Looking back over the issues in this volume, article topics ranged from preparing teachers in the areas of technology and math to exploring nurturing and love in teacher preparation and education. We had a fantastic special issue focused on Preparing Early Childhood Teacher to Assist Children who are Caught in Disasters with guest editor Judit Szente. The field of early childhood teacher education has a complex task to prepare teachers for a variety of situations and contexts and this special issue addressed topics such as psychosocial needs of refugees and pre-service teachers’ understanding of homelessness. Across the issues, authors, researchers, professionals, practitioners are continually striving to address critical topics in early childhood teacher preparation and education. Researchers are taking unique and innovative approaches to understanding, examining, and sharing their work as the field continues to prepare a high quality effective workforce. This volume included articles not only about methods and strategies for addressing specific content related to teacher preparation in early childhood education, but it also included reflections and discussion of role of teacher educators and understanding their responsibilities and perspectives. Serving as the editor for this volume has again provided me the opportunity to interact with authors and researchers who are passionate about their work and strong advocates and champions for early childhood teacher education and preparation. I thank all the researchers, teacher educators, and authors for their work and thank them for their interest and perseverance in developing and disseminating their work. And, I thank the editorial board as well as numerous guest reviewers who have contributed their time and expertise to this volume. Reviewers’ constructive feedback and guidance for authors supports the continued publication of articles that are well written, meaningful contributions to the field of early childhood teacher education.

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回顾本卷中的问题，文章主题从技术和数学领域的教师准备到探索在教师准备和教育中的养育与爱戴。我们与特邀编辑Judit Szente共同撰写了一个特别精彩的专刊，着重于准备幼儿老师来协助陷入灾难的儿童。幼儿教师教育领域的任务很艰巨，需要为教师适应各种情况和背景做好准备，这一特刊探讨了诸如难民的社会心理需求和职前教师对无家可归者的理解等主题。在所有问题中，作者，研究人员，专业人员，从业人员都在不断努力解决幼儿教师准备和教育中的关键主题。随着该领域继续培养高素质，高效率的员工队伍，研究人员正在采用独特的创新方法来理解，检查和分享他们的工作。该卷不仅包括有关解决与幼儿教育中的教师准备有关的具体内容的方法和策略的文章，而且还包括对教师教育者的作用的反思和讨论，并了解他们的职责和观点。担任本卷的编辑再次为我提供了机会，使他们与对工作充满热情的作者和研究人员以及对幼儿教师教育和准备工作的大力拥护者和拥护者互动。我感谢所有研究人员，教师教育者，以及作者的工作，并感谢他们对开发和传播他们的作品的兴趣和毅力。并且，我感谢编辑委员会以及众多来宾评论者，他们为此付出了时间和专业知识。审稿人对作者的建设性反馈和指导支持继续发表文章，这些文章写得很好，对幼儿教师教育领域做出了有意义的贡献。