Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from March 2000

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from March 2000

Editorial.(impact of early childhood educators in society)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 1, 2000... In a society characterised by fragmentation and diversity, families are increasingly making use of early childhood services and relying on early childhood professionals for myriad needs. This volume of AJEC, the first for the new millennium,...

Letter to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2000... I would like to forward my congratulations for a superb issue of the AJEC titled `Reconceptualising Early Childhood #1'. Glenda MacNaughton and Sue Dockett have provided a unique opportunity for early childhood staff to engage in critical...

Children's services: A vision for the future.
March 1, 2000... Introduction At the close of the twentieth century, children's services in Australia stand at crossroads. Gone are the days when services were small and uncomplicated, requiring little of teachers in the way of leadership and...

Women's models of leadership in the child care sector.
March 1, 2000... Leadership is a relatively new concept to child care services. Although the profession has benefited historically from the work of astute leaders (Maybanke Wolstenholme, Lillian de Lissa, Lady Gowrie, Joan Fry), and on a daily basis continues...

Leadership in child care centres: Is it just another job?
March 1, 2000... This paper explores staff perceptions of leadership and its meaning and growth in everyday work within child care centres. A review of contemporary research on leadership in early childhood undertaken by Waniganayake (1998) revealed that no...

A postmodernist approach to culturally grounded training in early childhood care and development.(cultural aspect of early childhood educators)
March 1, 2000... Children reproduce the culture of their primary caregivers, peers, and the media with which they interact from their earliest years. Caregivers and teachers are continuously engaged in the perpetuation and modification of their own cultures of...

Leadership and change: A dialogue of theory and practice.
March 1, 2000... Management and leadership There is a difference between management and leadership. Managers attend to the details of efficiently running a program; leaders are oriented to the broader issues and future developments. A service director, a...

Health promotion: A new leadership role for early childhood professionals.
March 1, 2000... Early childhood education in the new millennium The role of early childhood education is changing. Early childhood education in the new millennium is now seen to incorporate a definition of service and quality that goes beyond child-focused...

Ethical leadership or leadership in ethics?
March 1, 2000... In a Sydney newspaper recently I saw a small article that outlined how child care centres were closing in less affluent suburbs of gydney. The author (unnamed) went on to say that child care was fast becoming a privilege for the rich (Daily...