Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from December 2007

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from December 2007

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... THIS ISSUE OF THE Australian Journal of Early Childhood focuses on the arts and young children. Anyone who has engaged in the arts with young children can attest to the sheer joy children gain from participating in the arts and, for many of us,...

The possum story: Reflections of an early childhood drama teacher.
December 1, 2007... Introduction TO FULLY REALISE THE opportunities for play, creativity and learning inherent in a drama experience for young children, the teacher needs to adopt a variety of roles, including motivator, guide and co-artist. The challenge for...

Musical stories: strategies for integrating literature and musical for young children.
December 1, 2007... Background 'SING ABOUT A RED TRAIN!' 'Let's do it very fast!' Children love to create ideas and lyrics, and to take ownership of songs. Likewise, children will often put themselves into stories: 'I'm that one' or 'I do that when I go to...

Exposing young children to music through the production and presentation of music-appreciation television programs.
December 1, 2007... Introduction MUSIC APPRECIATION FOR young children has been a long-standing topic in research on early childhood education. Researchers have revealed the positive impacts of music-appreciation activities on child development. These include...

The use of music CDs and DVDs in the home with the under-fives: what the parents say.(Author abstract)
December 1, 2007... Introduction LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT what parents provide in the way of music stimulation to children under the age of five in contemporary Australian homes. Considering that research continually points to the crucial role parents play in...

Outdated relics on hallowed ground: unearthing attitudes and beliefs about young children's art.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY SHOULD prompt a rethink of taken-for-granted practices and generate critical debate about concepts of child development (Fleer, 2005). One area that seems particularly entrenched in its beliefs about child...

Conceptions of art in Hong Kong preschool children.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction THERE IS A GROWING BODY of research into young children and the arts. Hamblen (1989, cited in Zimmerman, 1996, p. 8) notes that most research focuses on children's behaviours and their developing artistry, and takes little...

Young children's meaning-making through drawing and "telling": analogies to filmic textual features.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction We seem as a species to be driven by a desire to make meanings: above all, we are surely homo significans-meaning-makers. (Chandler, 2002, p. 17) YOUNG CHILDREN ARE meaning-makers par excellence. They use many signs to...

Children of refugee families as artists: bridging the past, present and future.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Introduction MORE THAN HALF OF the world's estimated 19 million refugees are children (UNHCR, 2007). Australia's humanitarian immigration program allows for 13,000 new places each year, of which around one in three are for children...