education and care of young children and their families from a broad range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds in Australian society. The bigger picture of the European contexts offers teacher education students access to multiple perspectives.
• Showcases international research collaborations and addresses theoretical perspectives on working internationally 
• Blends discussion of theory and applications in terms of ‘why’ and ‘how to’ so that readers can take what they’ve learned into real world contexts.
• Readers are encouraged to think critically and reflectively by engaging with the end of chapter questions

Edited by:

Ann Farrell: Professor and Head of School of Early Childhood, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology 
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson: Professor and UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education and Sustainable Development, Department of Education, Communication and Learning, Göteborg University, Sweden

Contributors:

Amanda Bateman: University of Waikato
Anna Kirova: University of Alberta Canada
Anne Kultti: University of Gothenburg
Dion Sommer: University of Aarhus, Denmark
Jacqueline Ottmann: University of Calgary, Canada
Jill Franz: Queensland University of Technology
Johanna Einarsdottir: University of Iceland
Joanne Lunn Brownlee, Queensland University of Technology
Julie Davis: Queensland University of Technology
Laura Scholes: Queensland University of Technology
Lindy Osborne: Queensland University of Technology
Linda Mitchell: The University of Waikato
Lyndal O’Gorman: Queensland University of Technology
Megan Gibson: Queensland University of Technology
Monica Berger González:  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich 
Nereda White: Australian Catholic University
Niklas Pramling: University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson: University of Iceland