The latest scholarly research and debate from around the world on issues affecting the early childhood field.

A variety of articles from care, education and health which research, discuss and investigate ideas around change, improvement and quality.

Contents:

• Editorial – Lennie Barblett
• A pedagogy of care: Moving beyond the margins of managing work and minding babies – Jean Rockel
• Parent and staff expectations for continuity of home practices in the child care setting for families with diverse cultural backgrounds – Katey De Gioia
• Centre-based child care quality in urban Australia – Karin Ishimine & Rachel Wilson
• Picture books stimulate the learning of mathematics – Marja va den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Sylvia van den Boogaard & Brian Doig
• Drawing stories: The power of children's drawings to communicate the lived experience of starting school – Amy MacDonald
• Safe play areas for prevention of young children drowning in farm dams – Julie Depczynski, Lyn Fragar, Antonia Hawkins & Laurence Stiller