The 59 articles in this sixth edition of "Annual Editions: Early Childhood Education 83/84" are drawn from several professional journals and present a wide variety of points on the philosophical and educational continuum of early childhood education. Divided into four sections, these points focus on the history and care of young children; terminology; purposes and methods of programming; arguments for particular types of intervention modules and research on their effectiveness; questions of evaluation and teacher training; the varied roles of teachers with children of differing ages, developmental levels, and degree of health or handicaps; changing types of family structures; media influences; and parent education. (MP)