Overview
- Investigates and compares early childhood teacher programs in Australia, Finland, Norway and Sweden
- Provides academics' perspectives on early childhood teacher programs
- Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of childhood teacher programs
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Early childhood teacher programs in Australia
- Early childhood teacher programs in Norway
- Early childhood teacher programs in Finland
- Early childhood teacher programs in Sweden
- quality outcomes for children
- professional experience in early childhood teacher programs
- optimal qualifications for early childhood teachers
- quality care and the early childhood teacher
- early childhood workforce
- effective early childhood teachers
- early childhood education and primary school teaching
About this book
As such, this book offers key insights into academic approaches to the design, implementation and assessment of early childhood teacher programs, and how these programs are shaped in response to requirements and constraints, both within the university context and beyond.
This book provides a focus to inform future practice for decision-makers of early childhood teacher policy; researchers interested in improving the quality and status of early childhood education; and assessors of early childhood teacher programs.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Australian Early Childhood Teaching Programs
Book Subtitle: Perspectives and Comparisons to Finland, Norway and Sweden
Authors: Wendy Boyd
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5837-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5836-8Published: 30 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5837-5Published: 29 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 121
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Professional & Vocational Education