What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated – as well as those under development – that aim at both providing good childhood experiences and supporting children’s positive development? The above-mentioned questions are discussed in a book called Early Child Development and Care published by Routledge. The book, edited by Professor Kaarina Määttä and Specialist Satu Uusiautti, covers the development, rearing, earning, teaching, and care of under-ten-year-old children in Finland.
The book consists
of 12 articles that address aspects of research and practice concerning
children under the age of 10, including their growth and development,
the organization of learning and teaching, and practices of rearing and
child care in Finland. Authors represent a variety of universities and
subdisciplines of the science of education.
Reports are organized within the following chapters:
1) the realization and evaluation of early childhood education;
2) perspectives on children’s well-being; and
3) special viewpoints to early childhood education, care, and research in Finland.
Further information and orders
The book is also available in online bookstores. The Lapland University Library will have copies of the book to lend, too.
The
book is very suitable to, for example, the experts and researchers of
universities and universities of applied sciences in the fields of
health care and social sciences, early childhood education and primary
education. It can also serve as a textbook in basic studies.
More information:
Professor Kaarina Määttä, tel. +358 400 696 480, kaarina.maatta (at) ulapland.fi
Specialist Satu Uusiautti, tel. +358 40 484 4167, satu (at) uusiautti.fi