Australian Journal of Early Childhood articles from September 2003

Australian Journal of Early Childhood archives from September 2003

Welcome to the September edition of The Australian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC). This is a groundbreaker in more ways than one.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... Some perceptive readers may already have noticed that AJEC feels a little heavier than usual. Yes, the Journal has for first time been stepped up from its former 48 pages to a more substantial 60 page format. This is significant for Australia...

Roots and branches: comparing child care policymaking in the US and Australia.
September 1, 2003... Talk presented at ANU, FaCS and University of Melbourne, July 2003 Child care is a protean policy that lends itself to different framings and also to different policy goals. Feminists, for example, especially those of the second wave and...

Grandparents as regular child care providers: unrecognised, under-valued and under-resourced.
September 1, 2003... A story My younger son was 21 and his wife 19 when they had their first child. They bought a house in the outer suburbs because that was all that they could afford. His wife was lonely. It was too far from friends and their family network....

The tooth fairy comes, or is it just your Mum and Dad?': a child's construction of knowledge.
September 1, 2003... Children's construction of knowledge Cognitive-constructivist theories promote the view that knowledge construction is an active and individual undertaking. Piaget's theories acknowledge the role of social experience, but describe learning...

SUPS worker's perspective of child care quality.(supplementary service workers)
September 1, 2003... Introduction The important contribution made by the child-rearing environment to long-term outcomes for children is now well recognised (McCain & Mustard, 1999). This has led to a revitalisation of interest in the development of quality...

Developing quality sociodramatic play in the classroom for young children with language delays.
September 1, 2003... Picture it... 1955... Newburgh, New York... two young cousins wander down to the bluffs of the Hudson River. Seeing the thick brush leading down to the riverbanks, they imagine they are in the wilderness. The young boy, Danny, dons his...

Parental perceptions of computer-based gaming technology: an evaluation of children's leisure pursuits in the computer age.
September 1, 2003... Introduction Childhood is predominantly a time for leisure. Recent acknowledgement of the importance of the relationships children form with people and their environment during their early years has required a continuous re-evaluation of...

Children talk about their early experiences at school.
September 1, 2003... Transition to school: A critical time in the child's life Transition from preschool to school can be a challenge for children, parents, caregivers, and early years teachers They must manage change, tension and uncertainty relating to...

Indigenous parents' ratings of the importance of play, indigenous games and language, and early childhood education.
September 1, 2003... It is often reported that attendance at preschool by children from Indigenous families is 'sporadic and spasmodic' (Bourke, Rigby & Burden, 2000, p. 9). National reports of education, including education of Indigenous children, have...

Reframing the early childhood curriculum: educational imperatives for the future.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... by Jane M. Page Routledge Falmer 2000 UK Reframing the early childhood curriculum, by Jane Page, is an extraordinary publication. Not only does this author introduce the early childhood profession to futures education but she cogently...