Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from December 2004

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from December 2004

Editorial.
December 1, 2004... When reading the articles for this edition of AJEC, I was reminded about the theme for Children's Week: A Caring World Shares. The contributions to this edition of the journal certainly embrace this theme. Early childhood educators/carers are...

Indigenous Australian perspectives in early childhood education.
December 1, 2004... Introduction I am a Biripi (Manning river, mid-coast of NSW), Worimi (Karuah river, Hunter region, NSW) and Irish woman. I was born in Eora country (Sydney area), grew up on beautiful Awabakal country (Lake Macquarie area, Hunter region,...

Early childhood education programs for indigenous children in Canada, Australia and New Zealand: an historical review.
December 1, 2004... This article presents an outline history of the development of formal early childhood education programs for Aboriginal children in Canada with reference to experience in Australia and New Zealand. (1) A review of selected developments in the...

Teachers who support Reggio--exploring their understandings of the philosophy.(Reggio Emilia)
December 1, 2004... Introduction One of the issues confronting teachers who wish to make use of educational innovations is how they should be implemented. Fullan (2001, p. 51) reports that the key to successful initiation and implementation is a deep and...

In whose interest? Voluntarism and child care, 1880-1980.
December 1, 2004... Speaking in Melbourne in 1952, mother and wartime childcare activist Marjorie Coppel reflected on the voluntary effort that underlay early childhood services. Voluntarism, she noted, may not be as efficient as government provision, but it was...

Critical pedagogy: a useful framework for thinking about early childhood curriculum.
December 1, 2004... Introduction Early childhood curricular decision-making requires revisiting--the educational landscape is changing rapidly and the role of early childhood teaching is becoming more complex and demanding (Lovat, 2003). In this time of...

Pedagogy in the nursery: establishing practitioner partnerships in high-quality long day care programs.
December 1, 2004... Introduction In what does it consist, if not in the endeavour to know how and to what extent it might be possible to think differently, instead of legitimating what is already known. [Thought] is entitled to explore what...

Music experiences for toddlers in day care centres.
December 1, 2004... Background Currently, more than half the women in Australia are in the work force (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS], 2002), so child care is a necessity for many families. In June 2002, 27 per cent of Australian one-year-olds, 40 per...

East Timor: building on the early years.
December 1, 2004... Introduction The East Timorese voted for Independence in 1999. The next three years saw the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) rule as a 'benevolent dictatorship' (Scheiner, 2003, p. I) until mid-2002. The...

Shaping Early Childhood: Learners, Curriculum and Context.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Shaping early childhood: Learners, curriculum and context Glenda MacNaughton (2003) Open University Press, Maidenhead, UK. Shaping early childhood: Learners, curriculum and context is organised in three sections, dealing with: *...