Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education

Susanne Garvis is a Professor in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning,University of Gothenburg, Sweden and a Guest Professor at Stockholm University, Sweden.Heidi Harju-Luukkainen is a Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the Nord University, Norway. Sonja Sheridan is Professor Emerita in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Pia Williams is a Professor in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• 1. An Introduction to the Nordic countries: family, children and early childhood education.- 2. Children's Initiatives in the Finnish Early Childhood Education Context.- 3. Do children learn through play? How do we know?.- 4. Practicing Belonging in Kindergarten: Children's use of Places and Artefacts.- 5. Parental involvement in ECEC in Finland and in Sweden.- 6. Negotiating 'real families' in Swedish preschools.- 7. Instructional Strategies in Early Swedish Immersion in Finland.- 8. Children under the age of three in Norwegian childcare: Searching for Qualities.- 9. Systematic quality work in a Swedish context.- 10. Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the Nordic Countries: Universal Challenges to the Danish Model- Towards a Future ECE Paradigm.