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Preface Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram Introduction Chapter 1: Exploring notions of change and innovation in early childhood education Chris Pascal, Tony Bertram and Marika Veisson Section 1: Policy Chapter 2: Innovative Policies for ECE Provision in Eight Countries: Findings from the IEA Early Childhood Education Study Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram Chapter 3: Early Childhood Education in English-speaking Caribbean Cultural Communities Jaipaul Lalla Roopnarine and Jason Chiang Chapter 4: Rights-based Early Childhood Development in South Africa Hasina Ebrahim and NC Phatudi Chapter 5: Pragmatism in Policy Making: Influencing a Largely Privatised Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Singapore Chee Wah Sum, May-Yin Sirene Lim and Ching Ting Tan Section 2: Professionalism and workforce Chapter 6: Preparing Early Childhood Teachers to Face New Challenges in the United States Suzanne Swartz and James Johnson Chapter 7: Constructions of Preschool Teachers’ Professional Spaces in Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish Early Childhood Education Päivi Kupila, Kirsti Karila, Anette Sandberg and Aino Ugaste Chapter 8: The Place of Theory and Practice in Preschool Teachers' Pre-Service Education: Estonian Preschool Teachers' Evaluations in Conditions of Changing Professionalism Rain Mikser, Maire Tuul, Marika Veisson and Ivor Goodson Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education Professionals in New Zealand Kindergartens: Commitment and Challenges Marika Veisson and Jenny Ritchie Section 3: Curriculum and pedagogy Chapter 10: Parent’s Views on Icelandic Preschool Education: A Comparison of 2005/2006 and 2016 Johanna Einarsdottir Chapter 11: Compassion and Emotional Worlds in Early Childhood Education Lasse Lipponen, Antti Rajala and Jaakko Hilppö Chapter 12: Creating a Science Rich Environment for Young Children Inge Timoštšuk Chapter 13: Young Children's (0-3 Years) Touch-Screen Use and Parental Mediation: Pedagogical Advice Elyna Nevski and Andra Siibak