Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives.

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Vina Adriany, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia
Alejandro Azocar, University of West Alabama-Livingston, USA
Sabiha Bilgi, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey
Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Emma Buchanan, University of Melbourne, Australia
Cary Buzzelli, Indiana University, USA
Hong-Ju Jun, Paichai University, Korea
Janice Kroeger, Kent State University, USA
I-Fang Lee, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Theodora Lightfoot Rueda, Interdisciplinary Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and Education, USA
Zsuzsa Millei, University of Tampere, Finland
Ruth Peach, National Louis University, USA
Kurniawan Saefullah, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Chao-Ling Tseng, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Joseph Zanoni, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA