CONTENTS: 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 About the Contributors