Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canada / edited by Nina Howe and Larry Prochner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s : retrenchment and renewal / Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / Gordon Cleveland -- 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Commentary : towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Hillel Goelman -- Part II : Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective : new directions, new possibilities / Rachel M. Heydon -- 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / Rachel Langford -- . The investigating quality project : innovative approaches in early childhood education / Alan Pence and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- 9. Elements of mentoring : two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Commentary : reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Alan Pence -- Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system : lessons from research / Christa Japel -- 11. Community-based early child development projects / Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Meneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- 12. Federal investments in strengthening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / Jessical Ball -- 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models : lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start / Janette Pelletier -- Commentary : government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada : patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Carl Corter -- Postscript : early childhood education and care in Canada / Helen Penn.