1. Identifying current issues

   • MM
   • KV

   Introduction Pages: 199 - 199

2. Emerging issues in child and youth care education: A platform for planning

   • Jerome Beker
   • Henry W. Maier

   Articles Pages: 200 - 209

3. Structure of child care education: Issues and implications for educators and practitioners

   • Karen A. Blase
   • Dean L. Fixsen

   Articles Pages: 210 - 225

4. Education and training for day care: Implications for child care education

   • Millie Almy

   Articles Pages: 226 - 241

5. Child care—Occupation or profession: Searching for clarity

   • Romolo Toigo

   Articles Pages: 242 - 249

6. Formal educational preparation: The structural prerequisite to the professional status of the child care worker

   • David Austin

   Articles Pages: 250 - 260

7. Up the down escalator: How to open the door. Comments on professionalism and academic credentials in child care

   • Donald L. Peters

   Articles Pages: 261 - 269

8. Focus on child care education: A national effort

   • Carol J. Porter
   • Cynthia E. Rubenstein

   Articles Pages: 270 - 278

9. Action agenda for child care education in the 80s: From settings to systems

   • Karen VanderVen
   • Martha A. Mattingly

   Articles Pages: 279 - 288