Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from March 1 2009

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from March 1 2009

Editorial.(early childhood education in Australia)(Editorial)
March 1, 2009... WE ARE EXPERIENCING a time of financial uncertainty around the world and reflecting on the results of natural disasters nationally. It is remarkable that the focus on early childhood education is holding its own in maintaining a place on...

Improving the representation of Indigenous workers in the mainstream childcare workplace.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction PROVIDING A SUCCESSFUL childcare program for Indigenous children and their families rests upon ensuring the availability of an appropriately skilled and willing workforce (the term Indigenous is used here to refer to those...

Australian Indigenous perspectives on quality assurance in children's services.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction THERE ARE TWO MAIN approaches to managing the quality of any given service: quality control and quality assurance. While these two approaches are closely related, they are different concepts. Quality control activities focus...

Readiness for school: a relational construct.(early childhood education)(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction Readiness for school is a contested and controversial term. Yet it is also a term invoked regularly in discussions on the transition to school. Parents and educators anguish over whether or not a child is ready for school as...

A pathway to enhancing professionalism: building a bridge between TAFE and university early childhood qualifications.(professional development of childcare and early childhood school staffs, and the Tertiary and Further Education program)(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction IF DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL outcomes for early childhood-aged children in non-parental settings are to be optimised, it is essential to have well-qualified staff who are able to critically reflect on and inquire into their...

Neurobiology and child development: challenging current interpretation and policy implications.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ONTOGENIC KNOWLEDGE is the form of knowledge we use to take in information, interpret it and develop action as a result of our understanding (Billett, 1996). In other words, our ontogenic knowledge shapes our interpretation and action in the...

Developing an active play resource for a range of Australian early childhood settings: formative findings and recommendations.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Introduction APPROXIMATELY 20 PER CENT of pre-school children in Australia are overweight or obese (Wake, Hardy, Canterford, Sawyer & Carlin, 2006), with this proportion almost doubling in the past decade (Vaska & Volkmer, 2004). Child...

Improving processual quality in early education and care: process findings from the evaluation of the Benevolent Society's Partnerships in Early Education program.(Report)
March 1, 2009... THE QUALITY OF EARLY education and care (EEC) available to Australian children is gaining public and policy attention. A Treasury document on EEC, released in early 2007, focused largely on questions of cost, with 'quality' receiving only a...