Pat Beckley is Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Development at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. She teaches across the undergraduate, early years teacher status, and postgraduate primary and MA in education courses, and supports work within the research modules and dissertations throughout these programmes.

• Acknowledgements About the Contributors Foreword by Dr Nick Gee Introduction Part 1: Philosophy for an Enabling Environment Chapter 1: The Contemporary Early Years World Chapter 2: Philosophy in the Early Years and Foundation Stage: Playing with Ideas Chapter 3: Thinking about Leadership in the Early Years Sector Part 2: Diversity and Diverse Philosophical Ideas Chapter 4: The Multicultural Classroom: Celebrating Diversity and Challenging Disparities Chapter 5: Creating and Thinking Critically Chapter 6: Perspectives on Learning: A Changing Environment Part 3: Philosophical Perspectives for Creativity Chapter 7: Creativity in an Early Years Foundation Stage Setting Chapter 8: Music in the Early Years Chapter 9: At One with Nature Part 4: Wellbeing as a Foundation for Philosophy Chapter 10: Wellbeing for Life in the Early Years Chapter 11: Adults Working with Young Children Chapter 12: Early Years Challenges of the Future Concluding Comments

Pat Beckley is Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Development at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. She teaches across the undergraduate, early years teacher status, and postgraduate primary and MA in education courses, and supports work within the research modules and dissertations throughout these programmes.

• Acknowledgements About the Contributors Foreword by Dr Nick Gee Introduction Part 1: Philosophy for an Enabling Environment Chapter 1: The Contemporary Early Years World Chapter 2: Philosophy in the Early Years and Foundation Stage: Playing with Ideas Chapter 3: Thinking about Leadership in the Early Years Sector Part 2: Diversity and Diverse Philosophical Ideas Chapter 4: The Multicultural Classroom: Celebrating Diversity and Challenging Disparities Chapter 5: Creating and Thinking Critically Chapter 6: Perspectives on Learning: A Changing Environment Part 3: Philosophical Perspectives for Creativity Chapter 7: Creativity in an Early Years Foundation Stage Setting Chapter 8: Music in the Early Years Chapter 9: At One with Nature Part 4: Wellbeing as a Foundation for Philosophy Chapter 10: Wellbeing for Life in the Early Years Chapter 11: Adults Working with Young Children Chapter 12: Early Years Challenges of the Future Concluding Comments