Introduction - Contemplating and probing issues of conceptualization, measurement and policy of ECEC quality in Europe and in the USA Konstantina Rentzou and Ruslan Slutsky 1. There is still nothing better than quality play experiences for young children's learning and development: building the foundation for inquiry in our educational practices Stacey Pistorova and Ruslan Slutsky 2. Teacher-child relationships make all the difference: constructing quality interactions in early childhood settings Shelley McNally and Ruslan Slutsky 3. The long way towards abandoning ECEC dichotomy in Greece Konstantina Rentzou 4. The relationship between quality of pre-school child care institutions and teachers' teaching approach Tiia Õun, Maire Tuul, Signe Tera, Kelli Sagen and Helena Mägi 5. Ensuring quality in early childhood education and care: the case of Turkey Mine Gol-Guven 6. Family support and early childhood education and care in Cyprus: existing policies and challenges Konstantina Rentzou 7. Cultural considerations of ECERS-3 in Sweden: a reflection on adaption Susanne Garvis, Sonja Sheridan, Pia Williams and Elisabeth Mellgren 8.
Parent-practitioner partnerships in early childhood provision in England, Hungary and Kazakhstan: similarities and differences in discourses Jane Murray, Eleonora Teszenyi, Anikó Nagy Varga, Sándor Pálfi, Marzhan Tajiyeva and Aigul Iskakova 9. Enhancing the quality of early childhood education and care: ECEC tutors' perspectives of family engagement in Spain Jesús Paz-Albo Prieto 10. Early childhood education and care in Austria: challenges and education policies Wilfried Smidt Tuul, Signe Tera, Kelli Sagen and Helena Mägi 5. Ensuring quality in early childhood education and care: the case of Turkey Mine Gol-Guven 6. Family support and early childhood education and care in Cyprus: existing policies and challenges Konstantina Rentzou 7. Cultural considerations of ECERS-3 in Sweden: a reflection on adaption Susanne Garvis, Sonja Sheridan, Pia Williams and Elisabeth Mellgren 8. Parent-practitioner partnerships in early childhood provision in England, Hungary and Kazakhstan: similarities and differences in discourses Jane Murray, Eleonora Teszenyi, Anikó Nagy Varga, Sándor Pálfi, Marzhan Tajiyeva and Aigul Iskakova 9. Enhancing the quality of early childhood education and care: ECEC tutors' perspectives of family engagement in Spain Jesús Paz-Albo Prieto 10.
Early childhood education and care in Austria: challenges and education policies Wilfried Smidt engagement in Spain Jesús Paz-Albo Prieto 10. Early childhood education and care in Austria: challenges and education policies Wilfried Smidt.