Enhancing the quality of children's lives remains a national and international priority. Improving early childhood education was, is, and continues to be an important subject in institutions of higher education. This publication presents 32 diverse contributions on the topic of childhood education. Nevertheless, the contributions share a common base: they are all linked to the development of the contemporary paradigm of institutional childhood. (Series: Pedagogy / Erziehungswissenschaft, Vol. 83) Subject: Childhood Education, Public Policy]