List of Acronyms
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Section 1
History and Policy of Early Years Teacher Preparation
1. Promising Policy Developments and Challenges for Teacher/Caregiver Education in ECCE / Venita Kaul
2. Higher Education in the Development of Early Childhood Professionals / Prerana Mohite
3. The Role of NGOs in Developing ECCE Professionals in India: Experiences of Mobile Crèches / Mridula Bajaj
4. Continued Relevance of Nai Talim’s Pre-basic Teacher Education Curriculum / Varadarajan Narayanan and Rajashree Srinivasan
Section 2
Curriculum and Programmes for Pre-service Teacher Preparation
5. Curriculum and Pedagogy for Early Childhood Professional Development / Kinnari Pandya
6. An Early Educator’s Professional Development: Insights from Bhutan / Karma Gayleg
7. Cultural Tools for Children’s Literacy and Learning / Asha Singh
8. Role of Vocational Education in the Development of Early Childhood Professionals / Neela Dabir
9. Distance Education for Professional Development: IGNOU’s Diploma Programme / Rekha Sharma Sen, Pankaj Khare and Pranjali Dev
10. The 5Ws and 1H of Teachers’ Professional Development / Maya Menon
11. Implementing Inclusive Education in Early Childhood Settings: Preparing Teachers for the Role / Ankur Madan
12. Inclusive Classrooms: Challenges of Deaf Learners and their Teachers / Kanika M. Agarwal
Section 3
In-service Professional Development of Early Childhood Teachers
13. Role of DIETs in Training Preschool Teachers / Padma Yadav
14. Strengthening ECE in Anganwadis Through Ankur / Nilesh Nimkar
15. Professional Development Strategies: Akshara Foundation’s Experience / Vaijayanti K. and Gayatri Kiran
16. A Multimodal Approach to In-Service Capacity Development of Anganwadi Teachers / Yogesh G. R., Kinnari Pandya and M. Sreenivasa Rao
17. A Community Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education / Mary Punnoose and Shikha Kumari
18. Ensuring Quality through Teacher Appraisals and In-Service Education / Gauravi Jadhav, Valentine Borges and Elizabeth Mehta
19. In-service Programme for Teacher Educators for Early Years Education / Jigisha Shastri and Kinnari Pandya
Section 4
Resources for Early Childhood Educators
20. ECD Toolkits for Quality Early Years Education / Gauravi Jadhav and Jumana Rampurawala
21. Anganwadi Teacher’s Handbook: Azim Premji Foundation
22. Pre-Basic Education: A Syllabus for Teacher Training
Recommendations for Way Forward
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