Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from March 2003

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from March 2003

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... Research that draws on `new sociology of childhood' perspectives recognises children as social actors and competent participants who are fully capable of representing their views. These perspectives orient researchers to doing research with,...

From bad to worse?: troubling development in preschool settings.
March 1, 2003... In this paper I explore Jake's preschool experience, arguing that his limited agency as a male child from a family in crisis, constructed him as a `bad boy' in both preschool and school, impacting on his ability to learn successfully. I provide...

Reflections on doing research with young children.
March 1, 2003... Early childhood researchers are in a position to engage children more explicitly in the research they undertake with them and for their benefit. We often take for granted what is entailed for young children to be involved in research processes....

Children's views and children's voices in starting school.
March 1, 2003... Introduction Starting compulsory schooling is an important time for all involved. Much has been written about assessing children's readiness for school (May & Kundert, 1997), their adjustment to school (Hadley, Wilcox & Rice, 1994) and...

Researching with children: lessons in humility, reciprocity, and community.
March 1, 2003... A sobering beginning My first attempt at research with children was indeed a sobering experience (Fasoli, 2001). As the above reconstruction from my research jottings illustrates, I had clearly overlooked many of the theoretical, practical...

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there: what adopting a sociocultural perspective can help us see.
March 1, 2003... Introduction One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing. It was still snowing as he stumped over the white forest track, and he expected...

Research with children: a rich glimpse into the world of childhood.
March 1, 2003... Introduction In the past, children and childhood have been viewed from three dominant perspectives: that of the child as the `embodiment of evil', as `innocent' and as `miniature adult' (Woodrow, 1999). In recent times, two other images of...

Eclipsing voice in research with young children.
March 1, 2003... Eclipsing voice in research with young children In this article I use two research vignettes to eclipse the idea that honouring children's voices in our research is a necessarily democratic research process or a sufficiently radical one....

Rethinking Gender in Early Childhood Education.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Glenda MacNaughton Allen & Unwin 2000 ISBN 1 86508 036 5 This book presents a sustained challenge to current orthodoxies in early childhood education. Looking at gender equity strategies from a feminist post-structuralist perspective,...