About this Open Textbook
Building and Supporting Professional Relationships in Early Childhood Education by May MacKenzie and Barbie Rowe (CC BY-NC-SA unless indicated otherwise) is an adapted remixed version of the following open textbooks:
- Leadership in Early Care and Education by Dr. Tammy Marino; Dr. Maidie Rosengarden; Dr. Sally Gunyon; and Taya Noland, shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
- Reflective Practice in the Early Years by Sheryl Third, shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
- Introduction to Professional Communications by Melissa Ashman, shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
- Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education in Nova Scotia by Mathew Sampson and Moashella Shortte, shared under a CC BY license.
Additional Canadian and Nova Scotia content has been added to make this resource relevant for students studying ECE in Nova Scotia. See versioning chapter for a full description of the chapter mapping for Building and Supporting Professional Relationships in Early Childhood Education.
Cover Image Credit: Group of Children Playing on Green Grass by Yan Krukov via Pexels. Used under a free Pexels License.
How to Use
This open textbook is available in the following formats on NSCC Pressbooks:
- Online web-book. You can read this manual online on a computer or mobile device in one of the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
- PDF. You can download in two different PDF formats.
- Digital PDF – optimized for digital use, reading on a computer or tablet.
- Print PDF – optimized for printing.
- eBook. Download the EPUB file.
- Most tablets and eReaders (including iPad and Kobo) and smartphones (including iPhone and Android) can read eBook files in EPUB format.
Land Acknowledgement
NSCC is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded territory and traditional homeland of the Mi’kmaq Nation. Our relationship is based on a series of peace and friendship treaties between the Mi’kmaq Nation and the Crown, dating back to 1725. As Treaty beneficiaries, we recognize that we are all Treaty People.
