This monograph provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview of trends, perspectives and guidelines regarding early childhood education and care (ECEC) teacher education in Europe along with some other aspects of ECEC systems. By providing a sound empirical framework through comparative analysis of five European countries – Slovenia, Sweden, Spain, Cyprus and Italy – while also placing their situation in a broader European context, it fills a research gap in the field. The important added value of this monograph are the empirically supported European policy guidelines with very valuable information regarding the perspectives of ECEC teacher education in Europe.weiterlesen