Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from December 2002

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from December 2002

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2002... As professionals in the field of early childhood education, our most obvious starting point for our work is young children. The potential exists however, for forces other than the pedagogical to displace children from the centre of our...

Children's earliest memories: a narrative study.
December 1, 2002... This article explores the concept of children's autobiographical memory that is evident from the age of four onwards. Recent findings on the construction of memories, the development of narrative ability and the impact of culture on memory are...

Full-day or half-day kindergarten? Kindergarten teachers' voices in the debate.
December 1, 2002... Research pertaining to the beneficial and/or detrimental impact of full-day and half-day kindergarten attendance for children aged four and five years is limited, with studies conducted overseas focusing on kindergarten children who are 12...

Jane and Gemma go to school: supporting young gifted Aboriginal students.
December 1, 2002... Both Aboriginal students and gifted students have been identified as educationally disadvantaged groups with needs that are often not adequately met by the Australian educational system. Hence, gifted Aboriginal students are particularly...

Children's concepts of teachers' ways of relating to play.
December 1, 2002... The aim of this study is to investigate, identify, and describe children's concepts of teachers' ways of relating to play. This study relates to the need to discern children's concepts of different phenomena in their lives....

Emerging concepts in chance and data.(mathematics skills of six-year-olds)
December 1, 2002... Interviews with seven six-year-old children shed light on the emerging ideas related to four themes within the chance and data part of the mathematics curriculum: appreciation of uncertainty and variation, observing and creating...

Social skills training to reduce aggressive and withdrawn behaviours in child care centres.
December 1, 2002... Eighteen per cent of school-aged children in Australia have clinically significant behavioural or emotional difficulties. Earlier in life these children often pose a challenge to child-care staff Many of these children lack the social skills...

Early childhood numeracy: building an understanding of part-whole relationships.
December 1, 2002... This paper looks at a key aspect of numeracy, quantification, the process for determining how many things are in a group. Things can be quantified by counting or by subitizing (knowing just by looking). Many mathematics educators see counting...