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Early Childhood Education Has Always Provoked Passionate Feelings Amongst Stakeholders At All Levels. This Reader Examines Change, Transformation And Continuity In Relation To Five Key Themes: Theoretical Perspectives On Learning, Play, Curriculum And Pedagogy, Policy, And Professionalism And Research Methods. Introduction: Contestation, Transformation And Re-conceptualisation In Early Childhood Education -- Section 1. Theoretical Perspectives On Learning, Curriculum And Pedagogy -- 1. Play In The Infants' School: An Account Of An Educational Experiment At The Raleigh Infants' School, Stepney, London, E.i. January 1933-april -- E. R. Boyce -- 2. The Cultural Construction Of Child Development: Creating Institutional And Cultutral Intersubjectivity -- Fleer, M -- 3. The Struggle For Early Childhood Curricula: A Comparison Of The English Foundation Stage Curriculum, Te Whariki And Reggio Emilia -- Soler, J & Miller, L -- 4. Learning How To Learn: Parental Ethnotheories And Young Children's Preparation For School -- Brooker, L -- Section 2. Play: Advances In Theory And Practice -- 5. Playing In /with The Zpd, Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist -- Newman, F And Holzman, L -- 6. Togetherness And Diversity In Pre-school Play -- Janson, U -- 7. 'but I Want To Fly Too!': Girls And Superhero Play In The Infant Classroom -- Marsh, J -- 8. Symbolic Play Through The Eyes And Words Of Children -- Sawyers, J. And Carrick, N -- Section 3. Policy Generation And Implementation -- 9. Governance Of Early Childhood Education And Care: Recent Developments In Oecd Countries -- Neuman, M -- 10. Transforming The Early Years In England -- Sylva, K. And Pugh, G -- 11. The 'childcare Champion'? New Labour, Social Justice And The Childcare Market -- Ball, S. And Vincent, C -- 12. Childhood And Social Inequality In Brazil -- Rosemberg, F -- Section 4. Professionalism And Professionalisation -- 13. Misplacing The Teacher? New Zealand Early Childhood Teachers And Early Childhood Education Polic