Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from December 2008

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from December 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2008... IT'S AN HONOUR TO be invited to contribute an editorial to AJEC to mark 2008 as the year of Early Childhood Australia's 70th birthday. As noted on another birthday by Manjula Waniganayake (2001), AJEC and its predecessor, the Australian...

The impact of early numeracy engagement on four-year-old Indigenous students.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction YOUNG INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN students continue to experience difficulties at school, especially in the areas of literacy and numeracy. Results from the National Report on Schooling, National Benchmarks for reading, writing and...

Bridging the gap: improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous students.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT children from socially and culturally diverse homes, including children from indigenous backgrounds, are 'at risk' of difficulties in learning to read (Lonigan, 2004; Zubrick, 2006). These difficulties...

Can norms developed in one country be applicable to children of another country?(Report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction LOCAL RESEARCH FINDINGS indicate that Hong Kong children are fatter and less fit than children in the previous decades (Fu, Nie & Tong, 2004a; Fu, Nie & Tong, 2004b; Ko et al., 2008; Lee, Cheung, Chung, Lau, Tam, 2007;...

The social attention skills of preschool children with an intellectual disability and children with a hearing loss.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction ADDRESSING SOCIAL SKILLS in early childhood is regarded as a critical domain in the preschool curriculum (Blair, Denham, Kochanoff & Whipple, 2004). Most typically developing children naturally acquire and use sophisticated...

Is all-day kindergarten better for children's academic performance? Evidence from the early childhood longitudinal study.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction ALTHOUGH KINDERGARTENS in the United States have a history of more than 150 years, defining the most beneficial kindergarten program is an issue still to be settled. In early traditional kindergarten, the most beneficial...

Measuring what students entering school know and can do: PIPS Australia 2006-2007.(Performance Indicators in Primary Schools)(Report)
December 1, 2008... Introduction The first years of formal schooling are recognised as being the most important in terms of student development (Arthur, Beecher, Dockett, Farmer & Death, 2005; Louden et al., 2005; Rouse & Fantuzzo, 2006). Providing...

Learning a music instrument in early childhood: what can we learn from professional musicians' childhood memories?(Report)
December 1, 2008... Background EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION is often the site for conflicting views on the importance of early learning. On the one hand, there are suggestions that children need to start learning specialised skills early, in order to attain...