Acknowledgements; About the authors; Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. Theory, research and the early childhood curriculum; 3. Development and learning - how views on what is development shape how learning is framed; 4. Curriculum as a cultural broker; 5. Interpreting early childhood curriculum; Part II: 6. Enacted curriculum: sociocultural-historical curriculum in action; 7. Curriculum as a conceptual tool: observation, content and programming in early childhood curriculum; 8.

Assessing children and evaluating curriculum: shifting lenses; 9. Content knowledge and the early childhood curriculum: the sciences, maths and numeracy; 10. Content knowledge and the early childhood curriculum: language, literacy and the information and communication technologies; 11. Content knowledge and the early childhood curriculum: the arts and health, well being and physical activity; 12. Conclusion.