From the reviews: "Early Childhood Grows up: Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession is a useful resource for practitioners, policy makers and other stake-holders in the early childhood sector. The insights that the authors provide, offer readers a deeper understanding of professionalism in early childhood education across the world. The different perspectives covered within this book are inspiring 'stories' that enable readers to reflect on what professionalism means to them and how they become agents for change." (Pearl D'Silva, hekupu.ac.nz, Vol. 3 (2), March, 2013)

• SECTION 1: Professionalism in Local and Cross National Contexts: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 1. Early Childhood Grows up: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 2. Relationships, Reflexivity and Renewal: Professional Practice in Action in an Australian Children’s Centre.- 3. Leading and Managing in an Early Years Setting in England.- 4. Acting as a Professional in a Finnish Early Childhood Education Context.- 5. The Uncertain Expert: a Case Study from Germany.- 6. A Constant Juggle for Balance: a Day in the Life of a New Zealand Kindergarten Teacher.- 7. Working with a Democratic Curriculum: the Swedish Case Study.- SECTION 2 International Perspectives on Professionalism.- 8. Radical Reconstructions? Early Childhood Workforce Profiles in Changing European ECEC Systems.- 9. Childcare Professionalism in Flanders: an inside-outside Perspective.- 10. A Need, a Desire, a Shared Responsibility: Professional Development for a New Public Education.- 11. A Profession Speaking – and Thinking – for Itself.

From the reviews: "Early Childhood Grows up: Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession is a useful resource for practitioners, policy makers and other stake-holders in the early childhood sector. The insights that the authors provide, offer readers a deeper understanding of professionalism in early childhood education across the world. The different perspectives covered within this book are inspiring 'stories' that enable readers to reflect on what professionalism means to them and how they become agents for change." (Pearl D'Silva, hekupu.ac.nz, Vol. 3 (2), March, 2013)

• SECTION 1: Professionalism in Local and Cross National Contexts: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 1. Early Childhood Grows up: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 2. Relationships, Reflexivity and Renewal: Professional Practice in Action in an Australian Children’s Centre.- 3. Leading and Managing in an Early Years Setting in England.- 4. Acting as a Professional in a Finnish Early Childhood Education Context.- 5. The Uncertain Expert: a Case Study from Germany.- 6. A Constant Juggle for Balance: a Day in the Life of a New Zealand Kindergarten Teacher.- 7. Working with a Democratic Curriculum: the Swedish Case Study.- SECTION 2 International Perspectives on Professionalism.- 8. Radical Reconstructions? Early Childhood Workforce Profiles in Changing European ECEC Systems.- 9. Childcare Professionalism in Flanders: an inside-outside Perspective.- 10. A Need, a Desire, a Shared Responsibility: Professional Development for a New Public Education.- 11. A Profession Speaking – and Thinking – for Itself.

From the reviews: "Early Childhood Grows up: Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession is a useful resource for practitioners, policy makers and other stake-holders in the early childhood sector. The insights that the authors provide, offer readers a deeper understanding of professionalism in early childhood education across the world. The different perspectives covered within this book are inspiring 'stories' that enable readers to reflect on what professionalism means to them and how they become agents for change." (Pearl D'Silva, hekupu.ac.nz, Vol. 3 (2), March, 2013)

• SECTION 1: Professionalism in Local and Cross National Contexts: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 1. Early Childhood Grows up: towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession.- 2. Relationships, Reflexivity and Renewal: Professional Practice in Action in an Australian Children’s Centre.- 3. Leading and Managing in an Early Years Setting in England.- 4. Acting as a Professional in a Finnish Early Childhood Education Context.- 5. The Uncertain Expert: a Case Study from Germany.- 6. A Constant Juggle for Balance: a Day in the Life of a New Zealand Kindergarten Teacher.- 7. Working with a Democratic Curriculum: the Swedish Case Study.- SECTION 2 International Perspectives on Professionalism.- 8. Radical Reconstructions? Early Childhood Workforce Profiles in Changing European ECEC Systems.- 9. Childcare Professionalism in Flanders: an inside-outside Perspective.- 10. A Need, a Desire, a Shared Responsibility: Professional Development for a New Public Education.- 11. A Profession Speaking – and Thinking – for Itself.