List of figures About the authors Chapter co-author biographies Series editors' foreword Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: Setting the scene Theme 1: Democracy in education Chapter 2: Democracy as a value and purpose for a public education system Chapter 3: Early childhood education creating a democratic world Chapter 4: Creating a democratic living philosophy Chapter 5: KÅhanga reo and transformational directions for education Chapter 6: Teachers as democratic professionals and the child as citizen Theme 2: Belonging, connections to others and the environment Chapter 7: A human rights analysis of refugee resettlement and early childhood policy Chapter 8: PÅwhiri - the traditional MÄori ceremony of welcome as a process for supporting belonging Chapter 9: Participation in cultural processes of food preparation and belonging Chapter 10: Connecting homeland with early childhood settings: treasures from home as mediators of belonging for migrant and refugee children Theme 3: Relationships with land Chapter 11: Ko au te whenua, ko te whenua ko au - I am the land and the land is me Chapter 12: Walking with young children to story and read the land Chapter 13: Maunganui Kindergarten: developing connectedness with land and with people Theme 4: Renewing the thinking and practice of democracy in researching early childhood education. Research as a palimpsest Chapter 14. Crafint research partnerships for exploring pedagogical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand Chapter 15. Research as a palimpsest: possibilities for research, pedagogy and policy Glossary References for all chapters.