1. Editorial

   • Audrey Curtis

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. Research on quality in the curriculum

   • Kathy Sylva
   • Maria Emilia Nabuco

   Section 1 Pages: 1 - 6

3. Early childhood education in Denmark a critical-democratic education?

   • Stig Broström

   Section 1 Pages: 7 - 14

4. Funciones cognitivas y habilidades instrumentales necesarias para los aprendizajes formales en el niño

   • Himmel Erika
   • Alvarez-Salamanca Elena
   • Villalón Malva

   Section 1 Pages: 15 - 20

5. Reception class structure and the performance of summer-born children in key stage 1 assessments: A small scale study in a London borough

   • Alison Pote

   Section 1 Pages: 21 - 28

6. Integration of peace education into early childhood education programs

   • Aline M. Stomfay-Stitz
   • Blythe F. Hinitz

   Section 1 Pages: 29 - 36

7. Parents’ view of quality in early childhood services in Portugal

   • Ma Assuncão Folque
   • Iram Siraj-Blatchford

   Section 1 Pages: 37 - 48

8. Quality Curriculum for quality care and education

   • Leah Adams

   Section 2 Pages: 49 - 52

9. Synthetic theatre through museum education

   • Mina scorthou Exarhopoulou

   Section 2 Pages: 53 - 56

10. Status of early childhood education in Nepal

    • Radha Krishna Joshi

    Section 2 Pages: 57 - 61

11. J’ai besoin de me sentir vivant, tout de suite, tout le temps

    • Francine Nadeau

    Section 2 Pages: 62 - 68

12. How the curriculum can lead to quality care and teaching in early childhood education

    • Rhee Won Young

    Section 2 Pages: 69 - 74

13. News, Reports, Conferences, OMEP at UNESCO & UNICEF

    Section 3 Pages: 75 - 77

14. Book reviews

    BookReview Pages: 78 - 78

15. Important notice. Price changes 1997

    Announcement Pages: 78 - 78