Professional Development and Quality in Early Childhood Education

PART I.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.- Chapter 2. Early Childhood Education and Care Today: Impact, Policies and Quality; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.- Chapter 3. Quality of Early Childhood Environments: Discussion on the Concept of Quality and Future Perspectives; Teresa Leal, Ana Madalena Gamelas, Silvia Barros & Manuela Pessanha; PART II.- Chapter 4. Early Change: Description of a Project for Continuing Professional Development; Evridiki Zachopoulou, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Athanasios Gregoriadis.- Chapter 5. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Cypriot Example; Eleni Loizou.- Chapter 6. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Danish Example; Lise Sanders Olesen & Claus Henriksen.- Chapter 7. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Finnish Example; Jarmo Liukkonen & Anne Martin Tuula Liukkonen.- Chapter 8. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Greek Example; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Evridiki Zachiopoulou & Vasilis Grammatikopoulos.- Chapter 9. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Portuguese Example; Ana Madalena Gamelas, Teresa Leal, Manuela Pessanha & Silvia Barros.- PART III.- Chapter 10. Self-evaluation as a Means to Improve Practice: An Alternative Approach for the Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos, Athanasios Gregoriadis & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.