Includes bibliographical references and index.

Participatory learning : issues for research and practice -- International perspectives on participatory learning : young children's perspectives across rich and poor countries -- The guiding principles of participation : infant, toddler groups and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 'Doing the right thing' : a moral concern from the perspectives of young preschool children -- The desirable toddler in preschool : values communicated in teacher and child interactions -- Friendships and participation among young children in a Norwegian kindergarten -- Beliefs about toddler's learning in child care programs in Australia -- In support of a relationship-based approach to practice with infants and toddlers in the United States -- Looking and listening for participatory practice in an English day nursery -- Dialogue, listening and discernment in professional practice with parents and their children in an infant program : a Canadian perspective -- "If you think they can do it then they can" : two-year-olds in Aotearoa New Zealand kindergartens and changing professional perspectives -- Fairness in participation in preschool -- Contexts, pedagogy and participatory learning : a way forward.

The contributors to this volume provide insight into national policies, provisions, and practices of participatory learning amongst toddlers and advance our understandings of theory and research on toddlers’ experiences across a number of countries, including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, Sweden, and Norway.