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Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PRESCHOOL TEACHER: AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN PROMOTING CHILD DEVELOPMENT -- MODELS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS -- COOPERATION WITH PARENTS IN THE SWEDISH, FINNISH AND SLOVENIAN KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM -- FROM POSITIVE RECOGNITION TOWARD JUSTICE IN A PARTICIPATORY PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH -- REALIZATION OF CHILDRENS PARTICIPATION AT MEALS IN KINDERGARTEN -- EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS' RESILIENCE FROM VIEWPOINT OF INCLUSION -- EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN SLOVENIA: WHO ARE COMPETENT ECE TEACHERS? -- RECOGNIZING MUSICAL LITERACY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ON THE EXAMPLE OF VISUAL ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES -- PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF THE SLOVENIAN VERSION OFTHE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MINDFULNESS MEASURE (CAMM) -- Index.

1 Introduction -- Introduction -- The Nordic Welfare Model -- The Share of Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Welfare Providers -- ECEC in the Nordic Countries -- Three Sets of Goals for ECEC -- Challenges Facing ECEC in the Nordic Countries: Demographic Changes, Accessibility, and Educational Approach -- Explaining Institutional Change -- Approaches to the Provision of Welfare Services -- The Three Actors in the Welfare Mix -- Public Provision or Privatization? -- The Welfare Sector as a Quasi-Market -- The Role of Nonprofit Providers as Part of the Welfare Mix -- The Remainder of This Book: ECEC From a Comparative Nordic Perspective -- References -- 2 Shared Roots—Private Initiatives Along Two Trajectories -- Introduction -- The Dual Trajectory of the ECEC System -- Trajectory 1: Charities Establish Children's Asylums as Protectors from the Dangers of Streets -- Trajectory 2: Philanthropic Kindergartens and For-Profit Child Residential Homes for Wealthy Families -- The Merging of the Two Trajectories -- Fostering a Nordic ECEC Model Through Kindergarten Teacher Education -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 3 From the Fringes to the Heart of the Welfare State—Growth in ECEC Coverage -- Introduction -- Legislative Foundation -- Consolidation and Growth -- Full Coverage -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 4 Changes in the Role of Commercial and Nonprofit ECEC Providers—Deviations from the Nordic Welfare Model? -- Introduction -- Private Growth -- Explaining the Growth of Private Actors: Framework Conditions, Financing, and Public Debates -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 5 Reigning in Provider Diversity? Regulation, Steering, and Supervision -- Introduction -- Educational Promotion—The Rationale for State Steering -- National Policies Pursued in Terms of Regulation and Curriculum -- Securing Compliance—Supervision -- Soft Steering—Manuals and Evaluations -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 6 Does It Matter? Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Providers -- Introduction -- Theoretical Underpinnings of Different Ownership and Quality -- Quality of ECEC -- International Experiences: Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit ECEC? -- Research in the Nordic Countries on Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Providers -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 7 Conclusions -- Introduction -- Why Private Growth in Nordic ECEC? -- How to Respond to Adverse Effects From Marketization? Nordic Attempts to Reign in Quasi-markets -- Governance Challenges in the Welfare Mix -- Why Diversity in Provision? -- A Nordic Dimension in ECEC Governance? -- References.

Despite the relevance of early childhood services to children, families and nation states, the sector is largely undervalued and under resourced and, is not recognised as an established profession. Using collaborative auto ethnography, researchers from six different countries (Australia, Chile, England, Germany, Ireland and the United States) all members of the EECERA Professionalisation Special Interest Group (P-SIG) share their reflections on the professionalisation of early childhood. While professionalisation is associated with discretionary decision making that is premised upon an accepted body of knowledge, neoliberalism imposes constraints from on top, identifying through various forms of curricula, legislated standards, and policies what is appropriate and desirable practice. As a consequence, early childhood personnel are restricted in their professional agency and, their work is characterised by tension, as they strive to balance external expectations from a neoliberal stance and their own perspectives that prioritise a children's rights perspective. This paper questions how the sector manages the constraints imposed on it in a neoliberal political and social world. It calls upon those in the profession to resist neoliberalism and, to make a stand in terms of what is considered best practice. It further argues that ongoing debate is required as to the boundaries of what would be called the early childhood profession: considerations of ways in which the different sectors (education, health, and welfare) contribute to a holistic approach in working with children balanced against the requirement for a profession to have an identified and discrete body of knowledge. The implications of this for professionalisation of early childhood are widespread and, worthy of debate. While the inclusion of different sectors for example, addresses the holistic nature of early childhood work, it risks creating a broad and diffused knowledge base that might make it difficult to claim professionalisation. We hope that this paper contributes to reenergizing conversations on the professionalisation of the early childhood sector.