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Introduction Wendy Boyd & Susanne Garvis Chapter 1. Getting it right for early childhood teacher programs in Australia Wendy Boyd & Alicia Phillips Chapter 2. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Laura K. Doan Chapter 3. Contemporary early childhood education and care teaching training in China Ying Liu & Wendy Boyd Chapter 4. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Contemporary Times Lavinia Tiko Chapter 5. The Role of Early Childhood Teachers in Finnish Policy Documents – Training Teachers for the Future Heidi Harju-Luukkainen & Jonna Kangas Chapter 6. Early Childhood Teacher Education in Germany -Insights into Traditions, Reforms and Current Challenges Martina Mller & Stefan Faas Chapter 7. Ireland’s Reform Agenda: Transforming the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector into One of the Best in the World Mary Moloney Chapter 8. Current Trends and challenges for Early Childhood Teacher Education in Japan Chiharu Uchida Chapter 9. Early childhood teacher education in New Zealand: Facts, values, and uncertainties Qilong Zhang Chapter 10. Early childhood teacher programs in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Kelesi Whippy Chapter 11. Development of preschool teacher’s competences as a way to increase the ECE quality Igor Shiyan, Anna Iakshina, Tatiana Le-van & Olga Shiyan Chapter 12. Developing teacher competence in Swedish early childhood teachers Maelis Karlsson Lohmander & Susanne Garvis Chapter 13. Early childhood teacher education in Turkey: Description, Research and Problems Senil, nl-etin Chapter 14. Teachers and Teaching in the UK Catherine Carroll-Meehan Chapter 15. Early Childhood Education and Care in Vietnam: from Confucianism to 21st Century reforms in Curriculum and Training Geraldine 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
