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This study discusses the advantages of high-quality ECEC and possible risks of low-quality early childhood services. It states that children from disadvantaged backgrounds show the greatest gains from attending high-quality child care.The first part of the chapter gives a brief overview of the histo…

Il bambino, di età inferiore all’anno, non aveva ancora introdotto tutti gli alimenti e, in attesa di sospette intolleranze, siamo andati incontro alla richiesta della famiglia riguardo alla scelta di un menù privo di lattosio e glutine.

Migrations, with their strong dynamics and specificities, constitute an increasingly significant reality of our everyday life, and our social relations. Experts, public decision makers, as well as citizens are called to daily interact with migrant individuals and families. While considering the dyn…

This volume of papers is intended to acquaint early childhood education professionals, and all interested parents with the multifaceted and rich work of high standards of academics active in bachelor level pre-school education and early childhood teachers working in Józsefváros Joint Crèches (JJC…

The current international debate widely recognizes the need of improving the quality of ECEC for all children and families. This is especially true when taking into account the impact that quality ECEC can have on the wellbeing of children and families with vulnerable background, including immigrant…

The book is a product of a transnational synergic and fruitful collaboration among authoresses native to three national realities – Italy, France, and Brazil. Besides the affinities spanning their empirical research and “pedagogic creed”, the authoresses share a complex and urgent challenge in…

More than thirty years after the emergence of first systematic migrant flows, and more than twenty-five years after its creation, the Documentation Centre – Laboratory on Intercultural Education (CDLEI) of the Municipality of Bologna, decides to focus on the question of foreign families, and inclu…

This issue of the Voluntary Intercultural Pedagogy Group gives an overview of the experience gained through the informal development of children of asylum. The handbook is for practicing and prospective educator colleagues who work with multilingual and culturally diverse children’s groups.