Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from June 2006

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from June 2006

Editorial.(stress on young children)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... In our shared conversations about young children and all that impacts on their lives, we are adept at holding together ideas and concepts which others might consider opposites. For instance, we are comfortable with the notion of education and...

Playgroups as protective environments for refugee children at risk of trauma.
June 1, 2006... Introduction The experience of war-related trauma for a child is different from that of an adult. For adult survivors, persecution constitutes an assault on the mature personality. Because of their limited cognitive resources, however,...

Raising children in Chinese immigrant families: evidence from the research literature.
June 1, 2006... Introduction In recent years, interest in studying Asian children, particularly Chinese children, seems to have flourished in many immigrant countries, such as the US, England, Australia and Canada (Chen, 2001; Gorman, 1998; Huntsinger,...

Measuring child engagement in inclusive early childhood settings: implications for practice.
June 1, 2006... Introduction The inclusion of children with disabilities within preschools and childcare centres in the community has become more common (Brown, Horn, Heiser & Odom, 1996) and, although inclusive early childhood services are not mandated...

Checklists to narratives in special education.(learning stories used for early childhood teaching)
June 1, 2006... Introduction Can families, early childhood teachers, early intervention teachers, speech language therapists, hospital therapists and paraprofessionals effectively use narrative assessment to plan for young children with additional...

Literacy in early childhood settings in New Zealand: an examination of teachers' beliefs and practices.
June 1, 2006... Introduction In the past 20 years, there has been a phenomenal amount of research into literacy in the early years. Views have changed from a maturational perspective (e.g. Gesell, 1954), in which children would learn to read when they...

Can drawing facilitate problem-solving? An exploratory study.(diagrammatic representation)
June 1, 2006... Young children today are exposed to a large range of texts such as writing, TV/DVD programs and movies, computer games, stories and other art forms. These texts are usually described as multimodal texts in the research literature, and the term...

The impact of regulatory environments on early childhood professional practice and job satisfaction: a review of conflicting discourses.
June 1, 2006... Setting the scene: Staff shortages and job dissatisfaction in NSW long day care services The NSW early childhood teacher labour market, particularly in long day care, is marked by a history of recruitment and retention difficulties (Fisher...