Early Child Care and Education in Finland

What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experiences and supporting children's positive development? What practices aim to prevent child exclusion from regular education and social experiences and to foster children's healthy development in emotional, social, and behavioural terms? This book addresses aspects of research and practice concerning children under the age of 10 in Finland. It explores their growth and development, the organization of learning and teaching, practices of rearing children and child care in Finland. The work discusses the realization and evaluation of early childhood education; perspectives on children's well-being; and special viewpoints of early childhood education, care, and research in Finland. Together, the book's wide spectrum of contributors represent a variety of universities and subdisciplines of the science of education. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.