Niina Rutanen

E. Jayne White

Helen Marwick

Katia Souza Amorim

Laura K. M. Herold

This book brings together the work of researchers from around the globe around the topic of childrens first transitions to early care and education. It discusses political and sociocultural contexts, theories, and ideologies around the theme. The book offers perspectives and findings on adult expectations around a childs first transition, infant emotional experiences, the role of space, the part that key objects play in infant transitions, and the role of time. It also discusses age of first entry, routines and rhythms of the institutions, and the future expectations of those involved. The book takes a culturally responsive approach, revealing at times striking commonalities across countries, and at other points distinct differences in the people, environments, orienting pedagogies, and policies that inform an infants transition into care.

Intercultural Dialogues Across the Globe

First Transitions to Early Childhood Education and Care

Carl Mika

Mikhail Gradovski

Elin Eriksen Ødegaard

Jennifer Sumsion

This book provides a philosophical, socio-political and theoretical understanding of the notion of Becoming in the context of the related concepts, and in contemplation of the notion of Being. Deriving from different traditions from various countries, these concepts act as windows on contemporary early years settings and communities around the world where adults map out infant becomings. This book is a valuable resource for early childhood educators, students, professionals, researchers, and policy makers around the globe who seek to understand the locatedness of infant becomings in space and time.

Becoming

The First 1000 Days of Early Childhood

Niina Rutanen

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