Early Childhood Education:

Themes include:

• Parent/teacher partnerships by Janet Meighan & Dr. Jennifer Little: The significance of the family and parents as the child's first educators has gradually come to be recognised.  This is one reason why parent-teacher partnerships are under review.  
• Developmentally appropriate practice by Dr. Jennifer Little - reaffirms the principles of child development and their vital role in planning appropriate strategies for learning.
• Combined nursery centres by Dr. Iram Siraj-Blatchford - presents original research on combined nursery centres looking at quality and community involvement issues. 
• The integration of special needs by Shannon Fletcher  reviews theory and practice to date.
• The question of quality by Professor Christine Pascal and Dr. Tony Bertram.
• Initial teacher education by Professor Philip Gammage