Sheila Degotardi is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia. Emma Pearson is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education in Brunei Darussalam.Together, they have undertaken a number of research projects that have explored the nature and significance of relationships in early childhood education and care programmes.

• Foreword by Liz BrookerChapter 1: Relationships in early years settings: Definitions and challenges in wider contextChapter 2: Multiple perspectives: Images, evidence and professional practiceChapter 3: What kind of relationship? Variations in dimensions and functionsChapter 4: Forming relationships: Transitioning into the group settingChapter 5: Relationships with and between adults: Caring, learning and working togetherChapter 6: Relationships with peers: Togetherness, cooperation, friendship and belongingChapter 7: Realising the potential of relationship-based pedagogiesReferences Index

Sheila Degotardi is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia. Emma Pearson is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education in Brunei Darussalam.Together, they have undertaken a number of research projects that have explored the nature and significance of relationships in early childhood education and care programmes.

• Foreword by Liz BrookerChapter 1: Relationships in early years settings: Definitions and challenges in wider contextChapter 2: Multiple perspectives: Images, evidence and professional practiceChapter 3: What kind of relationship? Variations in dimensions and functionsChapter 4: Forming relationships: Transitioning into the group settingChapter 5: Relationships with and between adults: Caring, learning and working togetherChapter 6: Relationships with peers: Togetherness, cooperation, friendship and belongingChapter 7: Realising the potential of relationship-based pedagogiesReferences Index

Sheila Degotardi is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia. Emma Pearson is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education in Brunei Darussalam.Together, they have undertaken a number of research projects that have explored the nature and significance of relationships in early childhood education and care programmes.

• Foreword by Liz BrookerChapter 1: Relationships in early years settings: Definitions and challenges in wider contextChapter 2: Multiple perspectives: Images, evidence and professional practiceChapter 3: What kind of relationship? Variations in dimensions and functionsChapter 4: Forming relationships: Transitioning into the group settingChapter 5: Relationships with and between adults: Caring, learning and working togetherChapter 6: Relationships with peers: Togetherness, cooperation, friendship and belongingChapter 7: Realising the potential of relationship-based pedagogiesReferences Index