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ICSEI Dialogic 2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of the ICSEI Dialogic 2026!
This year’s Dialogic is our largest, most multilingual, and most diverse issue yet, and is titled:
“Early Childhood Education and Care: Exploring the Potential for Promoting Children’s Lifelong Learning, Well‑Being, and Sense of Belonging.”
Developed in close partnership with the ICSEI Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Network, this issue brings together global perspectives on the early years and their impact on identity, equity, resilience, and lifelong learning. We extend our deep thanks to ECEC Network Coordinators Kristina Westlund and Persille Schwartz for their leadership and collaboration.
👉 Access the 2026 issue here:
What’s inside this year’s Dialogic?
The 2026 edition features contributions in three languages and across multiple formats, including research papers, reflective essays, field‑based commentaries, case studies, and poetry.
Together, they explore:
- Quality, equity, and access in ECEC
- Culturally responsive pedagogies and belonging
- Neurodiversity‑affirming practice
- Trauma‑informed leadership
- Infant pedagogy
- Inquiry‑based and place‑based learning
- ECEC–school transitions and system alignment
…and much more.
Join the ICSEI Dialogic Fireside Chat at #ICSEI2026
We warmly invite you to attend the ICSEI Dialogic Fireside Chat, hosted by the ECEC Network at the 2026 Congress in Doha. This session brings authors, network members, and participants together to explore the themes of this year’s Dialogic in an open, dialogic conversation.
Fireside Chat Details:
📅 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
🕛 12:15pm – 1:15pm
📍 Qatar University, Student Affairs Building, Room: SA C245
If you are unable to attend ICSEI 2026 in person, a virtual fireside chat will take place in the months following the Congress, with details to be shared afterward.
We are grateful to all contributors whose work has made this the most expansive Dialogic issue yet.
Warm regards,
Paul Campbell, Joelle Rodway & Trista Hollweck
ICSEI Dialogic Editorial Team
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