Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from June 2005

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from June 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... This edition of the Australian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) hopes to be more than a read and think. In this edition we are hoping that you will read, think and respond. The early childhood professional community is spread far and wide and...

Topic: editorial in AJEC Vol. 30 No. 1.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2005... I wanted to support the committee's comments in the editorial of the previous AJEC. AJEC is an important voice for early childhood in Australia as well as being read in New Zealand, the UK and the US. AJEC is a unique voice and only one of...

Developmental fossils--unearthing the artefacts of early childhood education: the reification of 'Child Development'.(diversity across cultures)(impact on theories of Child Development for multicultural societies)
June 1, 2005... Introduction Contemporary early childhood education in many English-speaking countries foregrounds the importance of educators' 'Child Development' knowledge. In particular, most Australian students and graduates of early childhood...

The normalised child: a non-traditional psychological framework.(approaches to the concept of deviancy)
June 1, 2005... Approaches to defining norm and deviance Sociology offers a general concept of deviance as any pattern of behaviour that is markedly different from the accepted standards within a society. The connotation is that moral or ethical issues are...

Response to 'the normalised child', L. Grebennikov.(Montessori concepts of normalization and deviation in childhood)
June 1, 2005... Grebennikov has chosen to present to the contemporary gaze, the so-called 'absolute' concepts of Maria Montessori regarding normalisation and deviation in childhood. A courageous move indeed, in times when few would dare to postulate such a...

'Queerying' gender: heteronormativity in early childhood education.(gender construction in early childhood)
June 1, 2005... Introduction Over the past decade or so, research has increasingly documented the process of gender construction in early childhood. This research has highlighted how children themselves are active and knowing agents in this process,...

What children's cortisol levels tell us about quality in childcare centres.
June 1, 2005... Stress and outcomes Research has demonstrated over a number of years that stress impacts on long-term outcomes for both children and adults. Chronic stress has been found to be associated with an impaired immune response (Padgett & Glaser,...

Staff shortages in children's services: challenging taken-for-granted discourses.
June 1, 2005... Introduction Long day care services (1) around Australia are under considerable pressure because of the cumulative impact of the increased demand for and supply of long day care places and difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified...

The Communication Accretion Spiral: a communication process for promoting and sustaining meaningful partnerships between families and early childhood service staff.
June 1, 2005... Introduction Good parent-staff relationships in early childhood services essentially underpin all that defines quality and yet, as Hughes and MacNaughton (1999; 2002) have said, these relationships are often the most problematic. While...