Daftar Isi:1. The Origins of the Current Era of Early Childhood Care and Education 2. Not All Children Grow Up the Same Child Development Diversity and Early Care and Education 3. The Sociocultural Process of Child Development 4. Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Care and Education 5. Research in Early Childhood Care and Education Since 1970 Drivers Questions and Implications 6. The Importance of Families and Home Environments in the Lives of Young Children 7. Culturally Sustaining and Humanizing Practice in Early Childhood Care and Education 8. Early Childhood Care and Education for Bilingual Children and the Road to Multilingualism 9. The Significance of Infant/Toddler Care and Education A Call to Unite 10. Research Policy and Practice 11. Working with Diverse Families 12. The Changing Landscape of Education for Young Children Receiving Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education 13. Perspectives on Early Childhood Curricula 14. More than Academics Supporting the Whole Child 15. Teaching and Learning Literacy in Early Childhood Education Crossroads and Intersections 16. Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood Programs 17. Teaching and Learning Science in Early Childhood Care and Education 18. Social Studies in the Early Years Children Engaging as Citizens through the Social Sciences 19. The Enduring and Evolving Nature of Early Childhood Care and Education Pedagogical Challenges in Our Time 20. Professional Development in Early Childhood Education 21. Developing Early Childhood Professionals in Laboratory Schools 22. Developing Early Educators Who Engage in Critical Multicultural Pedagogical Practices A Historical Moral and Pedagogical Imperative 23. Early Childhood Policy and Its Impact on the Field Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 24. Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) National Experiment for Improving Early Childhood Education Quality 25. Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Issues in Implementing Assessment Policies 26. Accreditation Supporting Quality and Professionalization in Early Childhood Care and Education 27. Pre 8208 School Through Third Grade (P 3) Conceptual Organizational and Practical Perspectives 28. Making Room for More Complexity Diversity and the Impact of Alternative Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education 29. International Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education Policy and Practice 30. Social Justice and Equity in Early Childhood Education 31. The Capabilities Approach A New Perspective on Enduring and Critical Questions