In the global context, every sector is struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially education. Because of the pandemic, schools and institutions are closed, and many teachers are struggling to shift their teaching styles from face-to-face to distance learning. These phenomena lead to a new way of thinking about how to keep students learn effectively and efficiently. Hence, a new-normal strategy that is related to innovation in the learning process is needed to face all of the needs appearing in the education sector. In the education sector, innovation and learning go hand in hand. Consequently, teachers and educators must deal with it, especially in the new-normal era. One of the ways to keep teachers and educators up to date is by joining conferences to grab new ideas in teaching and learning from other perspectives. For this reason, the Department of Early Childhood Education and Elementary Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, organize the 2nd International Conference on Early Childhood and Primary Education (ECPE) in 2020.

The theme in 2nd ECPE is “Shaping a Better Future for Young Generation: Innovation in Early Childhood and Primary Education in New Normal Era”. The central theme is about innovation in learning in the new-normal era. This conference can be identified as an essential tool for education stakeholders in providing necessary backgrounds to improve the quality of early childhood and primary education. Moreover, this conference aims to facilitate academicians, practitioners, and researchers in disseminating their research results that study about innovative learning in the new-normal era. The participants can be from various backgrounds and are not limited to higher education, government, secondary, primary, and early childhood education members. The 2nd International Conference on Early Childhood and Primary Education (ECPE) was held in Malang, Indonesia, on October 3, 2020.

This conference is organized by the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, State University of Malang. The conference involves the keynote speakers from Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Compulsory quality assurance features for the conference include web-based paper submission, plagiarism check, and double-blind review is a procedure that has been undertaken for the papers to be proposed and published in the proceedings. Based on the reports, 61 papers were accepted to be presented on 2nd ECPE by the editors.

We would like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to all the members of the 2nd ECPE. We would also appreciate the assistance of Atlantis Press in producing the volume of the collected papers. In the end, we wish to express appreciation to all the authors for their outstanding contributions to this valuable volume. Hopefully, this conference can contribute to improving the quality of education in Indonesia in particular and global education in general.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Dean of Faculty of Education, State University of Malang
Prof. Dr. Bambang Budi Wiyono, M.Pd