Front matter and content page: Norland Educare Research Journal

EDITORS

Dr Theodora Papatheodorou, Editor-in-Chief, Norland, UK

Dr Janet Rose, Norland, UK

Dr Paulette Luff, ARU, UK

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Dr Kay Aaronricks, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Dr Hanna Alonim, Mifne Centre, Israel

Dr Ernest Ampadu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Professor Lynn Ang, UCL, UK

Professor Maria Birbili, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr Kyriakos Demetriou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr Chandrika Devarakonda, University of Chester, UK

Dr Rebecca Digby, Norland, UK

Professor Hasina Ebrahim, University of South Africa

Professor Rozalina Engels-Kritidis, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria

Associate Professor Nikki Fairchild, University of Portsmouth, UK

Dr Alison Hooper, University of Alabama, USA

Dr Liz Hryniewicz, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Dr Mallika Kanyal, University of the Arts London, UK

Dr Daniela Mangione, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Dr Colwyn Martin, Wits University, South Africa

Dr Eva Mikuska, University of Portsmouth, UK

Dr Alex Morfaki, Norland, UK

Professor Karin Murris, University of Oulu, Finland

Dr Zoi Nikiforidou, University of Ioannina, Greece

Dr Amanda Norman, University of Winchester, UK

Dr Miriam O’Regan, Technological University Dublin, Ireland

Dr Ioanna Palaiologou, University of Bristol, UK

Dr Harriet Pattison, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Professor Sally Peters, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Professor Peter Rule, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Dr Carla Solvason, University of Worcester, UK

Dr Evgenia Theodotou, University of East London, UK

Dr Hazel Wright, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

BOOK REVIEWS EDITORS

Dr Kay Aaronricks, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Viki Bennett-Kane, Norland, UK

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR: Lisa Gentle

COPY EDITOR: Ben Corrigan, The Whole Proof

PUBLISHER: Norland College, York Place, London Road, Bath, BA1 6AE, UK

FUNDING: The journal is funded by the Norland Foundation

The Norland Educare Research Journal is an international double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published annually, online only. It is an open access journal, offering free-of-charge publication to researchers and authors, and free access to papers for readers.

The journal has a distinct thematic focus on the interplay of education and care, and its scope is to challenge established early childhood discourses, practices and policies, and to construct situated knowledge on home-based educare that is of global relevance and local significance.

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