Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from June 2008

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from June 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... EARLY CHILDHOOD AUSTRALIA, through its Australian Journal of Early Childhood, is dedicated to the promotion and support of best practice in early childhood education. They do this through the dissemination of research findings and the critical...

Word-play and musike: young children learning literacies while communicating playfully.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction THE ANCIENT GREEK word for music, musike, includes rhythm, movement, poetry, dance, drama and all the temporal arts. 'Music, language, dance, chant, poetry and pretend play all have a partly common origin' (Molino, 2001, p....

Partnerships in learning: linking early childhood services, families and schools for optimal development.(Report)
June 1, 2008... TODAY LEARNING AND knowing are understood as cooperative, communicative and interactive activities (Dahlberg, Moss & Pence, 1999) where, together, adults and children make sense of the world. As they move among many relationships, experiences...

Parent cognitions and parent--infant interaction: the relationship with development in the first 12 months.(Report)
June 1, 2008... COGNITION-BASED MODELS OF parenting behaviour suggest that parent cognitions are predictive variables that shape the specific practices undertaken by a parent for the emotional, social, cognitive and physical care of a child (Bugental &...

Physical activity programs in long day care and family day care settings.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction DURING THE EARLY years of life when rapid growth and development is occurring in all domains, it is possible to establish healthy lifestyle choices and lay the foundations for a child's physical activity patterns. It is...

Outdoor play: does avoiding the risk reduce the benefits?(Report)
June 1, 2008... WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD field, play has long been acknowledged as an important context for children's learning and development. Play is a significant aspect of their lives, reflecting their social and cultural contexts. Consequently, changes...

Playgrounds of learning: valuing competence and agency in birth to three-year-olds.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction THEORY AND LITERATURE that underpins practice with infants and toddlers in various ECEC settings often privileges notions of sequential development, in terms of how infants and toddlers learn to communicate and understand....

Accessing the musical intelligence in early childhood education.(Report)
June 1, 2008... Introduction EVERY STUDENT LEARNS in a different manner. Just as a student's learning style may differ, so must the teaching style differ to allow the student to capitalise on the teachable moment. Students may hear the same information...

Young bilingual learners at home and school.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... THIS IS AN IMPORTANT book for all educators working with bilingual children and families. On the basis of sound ethnographic research practices, the author powerfully illustrates how competent the bilingual children in her study are at home,...

Young children's behaviour: practical approaches for caregivers and teachers (3rd edn).(Book review)
June 1, 2008... THOSE WHO WORK with young children will welcome the third edition of Dr Louise Porter's text, Young children's behaviour. As in the previous editions, Porter advocates a guiding rather than a controlling approach to discipline, and draws on...