Early child care and education in Finland / edited by Kaarina Määttä, Satu Uusiautti.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: How do the Finnish family policy and early education system support the well-being, happiness, and success of families and children? / Satu Uusiautti -- part I The realisation and evaluation of early childhood education in Finland -- 2.Evaluating the quality of the child care in Finland / Janniina Elo -- 3.Individual plans for children in transition to pre-school: a case study in one Finnish day-care centre / Tuija A. Turunen -- 4.Sami education in Finland / Satu Uusiautti -- part II Perspectives on children's well-being -- 5.Having, loving, and being: children's narrated well-being in Finnish day care centres / Leena Syrjala -- 6.Cortisol levels and children's orientation in day care / Elina Kontu -- 7.Bullying in early educational settings / Nina Sajaniemi -- 8.Young children's well-being in Finnish stepfamilies / Mari Broberg --

Contents note continued: 9.Care of the other's selfhood: a view on child care and education through Heidegger's analytic of Dasein / Kosti Joensuu -- part III Special viewpoints on early childhood education, care, and research in Finland -- 10.Accelerating early language development with multi-sensory training / Paavo H.T. Leppenen -- 11.How were the pupils dressed in a country village in northern Finland in 1909-1939? / Kaarina Maatta -- 12.The child diary as a research tool / Kaisa Malinen -- 13.Experts or good educators - or both? The development of early childhood educators' expertise in Finland / Satu Uusiautti.