Tricia DavidTricia David is a Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church College, where she directs the Centre for International Studies in Early Childhood. She is a past president of OMEP-UK (OMEP is the World Organization for Early Childhood Eduation) and she is currently a member of BERA ( British Educational Research Associaton) Council and the editor of the International Journal of Early Childhood. CONTRIBUTORSAFFILIATIONS: Teresa Aguado Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid Stig Brostrom Royal Danish School of Educational Studies Noirin Hayes Dublin Institute of Technology Rosario Jimenez-Frias Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid Malgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk Poland Alkistis Kondoyianni Ministry of Education, Athens Ulla Lind Stockholm Institute of Education Helen Penn Institute of Education, London Eric Plaisance Universite Rene Descartes, Paris V Sylvie Rayne Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique, Paris Karin Vilien Educational Consultant, Copenhagen Read More Read Less