Her research areas include cross-cultural investigations of equity, quality, diversity and inter-cultural exchange in early childhood teacher education. Currently she is involved in a collaborative research project spanning threecountries (Nepal, USA and Nicaragua) to study the €˜child in cultural context€™ in order to prepare early childhood educators to understand the cultural nature of teaching andlearning. The outcomes of the research are being documented and will be published in the book chapter titled &quot;Collaborative Cross Cultural Research Methodologies in Diverse